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    no not my tank. a friend of mine had a used Universal 200 gallon tank that start leaking last night/this morning in the bottom right near the corner. Just out of reach of placing something to catch the water. So i get the call around 11:30 that he needed my help..so as a hobbyist i made that drive to his house. he lives off the beltway and i-10 east.

    get to his house and the tank is about half full of water with a steady leak. So first we being to remove all the holey rock he had in the tank (close to 500 pounds). Lucky he didnt have sand nor rocks substrate. In a emergency use the near exit. in our case it was a window lol... after that ordeal we siphon the water out and caught all of his fish. he have about 50 mix cichlids in his tank . I talked to his wife because she ran to walmart to get some containers and battery pumps. She was pissed that 5 large containers and 5 battery pumps cost over $100 dollars. LOL

    Anyway when she made it back we had the rocks out and start transferring fish. Guess what! She didnt buy any batteries for the pumps lol..the look on her face as she left out the door lol. We moved the tank and stands to the gararge. We left the tank on the stand since he have to buy a new one he might as well get the whole package.

    We use furniture dollys to move the tank..as soon as we took the tank of the last dolly....the whole back glass cracked and shatter.  

    I left....i was tired from working out and I didnt want to face his wife when she could not park the car in the garage tonight.



    if you cannot understand......it's 2:45 am and I'm tired.....goodnight!

  • #2
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    When I say the thread I thought you f'ed it up.....

    Man that has gotta suck! How old is the tank?
    700g Mini-Monster tank

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    • #3
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      not sure it was a used setup

      the tank had been running for about 4 years

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      • #4
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        wow, glad u got it out the house before it cracked.

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        • #5
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          Originally posted by eklikewhoa";p="
          When I say the thread I thought you f'ed it up.....
           I was thinking, "Oh, no, why isn't this in the Lounge??"

          And yeah, good thing the tank waited to shatter until you guys were done.  :)
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          • #6
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            yall on a roll already

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            • #7
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              Hey, do we know this friend?  Is he a member on Fishbox?

              What do you think caused it to shatter?  If it was empty, it would have had less tension/pressure on the glass.
              Raul
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              • #8
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                No he not on the box.

                Man, i'm no sure what cause the shattering. I just know when we sit it down it was over.

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                • #9
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                  I feel for the guy.  He must of had a fine wife for you to head out late at night...LOL

                  Seriously, you are a good guy, well for moving stuff anyways...

                  :)
                  Raul
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                  • #10
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                    OMG!!  

                    Do you'all know why it cracked?  I mean, glass doesn't just normally shatter on it's own...even if it's old glass, right?

                    8O I'm sitting here thinking about the flood of biblical proportions if that ever happened here.....
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                    • #11
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                      Originally posted by rrocket2002";p="
                      I feel for the guy.  He must of had a fine wife for you to head out late at night...LOL

                      Seriously, you are a good guy, well for moving stuff anyways...

                      :)
                      Well his wife is fine...............(i'm wrong for that lol). But she is a great woman!

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                      • #12
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                        Originally posted by imagirlgeek";p="
                        OMG!!  

                        Do you'all know why it cracked?  I mean, glass doesn't just normally shatter on it's own...even if it's old glass, right?

                        8O I'm sitting here thinking about the flood of biblical proportions if that ever happened here.....
                        it started as a leak...I'm not sure why it cracked after we placed it in the garage...but at that time of night I really didnt care LOL

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                        • #13
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                          The Crack most likely with what you said was a small hairline crack that once you moved the tank had enough tention.  I imagine the tank to be at least a 6-8ft tank, which with a little torque and once the crack had set in, was all it could handle.   Had you all not moved the tank the glass would have been okie.  Problem is that once you removed the glass to reseal it you would have seen the crack at which point you would have removed the glass gently.. taken it to a dumpster and shattered it in there where it would have less of a mess...  Glass breaks once the damage has been done.  Its HARD to get the damage in there, but once there.. its over with.

                          Now Delock.. as usual.. you would be one of those few people I would call in the middle of night and say..  big tank, move now, rocks out, catch fish.

                          You are a good man Delock, Mr Nobody !

                          What fish do Jesper have
                          180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
                          110
                          Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
                          58 S. Decorus

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                          • #14
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                            shattering fish tank glass is scary... i bet its in the back of all our minds.

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