CR@P!!!!! Newly set up 220g sw reef cracked tonight!!!!!

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Midnight - hear loud noise & then loud water spraying noise. Thought it was my return pump coming off the hose. No such luck!

The front Starphire pane cracked from the bottom left corner to almost the top right corner. Water shooting out hard enough to wet my couch. Carpet is soaked. Tile is wet & slippery. How wet & slippery? Enough to send me flying in the kitchen when I went to grab buckets. Left rib cage is hurt so Irene is stuck with alot of the heavy lifting. Only have one good side to help. She's such a trooper. Honestly don't give my loving wife enough props.

Pulled all the live rock, corals & fish & almost everything is now in the 120g which I luckily didn't sell off yet (it was pending). Turned off all power to the tank & added powerheads to the 120g & now got to add a skimmer too.

Back to the clean up.

Only silver lining is that it didn't happen while we were on vacation (got back Sunday afternoon).

Anthony

[Veng68]

Ouch......... sorry to hear Anthony.

The the glass actually crack or did a seam bust?

Need any help........ call just let me know....... I sleep late.

Good luck.

Cheers,
Vic

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Silicone is fine. The front pane completely cracked, in almost the exact same place as the original busted pane (this is a free CL tank that we rebuilt by replacing the front cracked pane with a sheet of expensive Starphire glass). I strongly suspect that there is some flaw in how the frame or the tank was originally manufactured that has caused it to crack in the same place & same way both times.

[Veng68]

Oh boy. So do you think your going to get another 6 footer?

Cheers,
Vic

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Looking for a 180g or tank with 6' x 2' footprint. Couldn't find any on BCA or CL. Going to check Canreef now.

Anthony

[snow1]

Well if there are any saltwater fish that need to be re-homed.......

[banditpowdercoat]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Silicone is fine. The front pane completely cracked, in almost the exact same place as the original busted pane (this is a free CL tank that we rebuilt by replacing the front cracked pane with a sheet of expensive Starphire glass). I strongly suspect that there is some flaw in how the frame or the tank was originally manufactured that has caused it to crack in the same place & same way both times.

Soo sorry to hear about the tank. Bu I have to think it's the Stand, not the tank that caused teh crack twice. If you re-siliconed a new front pane on, then any internal stresses tnat may have been in the tank form a mis manufacture should have been eliminated with the new pane placememnt. Thus, leaving the stand to be suspect. Totally go through that stand to make sure it is not twisting under load. That can cause front pane to crack. Would hate to get a 3rd tank up there and happen again

[Leah]

Dan,

It is odd though, as I think it is a new stand.

[Mrfish55]

Sorry to hear, I know what you are going thru, Hopefully you get it all straightened out quick.