CRAP!!
 

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!

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.

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

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:cry:.

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

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

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!

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

i have an empty 90 here if needed??

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

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!

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.