ticklemyelmo
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So the day started with good news. I was to report to the police station to get fingerprinted and start my new job soon. All was well at work when I get a call at 5pm from my brother.
"You better get your ass home quick, your fish tank is leaking" Turns out he had stopped home before going to the gym instead of going directly their like he had planned. He began to walk to the bathroom when he stepped in a puddle and noticed. Thank god.
So I'm thinking, no big deal, plug probably fell out on the pump and it'll only be about 5 gallons of water or so and all will be well in my AGA 125 gallon thats been running for just about a year. Until I came home to this...
my jaw absolutely dropped. I have 11 fish and over $6,000 into this tank. Now all 125 gallons are on the floor. The water has also drained into my basement and flooded that too. My fish are freaking out and with good reason, for they only had about 3 inches of water left. The temperature in the room was abhorrently hot. I noticed the power was off and asked my brother if he had turn it off. Turned out the tank had cracked on the very bottom and water was dripping onto an spider outlet under the tank. I then realized the GFI outlet I was so adamant about getting had saved the house from burning down for a mere $18. Let this be a lesson folks. Get a GFI and use it!
I immediately scrambled to take the water that was left and put it into three 2-gallon buckets. I put all 11 fish in one bucket and got my 38 gallon rubbermaid container I used for water changes and began filling it. I had just enough salt to get it to a 1.022 sg. Another lesson, always have salt on hand, you never know when you will need it. I let the salt settle in the container for about an hour and a half to 2 hours before I had to put the fish into the container with no acclimation because the ammonia buildup in the 2-gallon bucket was quickly becoming lethal. I put the live rock in the rubbermaid container as well. I tried to save the sand by putting in into another container with a bit of water to keep it moist.
My next thought was "My dad is going to be soooooo pissed!" Turns out he took it better than expected. He just thought it was a "damn shame" because of how well everything was going and how quickly I managed to get it done in all relativity.
We spent from 5pm to jsut now at 10:45 shop vacuuming the floor and using towels, drying the carpet and using some industrial strength Pledge on the brand new wooden flooring. The basement is still flooded but it has seen worse, and there is a drain down there anyways.
My filter is still hooked up and even still has water in it. I did need to clean it anyways. So now I sit and wait. I have to go to work from 6am to 2pm tomorrow and plan to call AGA as soon as I get home as their hotline is open until 4pm. I'm just hoping my fish don't die in the mean time. The tank has a lifetime guarantee and was bought from a local shop and was sent directly from the factory still wrapped in cardboard and bubble wrap. They better be giving me a new tank or there will be holy hell. The tank was perfectly level and supported underneath by multiple jack stands that haven't moved an inch so I know that was not the cause. The crack is not very visible. Its more an imperfection in the silicone seal than anything. The tank came with a lifetime guarantee so it bette be replaced and quickly.
I'm a patient person, but this has left me slightly disgruntled, especially after all that time,money, and hard work. If the fish die, I will be absolutely livid
"You better get your ass home quick, your fish tank is leaking" Turns out he had stopped home before going to the gym instead of going directly their like he had planned. He began to walk to the bathroom when he stepped in a puddle and noticed. Thank god.
So I'm thinking, no big deal, plug probably fell out on the pump and it'll only be about 5 gallons of water or so and all will be well in my AGA 125 gallon thats been running for just about a year. Until I came home to this...
my jaw absolutely dropped. I have 11 fish and over $6,000 into this tank. Now all 125 gallons are on the floor. The water has also drained into my basement and flooded that too. My fish are freaking out and with good reason, for they only had about 3 inches of water left. The temperature in the room was abhorrently hot. I noticed the power was off and asked my brother if he had turn it off. Turned out the tank had cracked on the very bottom and water was dripping onto an spider outlet under the tank. I then realized the GFI outlet I was so adamant about getting had saved the house from burning down for a mere $18. Let this be a lesson folks. Get a GFI and use it!
I immediately scrambled to take the water that was left and put it into three 2-gallon buckets. I put all 11 fish in one bucket and got my 38 gallon rubbermaid container I used for water changes and began filling it. I had just enough salt to get it to a 1.022 sg. Another lesson, always have salt on hand, you never know when you will need it. I let the salt settle in the container for about an hour and a half to 2 hours before I had to put the fish into the container with no acclimation because the ammonia buildup in the 2-gallon bucket was quickly becoming lethal. I put the live rock in the rubbermaid container as well. I tried to save the sand by putting in into another container with a bit of water to keep it moist.
My next thought was "My dad is going to be soooooo pissed!" Turns out he took it better than expected. He just thought it was a "damn shame" because of how well everything was going and how quickly I managed to get it done in all relativity.
We spent from 5pm to jsut now at 10:45 shop vacuuming the floor and using towels, drying the carpet and using some industrial strength Pledge on the brand new wooden flooring. The basement is still flooded but it has seen worse, and there is a drain down there anyways.
My filter is still hooked up and even still has water in it. I did need to clean it anyways. So now I sit and wait. I have to go to work from 6am to 2pm tomorrow and plan to call AGA as soon as I get home as their hotline is open until 4pm. I'm just hoping my fish don't die in the mean time. The tank has a lifetime guarantee and was bought from a local shop and was sent directly from the factory still wrapped in cardboard and bubble wrap. They better be giving me a new tank or there will be holy hell. The tank was perfectly level and supported underneath by multiple jack stands that haven't moved an inch so I know that was not the cause. The crack is not very visible. Its more an imperfection in the silicone seal than anything. The tank came with a lifetime guarantee so it bette be replaced and quickly.
I'm a patient person, but this has left me slightly disgruntled, especially after all that time,money, and hard work. If the fish die, I will be absolutely livid
I'm so sorry. Did all your fish make it? What's the follow up?