I wanted to start a thread to see others experiences with tank failures from Marineland Perfecto.
I had a 5+ year old 65g corner overflow reef ready Marineland Perfecto Tank. It was on a custom built level R&J Aquatics Maple Stand (solid wood) with canopy (which was about $900-1000 for stand and canopy). This Summer, the tank had a major leak on the bottom. The silicone was slightly irregular in spots when new, but I did not think much of it. It just looked like slightly sloppy job of applying it. After the leak, Marineland was contacted and I sent pictures and information since floors, oriental rug, electronics, etc. were ruined or damaged.
Liberty Mutual is their insurer and contact me and asked for additional information.
Just this week, they concluded that since it was not on a Marineland stand (usually a cheaper particle board/compressed wood), they would not cover the tank, stand, or any other costs. Several thousand dollars lost overall. I think their silicone sealing was defective, but anyway, it is a loss and they lost a customer. I have since purchased a new Waterbox 100.3 and am very happy with it. If they were going to deny tank and/stand replacement (since stand warped in flood), why would they have taken months to investigate and ultimately say tank was on non-Marineland stand?
They also thought the silicone looked irregular and thin from likely me scraping the glass, however if this was the case the tank would have leaked from the vertical panels and not the bottom somewhere.
(I will try to attach the pictures of the thinned and irregular areas of silicon as example.)
Fortunately, the livestock survived fairly intact with the clean up crew being the exception.
Anyone else have this experience with Marineland Perfecto?
Or tank issues?
I had a 5+ year old 65g corner overflow reef ready Marineland Perfecto Tank. It was on a custom built level R&J Aquatics Maple Stand (solid wood) with canopy (which was about $900-1000 for stand and canopy). This Summer, the tank had a major leak on the bottom. The silicone was slightly irregular in spots when new, but I did not think much of it. It just looked like slightly sloppy job of applying it. After the leak, Marineland was contacted and I sent pictures and information since floors, oriental rug, electronics, etc. were ruined or damaged.
Liberty Mutual is their insurer and contact me and asked for additional information.
Just this week, they concluded that since it was not on a Marineland stand (usually a cheaper particle board/compressed wood), they would not cover the tank, stand, or any other costs. Several thousand dollars lost overall. I think their silicone sealing was defective, but anyway, it is a loss and they lost a customer. I have since purchased a new Waterbox 100.3 and am very happy with it. If they were going to deny tank and/stand replacement (since stand warped in flood), why would they have taken months to investigate and ultimately say tank was on non-Marineland stand?
They also thought the silicone looked irregular and thin from likely me scraping the glass, however if this was the case the tank would have leaked from the vertical panels and not the bottom somewhere.
(I will try to attach the pictures of the thinned and irregular areas of silicon as example.)
Fortunately, the livestock survived fairly intact with the clean up crew being the exception.
Anyone else have this experience with Marineland Perfecto?
Or tank issues?