How long 'till it leaks????

Mrfish55 · #1 06-02-2009, 05:20 AM

I've had tanks run leak free for 10+ years, in my 28 years on keeping fish I have had two failures, both on homemade tanks, one 60 gal caused over 5k damage to the house

and I know the local shop has 40+ tanks as old as 18 years and not one leaker yet.

Myka · #2 06-02-2009, 05:47 AM

I have had several tanks with plumbing survive 5-6+ years. I never seem to keep them any longer than that.

Lance · #3 06-02-2009, 05:46 PM

Including my freshwater days, I've had close to twenty tanks of different sizes and only had one leaker; an old metal-trim 15 gallon Cichlid breeder.

golf nut · #4 06-02-2009, 10:47 PM

Leaks are few and far between

The last guy I heard of asking where all the water was coming from was the Captain of the Titanic

#5 06-03-2009, 05:14 AM

That's very encouraging. I always tend toward being a "worry wart"...

I guess the problems are fewer and farther between than I thought.