Running water followed by a pop...

Reefer40b · Oct 11, 2018

Well ladies and gentlemen,

I had my first full on tank explode.... Not sure why... been running 3 months 50gal low boy. ;Sorry

Took a few hours to clean up with a large shop vac and a shampooer, 3 box fans!

tgp4274 · Oct 11, 2018

;Nailbiting

man that sucks.......

Hokie125 · Oct 11, 2018

Wow that sucks! My worst nightmare is for my tank/tanks to flood my finished basement! Was the stand it was setting on even and level?

GoldeneyeRet · Oct 11, 2018

Wow, that stinks

cracker · Oct 11, 2018

Ahh Man that's terrible sorry !

Geebs19 · Oct 11, 2018

Oh man! Sorry to hear that!

Reefer40b · Oct 11, 2018

Hokie125 said:
Wow that sucks! My worst nightmare is for my tank/tanks to flood my finished basement! Was the stand it was setting on even and level?

Yes This tank sat nice and flush on the stand, this part of my basement only had a crawl space so it ok to flood down there..

mmw64 · Oct 11, 2018

So sorry!

ndrwater · Oct 11, 2018

Ouch........ Glad to hear at least the house will be okay..

Katrina71 · Oct 11, 2018

Been there! I'm so sorry! What a pain.

PDR · Oct 11, 2018

That sucks...brb, I'm gonna go check the level on my low boy again...;Nailbiting

Katrina71 · Oct 11, 2018

What about your inhabitants?

Reefer40b · Oct 11, 2018

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. " Your not a true reefer unless you have problems, you just gotta keep on, keeping on!"

At least the rest of the frag system I was able to keep it running or we would have had even more problems... Just about to kick off my coral business too... looks like it will have to go hold for a bit while I source a new tank and make some adjustments to the system...

Reefer40b · Oct 11, 2018

Katrina71 said:
What about your inhabitants?

I was just starting to fill this flat so there wasnt much in it yet, I just moved them to my other side of the frag system.. so no losses!

dbl · Oct 11, 2018

Sorry to hear about this.

Mebeknob · Oct 11, 2018

Ever figure out why it broke?
Was the tank used or did you buy it new?

Reefer40b · Oct 11, 2018

Mebeknob said:
Ever figure out why it broke?
Was the tank used or did you buy it new?

Bought brand new. Do not see anything obvious that could have caused it. Im think maybe a chip when manufactored or a stray piece of glass and over time the pressure caused the failure... this just happened about 6 hrs ago...