how many you owned a tank that has leaked?

[drea]

i had a 10 gallon leak after 6 months (it had like 40 lbs of live rock in it)
a 30 gallon that leaked after 3 yrs...
i have a 70 gallon oceanic now, and i hope this does not happen..... i would hate to have a great reef tank then have to rebuild do to something like this.............
i want to see how common this is....

 

[chipmaker]

New tanks that leak are pretty rare. Its the used tanks you acquire or a tank thats been moved around a lot or put up and taken down numerous times over the years thsat you have to watch. I had one tank out of the many dozens of tanks I have owned that leaked and it was a freebie, which was used for a snake cage, to terrarium, to kids using it for keeping various critters etc in. I set it up in the gazeebo to fool with some small bass fingerlings, and within 2 months it started to seep at one joint. Tank wa probably close to 20 years old at that point. I rubbed a bar of soap in the joint outside the tank and it stopped the leak almost imediately, and held for a long time afterwards until I got arond to cutting out old silicone and resealing it..I just do not think leaky new tanks are all that common.

 

[drea]

cool.... and i hope so!

 

[corally]

I have 3 freshwater tanks that I have had set up for 10+ years that have survived two moves and one did recently spring a leak for apparently no reason. I'm also worried that my 55 gallon saltwater may leak.

 

[acrylic51]

I bought an Oceanic and had setup roughly 4 months then one day it let loose....Wouldn't buy another Oceanic to save my life

 

[bang guy]

Leaky 10's are common.

 

[drea]

dam, i though the oceanic's were suppose to be great.. i ahve a 70 g that seems well constructed... i would hate to have that happen

 

[drew2005]

Ive had an Oceanic 46 gallon for about 10 months without any problems. Bought it brand new and i havent moved it since it was set up.