Hurricane Recovery 125g Build

Well, it seems that my run of bad luck shall continue. The 300-gallon tank shown in my last post of my build update has been taken down as of last night. Two of the bulkheads in the tank developed leaks and my wife and I spend several hours attempting to tighten them to get the leaks to stop. Due to the design of the overflows and height of the stand being so short, we couldn't get them tighten to save our lives. Simply not enough room for tools to fit.

Since we already have a new tank an order and we happen to have a 300-gallon Rubbermaid stock tank, we decided to move all the livestock over to the stock tank until the new tank get here. We figured it was simply too much work to tear down the tank to remove it from the stand and replace and/or tighten bulkheads and setup it but up just to tear it down again. We also figured this way would be less stressful on our livestock.
 
Sorry you had to take down your tank!
 

WHEN REEFING GETS TOUGH, WHAT KEEPS YOU MOST INVESTED?

  • My livestock depends on me, so I keep showing up for them

    Votes: 14 56.0%
  • I look for small signs that things are improving

    Votes: 3 12.0%
  • I want to figure out what’s going wrong

    Votes: 1 4.0%
  • I remind myself that rough stretches will pass...just keep reefing

    Votes: 4 16.0%
  • I lean on other reefers for advice or encouragement

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I simplify, step back from tinkering, and give the tank time

    Votes: 2 8.0%
  • Honestly, sometimes I wonder if I want to keep going

    Votes: 1 4.0%
  • Other (Post in the comments)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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