Tank flooded my house over night!

reddhead

reddhead

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I have had a aquarium for 25 years and never a disaster like what happened to me Friday morning! I woke up to a aquarium that broke a seal a drained all but 1 inch of water while I was asleep! I am still in disbelief. Thank GOD the fish, zoos, and mushrooms were still alive but my laminate floor didn't fair as well.
Has this ever happened to anyone? I am at a loss as to why this happened.
 
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shrimpy brains

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I'm so sorry! I have had a few overflow issues, but nothing like that!
Did you have another tank to put your livestock in?
Scares me just hearing about it! There was no leak? Nothing to indicate a potential problem??
 
reddhead

reddhead

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Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3183716

How old was the tank?
Only about 2 years old. I check my tanks just about every night and there was no indication of a leak. It appeared to be in the front of the tank. I say appeared because that is where it was dripping. I have 2 other tanks, both 125 gal and it has me so paranoid now.
 
reddhead

reddhead

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Originally Posted by Shrimpy Brains
http:///forum/post/3183717
I'm so sorry! I have had a few overflow issues, but nothing like that!
Did you have another tank to put your livestock in?
Scares me just hearing about it! There was no leak? Nothing to indicate a potential problem??
I have had overflow issues with my protein skimmer after first installing it and every since I constantly check for possible overflows. I am still in disbelief. I have a 125 salt so I put them in there. I hope there will be no incapatibilty issues.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by Reddhead
http:///forum/post/3183726
Only about 2 years old. I check my tanks just about every night and there was no indication of a leak. It appeared to be in the front of the tank. I say appeared because that is where it was dripping. I have 2 other tanks, both 125 gal and it has me so paranoid now.

Its an odd thing not a common one, as your testimony of 25 years with no such problem. So take a deep breath and not worry too much.
I wonder if there is an alarm that can be tripped if water touches the area around the fish tank. If not, it would be a great invention and not too hard to make. I would buy it.
 
reddhead

reddhead

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3183730
YIKES.....sorry to hear about this. So you placed your fish and corals in your other tanks?
I put them in my 125. I am concerned about my clowns because I had a maroon and a sebae in the tank that leaked and put them in the 125 with a tomato. The maroon and sebae are small enough they hid in the rocks when the tomato clown chases them. I knew I was taking a chance but I paniced and that was the 1st thing that came to mind.
 
olemiss

olemiss

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Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3183732

Its an odd thing not a common one, as your testimony of 25 years with no such problem. So take a deep breath and not worry too much.
I wonder if there is an alarm that can be tripped if water touches the area around the fish tank. If not, it would be a great invention and not too hard to make. I would buy it.
I have these by every tank after a skimmer overflowed, it is LOUD and will scare the hair off of you if you are sleeping
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...6X-_-100038838
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Do you have a small tank you can keep them in temporarily? If not you can use a tote, put some sand from the tank and sw...a powerhead, heater....small filter would be nice (LOL) that would work until you can figure out what you're going to do
Are you going to get a new tank?
 
reddhead

reddhead

Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3183741
Do you have a small tank you can keep them in temporarily? If not you can use a tote, put some sand from the tank and sw...a powerhead, heater....small filter would be nice (LOL) that would work until you can figure out what you're going to do
Are you going to get a new tank?
I would take them out but they seem to be doing ok. At this time it seems they are just establishing a peeking order; the sebae is starting to swim around a little more freely. I will eventually get another tank but not sure when, and am leaning toward acrylic. If I am not mistaken they are made seamless (round edges).
 
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