Originally Posted by sssdad

i did this on my first system and the inside bead of silicon did not get enough air to set properly. the next morning after set up i had this white sticky froth clogging everything. it took 4 hours to clean everything including roots. i then found a silicon that sets in 2 hours at lowes and it works great no leaks at all. i also was having a leak proplem with the veg and clone units-yes i used rubbermaid. i used this rope weatherstrip from lowes or walmart and used one strip around the outside top edge of the container and have not had a leak since.