Sump tank cracked

[Jcuozzo17]

Having one heck of a week... came home last night from my lfs and I noticed a puddle of water by my tank. Turns out the sump tank cracked.

Luckily I had everything I needed for the DT put a hob filter with chemipure and put the heater in the tank.

 

[AlexStinson]

That stinks! any idea what caused it?

 

[Greybeard]

Glad you caught it before it was too big a disaster. One reason I always recommend a cheap battery powered water alarm under your tank.

Know what cracked it? From the pics, it looks like it was sitting on a flat, level surface...

 

[DSC reef]

That's sucks. I cracked my sump by hitting my previous mag return pump with my hand to get it to start up and slipped. Pump hit the glass and it cracked. Reef safe silicone and been fine for years.

 

[Jcuozzo17]

I have some ideas my wife had the windows open the other night and my tank and sump temp dropped about 8 degrees. So a theory is the temp change and the vibrations in the tank.

 

[Jcuozzo17]

Thats a good idea will look into that.

 

[Jcuozzo17]

That's sucks. I cracked my sump by hitting my previous mag return pump with my hand to get it to start up and slipped. Pump hit the glass and it cracked. Reef safe silicone and been fine for years.

I have a mag 5 where the crack was. I did go to brs and ordered some silicone mats. So hopefully it well help with the vibrations and noise.

 

[DSC reef]

I finally got rid if it. It worked great but if I shut it off or had a power bump 95% of the time it wouldn't come back on. I admit the crack happened while I was a bit frustrated. Lol.

 

[Liquid360]

Two weeks ago I slipped and busted my DT open with my head and flooded my kitchen with 100g water... what I’m saying is it could be worse [emoji6]

 

[Jcuozzo17]

Two weeks ago I slipped and busted my DT open with my head and flooded my kitchen with 100g water... what I’m saying is it could be worse [emoji6]

man that sucks... yea your right ... I was very lucky to catch it when I did.

 

[DSC reef]

No silicone is saving That! What liquid360 isn't telling you is that he performs all house tasks and tank maintenance with a motorcycle helmet. Lol

 

[Jcuozzo17]

That's sucks. I cracked my sump by hitting my previous mag return pump with my hand to get it to start up and slipped. Pump hit the glass and it cracked. Reef safe silicone and been fine for years.

I got another tank for the sump. My buddy put it together for me while I am at work

So the silicone mats I got from brs is strictly for the mag five to reduce vibrations and noise

 

[DSC reef]

That's a nice looking sump. Great friend!

 

[Jcuozzo17]

Yea he is, got to buy him some beers or a fish lol

 

[Jcuozzo17]

Yea he is, got to buy him some beers or a fish lol

As a thank you

 

[Forsaken77]

I got another tank for the sump. My buddy put it together for me while I am at work

So the silicone mats I got from brs is strictly for the mag five to reduce vibrations and noise

BRS also sells neoprene mats to put under tanks and sumps. 1/8" thick neoprene. May be a good idea to reduce pressure points being it's not on a stand, but in it. The floor could bow or flex with all of the moisture down there.

Personally, I would never use a glass sump. I know it's easier, cheaper, and bigger than acrylic sumps (unless custom) and you get more for your money, but the glass is just more susceptible to a failure, ime, from a commercial tank manufacturer. A crack like yours, a seam leak, ect... I wanted to use a 55 gallon as my sump, but had to settle for a Trigger 39 (40 gallon) just for piece of mind. I only want to have to worry about 1 glass tank failing

 

[Shaun Sweeney]

I run two big Goby pumps and I reduced noise and vibrations by suspending them on bungy chords looped around the motors. Works great and ensures no stress on the outlet bulkheads in the sump.

 

[Jcuozzo17]

BRS also sells neoprene mats to put under tanks and sumps. 1/8" thick neoprene. May be a good idea to reduce pressure points being it's not on a stand, but in it. The floor could bow or flex with all of the moisture down there.

Personally, I would never use a glass sump. I know it's easier, cheaper, and bigger than acrylic sumps (unless custom) and you get more for your money, but the glass is just more susceptible to a failure, ime, from a commercial tank manufacturer. A crack like yours, a seam leak, ect... I wanted to use a 55 gallon as my sump, but had to settle for a Trigger 39 (40 gallon) just for piece of mind. I only want to have to worry about 1 glass tank failing

I have a eoprene mat underneath which caught 90 % of the leak

 

[Jcuozzo17]

BRS also sells neoprene mats to put under tanks and sumps. 1/8" thick neoprene. May be a good idea to reduce pressure points being it's not on a stand, but in it. The floor could bow or flex with all of the moisture down there.

Personally, I would never use a glass sump. I know it's easier, cheaper, and bigger than acrylic sumps (unless custom) and you get more for your money, but the glass is just more susceptible to a failure, ime, from a commercial tank manufacturer. A crack like yours, a seam leak, ect... I wanted to use a 55 gallon as my sump, but had to settle for a Trigger 39 (40 gallon) just for piece of mind. I only want to have to worry about 1 glass tank failing

I would like to get an acrylic sump but i had to try and keep this tank within my budget. Maybe when I upgrade [emoji4]