Not a good morning for my reef tank

[crehman]

Got to wake up this morning to my girlfriend telling me I should do something with my powerhead as its sucking air.

Once I get downstairs start thinking about things, I realize hmmm that should never happen. Where did the 10 gal. of water go??? Upon further inspection I found that my back glass had cracked from top to bottom.

Good news is I was able to save.pretty much everything in the tank. (Thankfully)

Some days this hobby just makes you pull your hair out :banghead:

[tang daddy]

Youre lucky you were able to save the inhabitants, I always worry what would happen if I went on vacation, good thing I have friends willing to help!

[sphelps]

That sucks! best of luck getting things fixed up. Don't forget to do a RCFA before fixing or replacing the tank.

[Madmak]

RCFA??

[blacknife]

yuk. I am just getting things packed away into one tank still from when my second attached tank cracked 2 weekends ago.

I guess when i buy a new tank i will need to buy a second one to keep in the garage as a spare heh.

[Mandosh]

Originally Posted by Madmak

RCFA??

Root Cause Failure Analysis. In english, "figure out why it cracked".

[mandyplo]

Originally Posted by Mandosh

Root Cause Failure Analysis. In english, "figure out why it cracked".

Reef goblins. Always the reef goblins. It's the only explanation.

[crehman]

Yup I am happy I have a second 30g tank running to house my smaller corals and a co worker with a120 gal to take my fish and larger corals.

Just happy it happened today as I leave for Costa Rica in 2 days.

[scherzo]

That sucks. Sorry to hear.

Do you know what may have caused the crack? I'm paranoid of this as well. Did you stand twist?