Coral Keepers 180 gallon reef diary.

[coral keeper]

Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3236897
YIKES....how did that happen?
Not sure, it just cracked and started to drain.

 

[bullitr]

that is why a choose acrylic again because i broke so many glass tank.
sorry for the loss
i hope you start over again

 

[gill again68]

Man that sucks!
I really wish people would be banned from posting tank failures. Every time I read these I glance at my tank and shiver. Its only 90 gals but if you spill a cup of water on the floor it doesnt take long to figure how much a gallon would cover and so on.
So sorry for the loss. The tank was looking real good.

 

[life~reefer]

Thats terrible! Sorry that happened to you!

 

[hefner413]

Did the seam come apart or did the actual glass crack?

 

[cranberry]

REALLY sorry to hear this. It's quite sad.

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by Hefner413
http:///forum/post/3238873
Did the seam come apart or did the actual glass crack?
good question

 

[moondog]

I think his tank was seamless, at least at the corners.

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by Moondog
http:///forum/post/3238969
I think his tank was seamless, at least at the corners.
Then what is that in the back right corner?....looks like it could be a seam

 

[meowzer]

I just looked back at some FTS pics...looks like it has seams to me

 

[moondog]

Look at the first pick in this thread, the back has seams with rounded front corners, the crack appears to be on one of the rounded front corners.

 

[nissan577]

sorry to hear this bro. sucks to know this happened to an amazing tank

atleast you got your baby tanks still

 

[florida joe]

glass bending is very expensive all of the larger volume seamless tanks are rounded in the front and seemed at the back

 

[fishkid13]

Bummer! That really sucks. The only good news, which isn't good, is that you learned something, so it shouldn't happen again in the future.

 

[hefner413]

yeah, does look like bent glass front corners. I would've thought that the solid piece of glass would have been stronger than a seam... How old was the tank? Is this a common problem with the bent glass fronts?