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Rendos
08/27/2005, 04:16 PM
Here are a few pictures from my 200 before it broke.

I miss that tank...:(


This Acropora secale started as a 1.5" frag. It was about 9" in diameter when the tank broke.
http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/9233821-L-1.jpg

Not sure what this was, but also started as a frag...I love the green with bright pink tips.
http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/9233830-L-1.jpg


Then there was an 8" Squamosa clam...he lived, but had to give him to Craig for safekeeping.
http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/10956580-L.jpg

Then of course there were the fish, like my pair of Orange shoulder tangs...
http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/10956585-L.jpg

Okay, I have to stop before I cry...or worse...spend a ton of money setting up a big tank again.
just dave
08/27/2005, 04:44 PM
Looks nice. Be more careful next time. We all know there will be a next time.
Below Sea Level
08/27/2005, 09:12 PM
just curious....any reason that you are aware of why it broke? Was it a home-made tank?
Reefdiver77
08/28/2005, 01:19 AM
Richard, I remember 26+ years ago, the week Nick was born, when our 70 gal tank split at the seam. We had Discus in it at the time. I had a C Section and came home the day before this happened. My aunt was visiting and we heard a loud crack and ran to our bedroom where the tank was. My aunt held the sides together and I grabbed a 5 gal bucket. I carried the 60+ gallons, 5 at a time to our sliding patio window in the bedroom and dumped water onto the patio. Put the Discus into the 55 gallon. My aunt was scared I was going to hurt myself having just had surgery. But all worked out well. No wonder Nick likes aquariums! It was frightening though. At the time I was more worried about all that water on the carpet than the fish. You were gone when yours broke, weren't you?
The Reef Down Under
08/28/2005, 07:41 AM
Hey thats a nice looking clam. How many holes did you have in that tank?
Rendos
08/28/2005, 08:17 AM
Okay...
it was an Ocean View Aquariums tank, but I DO NOT blame them. The tank was ordered with a lot of holes in it. Possibly too many or maybe just placed wrong.

It broke while I was at work...I came home to a flood.

The tank had thirteen holes in it...drains, closed loop, returns, etc.
I think the three in the bottom is what did it. I had a lot of rock stacked directly over these three holes.


http://fishman.smugmug.com/photos/7132040-M.jpg