breakaway Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Sitting on my computer, I hear what sounds like a deep fryer. My gf runs to our room, and yells out my name. I honestly thought she was trolling me. The 'deep fryer' sound was actually the sound of water leaking out at an alarming rate all over the carpet. I go into the bedroom room, see this: ^ Crack ^ Crack ^ Crack ^ Smaller tanks / plants being rescued into blue bucket ^ Wet carpet ^ Check the crack on the right side! ^ My smaller tank. Rescued all 5 puffers into it. ^ Plant rescue bucket. ^ Tank emptied, ready for removal. Check the MASSIVE crack, from the top to the bottom, and around the corner. ^ I taped up the tank for removal because I was afraid the only thing holding the shattered glass in place was the top and bottom plastic rims. ^ Got a night stand with rollers on the bottom and rolled it out of the house ^ Final resting place. It was a molded front tank (not bow front), so there's no chances of fixing it pretty much. G_G I didn't lose any fish, which I am VERY happy about. There was no warning... it just went. I'm glad I was home, or else I'd be coming home to a tank of dead fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Wow That super sucks man Lucky no one was hurt and no fish were lost though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Wow Glad that nothing died though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted November 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Here are the before shots: ^ Left Side ^ Right Side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amethyst Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 YIKES!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Those are some really nice plants =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted November 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Free plants, Auckland area, pick them up quick. I have nowhere to put them. As you can see my 38L tank is already decked out pretty hard. viewtopic.php?f=11&t=49209 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostknife Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 that is so unfair is the tank insured hope it doesnt put u off fish keeping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted November 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Not at all, I've still got my smaller 38L and a even smaller 10L. I'm just worried about my puffers, they're VERY unhappy about being evicted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 so, any idea of the cause? was the tank level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted November 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Yeah it was level, if it wasn't, you'd expect a crack to show closer in the center, and not right on a corner wouldn't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 when additional pressure is applied it will let go at it weakest point, if the front right corner was lower then the others then the water would have applied more pressure in that corner. it could be a number of things, hope it wasn't your username Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 No warranty on the tank? Aquaone has a 2 year warranty on their tanks don't they? I have the same tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Wow, scary! I am sorry for your loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted November 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 It's not an Aqua One Tank, it was one of these: http://www.haqos.com/productn.asp?ArticleID=408 The guy I got it from gave me a 1yr warranty, and it's only been 10 months. Will ring up and see what we can do tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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