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Originally posted by Craig Lambert
This comment from allglass is enough for me to know that I would NEVER buy one of their tanks. This is the biggest bunch of BS I've ever read. If this were true every single or double paine window in every area of the country (with the possible exception of Florida and Hawaii) would crack every winter. It's 68 degrees in doors and 5 below zero outdoors....hello?? The tank glass is in contact with 80 degree water, and the temp in the garage is only 22 degrees cooler????????. Really unbelievable! I can see why "they've never tested it".......My living room drops to 58 at night and the tank water is 80. Why isn't it all over my livingroom floor? I would have told that guy to stop embarrasing himself and put a decission maker on the phone.....
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Actually (not that I'm am agreeing with the tank mfg) you left out one important detail in comparing with home windows... that is, unless your home is filled with water, home windows don't have any pressure pushing out behind them (like a water filled aquarium does)...and windows have insulated joints (expandable, BTW) that are not expected to be water-tight, at least not under pressure, like siliconed aquarium glass needs to be...never mind that most home windows are not 6 feet long, either...
To me, the most important detail is this has happened to the guy 3 times. Something is wrong (leveling, pressure point(s),temp contrast, etc) with the setup. He didn't get "3 bad tanks" in a row...