EMERGENCY in NBBY! 300G leaking!!!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by smokinreefer

Yeah from all that ive read getting insurance for an aquarium is a convoluted process. Havent really looked into it in depth myself.

No repairing it. Would appear to possibly be cracked on bottom pane. Cant see it as the bottom of tank has an acrylic false bottom siliconed on it.

No major casualties so far.

Lucky it didnt just burst, lucky i noticed it when i did, as much of a hassle it was and even with the damage to walls etc, it could have been way more disastrous.

Yes, a contingency plan in place is something i would recommend. I wss not even close to being prepared to handle a major tank issue.

My experience with insurance was like this...I asked which insurance would cover damage from an aquarium and they told me I was covered with the insurance I have. I asked if they needed to know water volume, ect. and they said no. Then once the leak happened and I put in a claim, they said something along the lines of...having plumbing that is meant for other applications in your aquarium is outside the normal scope of owning an aquarium and was a risk that they cannot insure. I asked if I had bought an aquarium with plumbing from the manufacturer (ie. Red Sea systems) if it would be covered and they answered 'probably'.

Well, anyways, I was lucky not to kill everything but I realized after that is was crazy to have so much water in my home with no back up plan if anything were to go wrong.