SNOWKIWI Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Hi fellow fishkeepers, a terrible thing happened to me on my way to make my morning coffee! Turned the lights on, in my tanks, prior to giving the morning feed, and noticed that the water level on one of the tanks had mysteriously dropped by about 2". Upon closer inspection, I found a large diagonal crack on the rear glass going from corner to corner!!! Siphoned most of the water out and managed to save all the fish, by hurriedly transferring to other allready populated tanks. My question is, has any one else had a similar problem with this type of tank? The tank is only about 3 months old, and was sitting on a very solid base, so I am at a loss as to what may have caused this fracture. Because the other two tanks are somewhat overstocked now, can you help with suggestions as to frequency of water changes etc until I can get a new tank cycled, also have kept 10 litres of "old" water, stones, and plants, any ideas how long new tank will need to cycle if I use these when starting off, I am in a hurry to get the homeless fish into it, but don't want to lose any in the process? :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 thats gotta suck, those tanks are not cheap do an extra water change or two each week (depending on stocking) on those tanks that have just got the extra fish put in, ya dont want to go thru a mini cycle from increased bio load. keep the filters and substrate wet from the cracked tank (put in your existing tanks) and transfer the substrate + filters into the new tank and use some of your other tanks water to partially fill then top up with new water. this will pretty much eliminate the need for a cycle at all as your filters and substrate hold alot of bacteria, the water doesnt hold much bacteria but it will keep the fish happy. feed lightly for a week or so after that and keep an eye on everything but as long as its not heavily stocked you shouldnt run into any problems re cycling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 I had an old tank that sorta style break randomly as well. Cracked in half on the front pane of glass.. Luckily I was home and the water pouring onto the floor woke me up, I put the break down to a chip that was sealed under the plastic fitting that the lid fits onto probably made at the time of manufacture, so thats the type of thing I would be looking at for random breakage. Good luck fixing it I just did a hori job fixing mine and just turned the tank around and sealed a bit of glass over it becuase I couldn't be bothered pulling it right down and the rest of the tank was black silicon etc so didn't want to butcher it too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNOWKIWI Posted September 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Thanks Sharn, You have confirmed what I suspected! I bought the tank locally, but when I took it back, was yold that the warranty doesn't cover glass breakage, the dealer put me on to someone that would probably repair it for me. I went to see him, and he reckoned that it probably would be warranty, rang the rep, organised a replacement, which will be arriving next week. I didn't even buy the tank off him! so I was well impressed, so impressed, that I bought another tank off him, which is the one I have set up today, with the old "noodles", plants and stones out of the broken tank. I will leave it over night and see what all the test levels are like tomorrow, and depending on results, might move a few hardier varieties into their new home. Just looked at a website, and all the new tanks appear to be covered for glass breakage, well at least they are in the states!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTam22 Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Well I have 2x aqua one 1280 -300ltr 1x AR620T 1x AR620 1x AR510 1x Jebo 338 all with the curved class with no problems at all - I have never had a tank crack on me so I don't know what force the class will take. Well at least now you have a free replacement, which seems very lucky :lol: And at least now you have a second new tank WAHOO!!! Well good luck with the cycling and I hope you have no losses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me love fishy Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 I think whoever you bought that off should have definitely arranged for it to be fixed or replaced for no cost, under the consumer guarantees act you are entitled to that! Dodgy seller if you ask me and if you can not use them again then I wouldn't! I had my 4 ft tank for 6 months when it started leaking out one of the corners, the shop I bought it off took it away and added strengthening rods in the corners and totally resilliconed the whole tank for nothing! They were exceptionally good about it. Can you borrow a tank off someone until you get your new one? If not I would do little water changes more often in your overstocked tanks until you get your new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bOi Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 I bought the tank locally, but when I took it back, was yold that the warranty doesn't cover glass breakage, the dealer put me on to someone that would probably repair it for me No offense, but crap and lazy dealer I reckon. He just didnt want to go thru all the work needed to claim one (if even much work!!?!?) Thumbs up for the guy that helped you, especially when he wasnt even the dealer! Hope your new tank is more "robust" Have fun setting your new tank (again) :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bOi Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Btw, did they replace just the tank?? or replacing you a whole new set?? Including lid, lights and stand?? did they let u keep the old setup? Wondering cuz you if you end up wth 2 sets of stands and lid which will be a bonus for you.. never claimed a warranted product so not sure how it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNOWKIWI Posted September 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 Hi bOi, So far as the warranty goes, the guy that organised the replacement (another dealer) asked about the lid containing light and pump/filter/heater. My choice was to hang on to the originals, that way I could use the old gear to reduce the cycling time of a new tank, i.e. using the old filter and noodles that were laced with bacteria, also if the other tanks were too heavily loaded, I was going to set up the pump/filter on a couple of blocks and use it to help share the load as it were. Anyhow, while at the second dealers, my missus saw a 60 litre octagonal tank that she liked the look of, and had the ideal place for, so brought it home, cleaned it removed the nice clean noodles, filled the filter with the old noodles, ten litres of old water, threw in a bit of food and let her run for 24 hours. No Nitrites, Nitrates at about 5, PH Sweet, Ammonia sweet, so introduced a couple of Platys and Swordies to see how things go. I will keep a close eye on daily tests for the next week, but all looks good. New tank will be here early next week, so we can start all over again! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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