sm66th
Community Member
On Tuesday I was greeted with a phone call from the roommate "Dude, your tank is leaking and water everywhere." "You mean overflowing out top or out of sump?" "No, I mean out of the bottom corner, water is spraying. Getting towels, you might want to leave work a lil early...". So with that I arrive home to find 5 buckets, a cooler, and 3 bins- all full of water, rock, and livestock. Really glad he was home. Then see the damage - right bottom corner under 2in of sand is a stream of water just a runnin...busted seal. Well after countless hours of clean up and getting some heaters and power heads goin for livestock I got the tank and stand out, ran over to lfs to find a 56gal column on sale with stand included. Which I settled on since a new 55 is wider than my existing stand and was twice as much. Spent the 4th setting up and able to get everyone back safely adjusted last night. Still have to re-do the sump setup as the stand is limited on room below, but everything seems to be still alive and swimming...
After rocks in and letting water / sand settle before putting fish in-
Yes new light has been ordered and will be here Mon/Tues next week since the old 48" is a lil large.
If it had to happen guess its better now than later as it was only 4 months old with 3 fish and cleaning crew, but now have to repopulate my pods since I am pretty sure I lost a lot.
Fyi: cooler worked great as temporary tank and keeping water temp consistent.
After rocks in and letting water / sand settle before putting fish in-
Yes new light has been ordered and will be here Mon/Tues next week since the old 48" is a lil large.
If it had to happen guess its better now than later as it was only 4 months old with 3 fish and cleaning crew, but now have to repopulate my pods since I am pretty sure I lost a lot.
Fyi: cooler worked great as temporary tank and keeping water temp consistent.
