3 Year Old 125 G just sprung a leak!!....

j0tca · #1 01/02/2007, 12:48 PM

My 6' 125 G just sprung a leak along it's lower back edge. I came home to find 10 Gallons on the floor and more coming. It was immediatley eveident where the leak was so I disassembled everything, torer the tank tank completely and know all my fish and corals are in buckets with an air pump. Saddening, this tank was working beautifully.

Once it was empty, I cleaned the bottom to find about 6" of the back lower seal slightly raised from the tank. Sand had gotten under the solicon and it had obviously failed.

Has anyone ever heard of this happening before? I'm shocked right now and afraid for my livestock. Losing thousands in fish and corals for a $300 tank seems unbelievable.

Will

salttess · #2 01/02/2007, 01:31 PM

I had that happen too on a 240 gallon tank last year. I feel your pain with the buckets and all, been there. Only in my tank the silicone didnt fail the back glass actually separated from the bottom piece. Luckly, I have a drain in the floor of my pump room. Good luck to you, my tank was replaced free of charge from the manufacturer, as it was only 3 mths old when it happened.
Tina

Jeremy Blaze · #3 01/02/2007, 01:41 PM

What brnd tank is it?

kfowler · #4 01/02/2007, 01:41 PM

Are you sure your stand it level? This could have caused the leak.

Sparkss · #5 01/02/2007, 02:12 PM

they say that a large percentage of all tank failures are due to impoperly setup stands (uneven, not level, not enough support, etc). But sometimes tanks do just fail. Even the big commercial lines, like Oceanic, had marred reputations due to poor quailty production incidents in their past. Some feel that the safest tank for avoiding seam, and general tank, failures is an acrylic tank, due to how they are manufactured.