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lastlight 02-04-2012 05:39 PM

I'm in the process of finishing up the rest of the basement and from someone who is ready to just enjoy a developed basement for once you have my sympathy =(

Mrfish55 02-04-2012 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by christyf5 (Post 678704)
Oy! The thought of one my tanks leaking or breaking a seal or whatever scares the crap out of me. That and velvet.

I got a 90gal sitting here if you want it, probably won't fit your space though.

Thanks for the offer, I have 2 spare 90 's sitting here so I am good, my heart near stopped when I went in the fish room as it initially looked like it was comming from the 300, can't even imagine dealing with a leak on that. Finished cleaning up this morning, only casualty was 2 ceiling tiles, so not bad considering, one foot over and the leak would have dripped right into the 300 , considering the color of the water that was on the floor that couldn't have ended well.

christyf5 02-04-2012 06:15 PM

oh man, now that would have been scary. I think someone on here that had their dishwasher leaking through the floor into the tank. My tank is in the basement as I wanted it on concrete slab so if there was a leak it wouldn't be a huge deal but I never even gave a moments thought to anything leaking above it!

PoonTang 02-04-2012 07:45 PM

Geez Dave what a bummer. Be thankful tho, it could have been soooo much worse.

gregzz4 02-05-2012 05:34 AM

Man that really sucks. Is the 90 FW or SW?
I managed to flood my office last monday with RO water when I messed with a bulkhead on the sump. All over our new ( just before X-mas ) carpet.
Thankfully it didn't spread past the corner or go downstairs.

Mrfish55 02-05-2012 06:00 PM

It was salt, figure I lost about 10 gallons. Inspection of the trouble seam shows 4 small spots about an inch apart where the silicone failed to bond, looks like someone with oily fingers picked up the piece of glass during assembly.

Lance 02-13-2012 04:26 AM

Holy crap Dave! I just saw this thread. (Was away and missed it).
Wow, good thing you were home at the time! Still sucks though. Makes me wonder about my 90g bow.

Mrfish55 02-13-2012 04:38 AM

That's why Bob would never carry bow fronts in stock, failure rate was too high. You should be fine with yours, mine was el-cheepo all glass brand, make a good hamster cage for someone, would be an easy fix but been there done that, too old for rebuilding tanks, most likely toss it in the recycle bin.
I am just glad it did not drip into the 300, think that would have been the end for me.

Myka 02-13-2012 12:54 PM

Things like this scare the crap out of me. I'm glad it was a small-ish disaster for you rather than a big disaster. Although if you had water dripping through the ceiling to the lower floor you could very well have a lot of work to do to fix it up. :(

Think on the bright side, at least it didn't spray saltwater onto the electrical and burn your house down. That scares me the most.

Mrfish55 02-13-2012 02:05 PM

Lucky for me I put a drop ceiling in the fish room, only have 2 tiles to replace. There was a power bar that got wet but it tripped the gfci so I was lucky that way. Trying to convince my boy to do away with that tank but he has allways had a tank in his room and wants a replacement, I guess I'll have to buck up as I really have nowhere to put that livestock anyway.


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