Tragedy in the fish room

[RichE]

Tragedy in The fish room. A 40 breeder burst over night and i lost 36 fish and counting UGGGGGGGGGG

It was my corey cat and pleco tank,and I had my breeding german red's 2 males and 5 females and a breeding pair of zebra obl(sp) in there while I was changing out to bigger tanks and a few misc africans all fish were 3" or smaller.

Even lost a albino alge eater, and some l # plecos

It was fine at 11:30pm and the bottom blew out some time after 11:30 and 8am.

[linuxrulesusa]

Really sorry to hear that.  Was it an older tank?

[RichE]

Really sorry to hear that.  Was it an older tank?

Newest one I had, been running for months and no issues, even took the gravel and rocks out the other day since it was going to be a holding tank.

The bottom just crckedin3or4 spots.I took a picture

[Maize-N-Blue-D]

Riche - Sorry to hear about your tragedy.

That Sucks !

[auratus]

Sorry to hear for your loss a lot of us have had things like this happen to us .  I `d offer you a free pair of Eureaka orange peacocks but your probably to far to want to make a trip out to nowheresville.   :  )

[Regalblue]

Shitty! 

Where's the pictures?

[RichE]

Only a few small pieces of driftwood in the tank

[gcalvus]

Rich, that sucks,what was the tank sitting on

[Stan M.]

that suck.

[Ron]

Sorry to hear.

I can't help but think of this thread:
http://michigancichlid.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=2445.0
Running cracked tanks?! 

[RichE]

Ron thanks for the eye opening comment. I have one tank that has a crack and its fine. This tank cracked at the bottom and if I knew it was cracked I wouldn't use it.

[Ron]

Ron thanks for the eye opening comment. I have one tank that has a crack and its fine. This tank cracked at the bottom and if I knew it was cracked I wouldn't use it.

I've got a 50L that got a crack across the front after I fumbled a mag7 pump onto the floor during water changes. It bounced off the floor and hit the tank, sending 3 cracks out from the point where it hit the tank. Miraculously it kept holding water, but the first thing I did was stop everything else I was doing to move the fish and empty the tank. I don't think a chipped corner is a deal breaker, but a crack anywhere is an accident waiting to happen and IMO is a tank that should never be used to hold water.

[jcunningham0295]

Sorry to hear about your loss Rich.  That really sucks.  Could the stand have been putting stress on the glass?  Just asking.  I always put 1/2" to 1" foam under my tanks to account for any stand imbalance or imperfections.

[JeffroM]

That really sucks.

[four_by_ken]

Damn... makes me a little bit sick feeling.