how messy is it?

[Pier Pressure]

Well, we have been in this hobby for about three years. During the second year, our 150 gallon aquarium blew a seam. Heavy water was falling out of the bottom, and luckily my significant other was home so started a siphon off the top and saved the fish as well.

We have the tank on tile so no major damage was done. But it got me to thinking - if nobody had been home and the whole thing emptied onto the floor - our house very well could have been condemned.

Freshwater system so no sump was involved. I think it is the luck of the draw in this hobby. The aquarium that blew was not even two years old yet!