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Steven (sphelps) will probably be able to give a more firm insight on this.
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That's pretty scary. I've had some big ugly messes to clean up. Most recently when I was monkeying around with my media reactor and neglected to put the output line back in the sump. Luckily my wife caught it after only 15g hit the floor but that could have been disastrous if she didn't catch it. Had to get a leak detector for my Apex if I wanted to stay in the hobby.
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Yikes ! I have several leak detectors scattered throughout my house but sadly, none of them would save me from a catastrophe like this one. I've gone through a few renos and and although they are annoying, stuff is fixable or replaceable. You can't fix or replace a beloved dead fish.
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It would be pretty easy in a blow out like that to damage items that are similarly as sentimentally valuable as your beloved fish...perhaps even more so. Plus, Reno's are expensive and not everyone is super handy and able to do things themselves. I've never owned anything by Cadlights but this certainly ensures I won't. Last edited by gobytron; 05-10-2016 at 04:31 PM. |
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Tank builders should consider offering an option to hydrotest large custom tanks to at least 1.5x design. It's a simple test that would add significant value by virtually ensuring the tank is free of defects capable of causing premature failures like this. For example I know my tank sitting a 1/3 full will never break as it was tested to 3x that. Personally I'll never setup a large tank again without similar assurance. |
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That would sure give some peace of mind and you could market the heck out of that... |
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Yes you could fill the tank with water and pressurize it some how, in most cases it would only require 1 psi or less of additional pressure. A simpler approach would be to just use a fluid with a density 1.5x that of seawater. With a large storage tank and pump you could reuse the fluid indefinitely.
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pardon my ignorance, could you also blast each pane with a pre determined PSI as well?
I would think you could easily call your tanks the safest glass on the market if you did have some kind of testing process... And we all know aquarists, for the most part, love reasons to spend more money on better tings. |
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