CRAP!!

[Borderjumper]

Art and I walked down to get a coffee last evening and came home to the ATO alarm buzzing and the smell of burnt electronics.

Frickin bottom cracked on my display tank! We did luck out I guess as only the return section of the sump was dry and the display was down about 5 inches.. Coulda been worse I guess. Spent the next 6 hours emptying what water was left, finding fishes, and busting corals off of rocks and putting them in a bin. All the rock is stacked up on my deck... Everything mechanical on my tanks is pretty much foolproof..except the bottom busting out!

[Mrfish55]

Ouch, at least you caught it in time, I had a bottom go once at two in the morning, 75 gal of water on the floor in about 1/2 a second, On a positive, time for an upgrade.

[muck]

Damn Shelly.. that sucks harsh.
Hope all the fish and corals pulls through for you without incident.

[Skimmerking]

Ah Shell Sorry to here about that you have a amazing tank full of corals and wow, i'm glad that none of them were KIA Killed in action.

Good luck hope that you find a nother tank that you can house your corals in

[Borderjumper]

Thanks guys.. Brads coming over later and is taking the fish and some corals.

[ALang]

WOW, what a nightmare! I always jump whenever I hear little pops, or crashes (from my cats, playing) that my over-imaginative mind would then translate into crack in my tanks.
Good luck with the clean up. Better luck with the next tank for sure!

[christyf5]

crap indeed! that totally sucks! at least you werent gone long. any warranty on the tank??

i have an empty 90 here if needed??

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

Ouch, at least you caught it in time, I had a bottom go once at two in the morning, 75 gal of water on the floor in about 1/2 a second, On a positive, time for an upgrade.

Thanks christy but right now I can't make myself set up another tank.. Warrenty? I don't know what seastar offers.. But the tank is up for grabs.. Before I sledge hammer it and finish the job

[tang daddy]

Sorry to hear this happened, good thing you guys came home from a walk and found this instead of sleeping and finding it in the morning, I made the mistake of using 2 stealth 250w heaters in my sump and by fluke at 3 am a few months back was woken up by screams of a fire on my tank.... I ran up the stairs and saw there was a fire underwater in my sump, I am greatfull that no corals died from the toxic fumes of melting plastic and the 2x4 stand didn't catch on fire.... The house could've burnt down with people sleeping in it!

I use titanium heaters now!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by christyf5

i have an empty 90 here if needed??

I have an empty 90 as well, and a 115. and tubs and buckets. Shelley, I can probably house some rock too, I've got a tub half full with leftover rock.