Biocube cracking?

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Hey guys are biocubes known to crack? My wife got me mine in April and it cracked two days ago. It’s been fine for six months. The Cora life rep said they increased the glass thickness just to prevent this. Should I be worried about the replacement they are sending me?

 

[brandon429]

i have not seen that to be a problem I think you are fine.

even though moving the living material over is usually people just moving it all, there have been some loss posts lately on tank transfers and it has to do with sand transfers.

if you want 100% success moving over without a cycle I recommend consult skip cycle move threads, losses are zero. Just moving stuff fails about 30% of the time

no issues on cracking at large, all my friends use these tanks. The old ones.

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

i have not seen that to be a problem I think you are fine.

even though moving the living material over is usually people just moving it all, there have been some loss posts lately on tank transfers and it has to do with sand transfers.

if you want 100% success moving over without a cycle I recommend consult skip cycle move threads, losses are zero. Just moving stuff fails about 30% of the time

no issues on cracking at large, all my friends use these tanks. The old ones.

Are the new ones different from the old ones? Do they use the 32s or the 29? The 32 is slightly taller ans some have suggested that is the reason for the cracking.

 

[brandon429]

32s and yours was the first I'd heard in cracking from years of posts on them, they're all using the crack prone ones since post history goes back years and years

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

32s and yours was the first I'd heard in cracking from years of posts on them, they're all using the crack prone ones since post history goes back years and years

So do you think I should worry about the new one cracking or treat this as a one off accodent?

 

[brandon429]

I would treat as a rare event and just reef in the new one coming. if it cracks then id xfer into a different brand altogether

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

I would treat as a rare event and just reef in the new one coming. if it cracks then id xfer into a different brand altogether

Well I’ve been running a nanocube 29 for literally like 10 years. It’s curved, and a total piece of trash and it hasn’t cracked. I think it may be due to where I had mine near a window. It may have thermocycled or something.

 

[Yevoc]

Cracking no but mine started leaking at the seem. It started as a "wow that is an odd place for salt creep" Then went to "oh crap the top of the stand is moist." Thankfully it was slow enough to give me enough time to transfer everything.

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

I once had a tank crack due to not being built perfectly square.

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

I once had a tank crack due to not being built perfectly square.

Biocube or another brand?

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

Biocube or another brand?

All-Glass. It can happen with any manufacturer I suppose.

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

All-Glass. It can happen with any manufacturer I suppose.

Thank you that makes me feel better

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

i have not seen that to be a problem I think you are fine.

even though moving the living material over is usually people just moving it all, there have been some loss posts lately on tank transfers and it has to do with sand transfers.

if you want 100% success moving over without a cycle I recommend consult skip cycle move threads, losses are zero. Just moving stuff fails about 30% of the time

no issues on cracking at large, all my friends use these tanks. The old ones.

Yeah I don’t do sand transfers. It stirs up too much junk that’s held in the sand. I’ll be buying new sand and moving everyone. Done multiple moves and not lost anyone yet.