i can beat them all
I made the mistake of purchasing a very old used tank from a local store going out of business. The tank was a 150 gallon nonplumbed tank on a custom steel frame with anouther 150 gallon tank on top. Yes two 150gal tanks stacked Looked very nice. they had sold the top tank day before. So I purchased the bottom tank for $150. they through in the custom stand. they did not need(I would not pay for).Loaded the tank and stand. took the tank home put in the middle of living room floor. (wife loved this) Took the stand to have it cut down and reinforced/refinished to fit only one tank high instead of two. The Next week the stand was ready. Brought it home to my Trailer(mobile home) Put down 1 1/2 inch plywood to reinforce the floor Stained and finished it. Next day brought in stand centered it in the Trailer(1972) got three guys to help put up the tank. Checked all the seals. Added CC for substrate. Filled it/ added salt. couple days latter when it cleared and warmed to 80* I went out and bought 100LBS of LR to start cycling.
About 6 weeks Latter it was done cycling. Wife and I went out to celebrate the fact it was ready for fish. I had to work at 3Pm
We came home from our Celebration lunch at 2PM to see the tank's side BLOWN OUT. Lights in the tank smoking. Filters SCREAMING from running dry. Heaters SMOKING from being on dry. Powerheads CLICKING/ MELTING from no water. Salt water everywhere. I had my Deep freeze on side of tank that blew. It was Smoking and stinking too. So not only did I have to clean up from my tank I had to move and empty my deep freeze.
Need less to say I never made it to work. The only lucky thing that happened was i have a cold air return beside the deepfreeze that must have sent about 75 Gal down under my trailer house. the other 75 was soaking into the carpet/floor and wall behind the wall was my Computer That stayed dry but the floor/comp.stand did not .
Thank HEAVEN for no fault House INSURANCE. They paid for everything except my $500 deductible When this happened it was Feb in North Dakota highs of -20*F That helped the heat bill having to have the door open hauling stuff in/out.
Yes I still do aquariums as a matter of fact thats how I bought my 210 in 2002. I stil love this hobby my wife won't let my buy anything used anymore.LOL
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