Knew this would happen

[BC Mosaic]

I have a ZeoVit system/reactor in my sump. Twice a day you're supposed churn the Zeo rocks by using the top handle and pumping up and down. That's 1 1/2 litres of rock and water moving up and down and that takes effort and force.This twice daily "maintenace" has caused me some concern; I wondered if the bottom glass would crack eventually. The sump is a 33g glass tank with baffles and now it has started to leak in the area where the ZeoVit reactor sits. My sump is a typical sump - crowded. There's a bucket underneath the sump catching the drips and of course the ATO is fuctioning perfectly but with the slow drip loss of salt water and the ATO doing it's job the salinity is dropping. Tomorrow during daylight I'll have to try and blindly silicone the inside of the sump tank and hope it works. If the reef tank suffers because of the silicone (yes, I'll use aquarium friendly silicone) then I just know that I'll just chuck the whole dam hobby into the dumpster. This design is asinine. So for those of you that have this same set up, I suggest that you lift the thick rubber top off and just swirl the stupid stuff with the handle instead of trying to churn it.
Sorry for the rant, but I'm really frustrated by this hobby now and that was not the point of getting into it.

I think that maybe I'll just stick to my fly fishing instead.
Tight lines.