My 55 gallon busted!

Mell · Apr 20, 2011

Aaahhh!!! My 55 gallon busted, and have no clue why. The front looks like it just totally shattered! Fish, sand and glass everywhere! Luckily I've got my 125, so we were able to save a few things. We weren't home, but we think it must have happened like 30 minutes before we got home. It happened a couple weeks ago, but just getting it posted. Here's a pic after I got all of the live rock out of it...

fsu1dolfan · Apr 20, 2011

Mell said:
Aaahhh!!! My 55 gallon busted, and have no clue why. The front looks like it just totally shattered! Fish, sand and glass everywhere! Luckily I've got my 125, so we were able to save a few things. We weren't home, but we think it must have happened like 30 minutes before we got home. It happened a couple weeks ago, but just getting it posted. Here's a pic after I got all of the live rock out of it...

OHH my that is horrible...i would be heart broken coming home to see that. I'm sorry!! Were you able to salvage anything??

clowns101 · Apr 20, 2011

OH MY GOSH MELL!

I had no idea this happened at all!

Btw-Im VERY pleased that you have decided to make your move to this fourm,its THE best,and far better than others! ;)

dougers31 · Apr 20, 2011

Man that really stinks! One of my worst reef nightmares :(

MoneyPit · Apr 20, 2011

Sooo sry. That really sucks. :cry:

marreef · Apr 20, 2011

dam bro that sucks man, that had to have been such a pain in the a** to clean up sorry to hear that

spscrazy · Apr 20, 2011

I have nightmares about that happening to me. glad to hear you have a back up tank

Troylee · Apr 20, 2011

Wow that's horrible I have Seen this a few times.... One was on a site with a monster 1000gal in his living room just horrible!!!!

Chong · Apr 20, 2011

Sorry to hear that. How old was the tank?

secretreefer · Apr 20, 2011

holy cow! sorry for your loss!!!! that pic is like every reefers nightmare. glad you were able to save some items tho. my in laws would be tripping if that happened at our house.......

Breakin Newz · Apr 20, 2011

WOW thats horrible! And is that carpet on the floor? Reefers worst nightmare no doubt!

Tabasco1 · Apr 20, 2011

WOW... that picture says it all. That is horrifying. Do you have any idea what caused it or weaked the glass?

I hate to even ask, but did you have home owners insurance? Not for the tank, but any damage.

xmetalfan99 · Apr 20, 2011

That is awful. I think everyone fears coming home to that. Any way a rock could have rolled over and hit the glass?

Mell · Apr 24, 2011

We're not really sure what happened. The only thing we can think of is the construction goby moved some sand, and maybe a rock toppled over. Sucks though. I lost an entire school of chromis...they were fun to watch. The triggers in my big tank would have eaten them anyway if they had survived the crash. And yeah, the carpet really sucked. It took my husband and I 2 weeks to get the carpet all cleaned up. We rented a professional steamer and everything. Suck! We're actually renting this house, and really didn't want to inform the landlord because we were afraid they'd make us get rid of my other 2 tanks. This tank was only 1 1/2 years old too, and bought it brand new! Scary!

fsu1dolfan · Apr 24, 2011

Mell said:
We're not really sure what happened. The only thing we can think of is the construction goby moved some sand, and maybe a rock toppled over. Sucks though. I lost an entire school of chromis...they were fun to watch. The triggers in my big tank would have eaten them anyway if they had survived the crash. And yeah, the carpet really sucked. It took my husband and I 2 weeks to get the carpet all cleaned up. We rented a professional steamer and everything. Suck! We're actually renting this house, and really didn't want to inform the landlord because we were afraid they'd make us get rid of my other 2 tanks. This tank was only 1 1/2 years old too, and bought it brand new! Scary!

What a crazy situation. Another reason I have been thinking about moldding my LR together just in case. Are you going to try again.