What would you do?

[bonomo53]

My tank has just hit 1 year and everything is starting to take off. I have successfully acclimated all of my wrasses and they are doing great and then i stumble upon a thread about seam issues with my specific tank. After examining my tank i found some air bubbles in one of my seams. I reached out to marineland and there response was we find it better to be safe then sorry and we will replace my tank. But all i wanted to know if it was a real issue. I only intend to keep this tank up maybe a year or 2 more before i move so i rather not have to transfer everything again. What would you do?

 

[ReefQueen]

I agree with ML, better safe then sorry, especially if they are replacing the tank. I wish they had given me the same courtesy, when I sent them pics of my tank they basically told me I was SOL lol. I know it will be a huge pain to transfer everything, but just think how much more of a pain it could be waking up to a split seam at 3 a.m.!

 

[RyanSweet]

I definitely agree with Marineland on this one. If that thing busts open it's going to be a lot worse than having to transfer things over. I'd hate to see everything get dumped on your floor and die. Then you have repairs to the house, furniture, etc...
Just an overall bad time there.

 

[tankstudy]

Yeah, just looking at the photos, its worth your time for a replacement tank.

 

[sil40sx]

Yeah, don't take the risk. What's a day of work (transferring and cleaning), compare to coming home with a flooded floor, a broken aquarium and dead livestocks...

 

[Ridem32]

What size tank is it?

 

[dbl]

I'm going to jump on the replace it bandwagon. Get/borrow some totes, buckets, whatever and make the switch when they (assuming they do) send you a new tank. Far easier than cleaning up the mess of a busted seam.

 

[bonomo53]

Thanks for the replies. The tank is a 93 gallon. I'm not worried about the work of transferring its more about the live stock (mainley sps and fairy wrasses) making the transfer ok.
I will be reaching out to my LFS tomorrow to see what my options are.

 

[Pola0502ds]

I would absolutely replace the tank. Quite scary if you ask me... Remember water is needed for all life but it can do an amazing amount of damage in a split second.

 

[Ridem32]

I don't think they will want the old tank back. After the swap reseal the old tank and you will have 2 nice tanks.

 

[Chris Adams]

I feel for you. The tank looks great and wrasse are beautiful. Looks like you hit a sweet spot and then this boooo.

I wonder what opinions would be on new sand and just move the rocks, corals and wrasse over and water over(ha ha reread after post not exactly in that order). I would personally have concerns on stirring up the bed.

Very interested in what the experienced will have to say.

 

[mpjmeyer]

Replace the tank. Especially if you plan on keeping it for your next new house. Replace it while that deal is on the table and take the chance of transferring your livestock because I can assure you there is a small percent chance some may not survive the transfer and a 99% chance there will be no survivors when it bursts. I'm sure that seam is slowly spreading as well or you would have noticed it much sooner