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11-17-2010, 03:02 PM
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It freaked me out as well. I was more worried about leaving the RODI running overnight and overflowing the tank. I knew it was impossible as it's only a 75 gpd unit but still, I didn't sleep for two days...
I didn't worry too much about the tank breaking, I'm kind of an optimist in that regard. Hey the tank broke, cool! I get new carpet, new dry wall, new TV... 
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11-17-2010, 03:28 PM
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I wonder if anyone's ever gotten a faulty membrane that somehow let their tank fill much faster than expected?
I had jitters with the 225 a bit. Because it's black silicone you can see the seams turn a bit white with the pulling in some spots and that really freaks me out. I would inspect those spots all the time but no issues. Now the 400 that I had started to build was a different story. My stand made all sorts of creaking sounds as I did the freshwater test and I was pretty damn scared.
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11-17-2010, 03:28 PM
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11-17-2010, 03:53 PM
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I'm a week or so away too and I'm already freaking out about filling it up too.
Brett, if my stand made creaking sounds, I might have a panic attack.
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11-17-2010, 04:20 PM
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My tank stresses me out most days I look at it. Probably because it's never the way I want it to be since I am rarely home to work on it. But ya, that first fill...that's a real stresser!
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11-17-2010, 04:24 PM
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Funny, I never thought about it. When I got my first big tank, I just filled it. Call it inexperience, but I didn't even think about it bursting or leaking. In future with the more experience I have, I wouldn't do that again. So I probably would freak a bit, on any future fills.
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 Setup: 180G DT, 105G Refuge (approx. 300lbs LR, 150lbs Aragonite) Hardware: Super Reef Octopus SSS-3000, Tunze ATO, Mag 18 return, 2x MP40W, 2X Koralia 4's Wavemaker Lighting: 5ft Hamilton Belize Sun (2x250W MH, 2X80W T5HO) Type of Aquarium: mixed reef (SPS & LPS) with fish Dosing: Mg, Ca, Alk
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11-17-2010, 04:32 PM
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I've decided to wait until after I get back from vacation to fill it. Don't want to leave my GF with a 180g of water that may or may not explode. No, that would not be a good thing to come home to
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11-17-2010, 05:28 PM
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How did you manage to work that deal? Go on a vacation without the missus? I need to know this ploy!
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11-17-2010, 04:22 PM
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Yeah that stand was insanely overbuilt but you still hear the thing settle with all that weight on it. Dead level etc but still made a few noises.
The following horror in that saga was when I realized I had tiled the wall the tank was in a little too close to the front pane. It did have some bowing and I couldn't slide a piece of paper between the tile ledge in the front and the pane. I drained it immediately and ripped those tiles off intending to lay new ones further away from the front.
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