My Mixed Reef/Acan Tank

[Patwa]

Hey.....just thought i'd give you all an update......well, it's bad news this time around, sad to say.

I came back from my vacation to find my tank leaking.....it was not due to anything I had done....turns out the silicone seal around the front and bottom panes of the tank had started to separate. My girlfriend mentioned it started to drip about two days before I got back, so it was not as bad as I thought. Some of my flooring is damaged, but that is it.

All my fish and corals survived, thank God!.....but the tank itself had to be broken down....yeah that was a VERY tough one to swallow. I had to break it down virtually the same night I arrived back from Sydney....I was jet-lagged after a 30hr flight, tired and exhausted, and I had a bad (Australian) flu!...could it get any worse!? thankfully it didn't!

anyways...the corals are all safe in my backup tank.......i've got a new tank about half-way filled...will get it going ASAP....i'm not done yet!

And i'll continue this thread in honour of my tank.....and yeah, i sent a nice email to the tank manufactuers....jerks sold me a p.o.s.!!! that tank was just over 5 years old...still had lots of life left in it, as far as I am concerned!!!

the one leak that ended it all

another one almost ready to break through

another

left side, note the back pane is still flawless....every other panel was affected to some extent.

right side

oh well.

Zach

 

[MarvinsReef]

yikes.. sorry to hear about this Zach.. I'm glad the corals and fishes are doing alright....

 

[revhtree]

Yea man sorry to hear bro..

What new tank did you go with?

 

[rocko918]

Wow, well at least you didn't lose anything!

time to go bigger

Did you have a good trip?

 

[Azurel]

Thank goodness it held out till you got home man.....Glad everything made it through....

 

[Patwa]

thanks for the kind words guys

I didn’t go larger…I just stuck with the 65g, just a different manufacturer haha I was in such a bad mood to begin with that upgrading was the last thing on my mind.…plus, going larger would have required me to modify a fair bit of my plumbing, equipment, etc…..which I was not in the mood to do anyway (I’m feeling the same way now!). Really, I just want my tank back……it was taken away from me b/c some ******* at Perfecto (Marineland is the parent company) used some crap silicone, or did not prep the glass properly…..now I paid the ultimate price…..I was forced to break my tank down.

This is the last pic of the tank before I broke it down…….keep in mind, this is after 3weeks without anyone touching the tank, except to feed the fish…..a bit of algae here and there, but otherwise, 100% healthy and perfect (in my eyes, at least).

dang near brings a tear to my eye




RE: Vacation….my trip was a blast!….went to Sydney for a friend’s wedding, then headed to Tasmania for some driving, wine tours, and pile of seafood (drove just under 1200kms and got a speeding ticket too!! LOL)….then off to Cairns for a 3 day dive trip to the Outer Barrier Reef…..and YES, I took piles and piles of pics/video….i’ll post them soon….just post-processing them now hehehe

Zach