210 gallon tank decided to break at 1 am ugh

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Yep my 210 decided to give me a ton of sw. AT 1AM. Lukily I had a 125 and 75 working so I saved livestock, coral, and LR.
If somebody is near the Bandera and Mainland area and can pickup a 210 let me know.
sw is everywhere. I have cleaned up but am a zombie.

Edhas2 and I were able to carry to the truck before but are faces looked strained. lol To say the least. LOL
Id like to get at least 2 free helpers to help move it to the truck. Id like to shoot for noon sharp. should take 1 minute not long.

I think somebodys driving around with a transmitter and breaking all these big tanks. lol
Doesnt make any sense.

lmk and Ill pm address


actually any time is fine. I was just trying to coordinate a time. lmk
still pulling sand

[KING]

wow...sorry to hear..

[Big_Pun]

that's crazy all these big tanks breaking, wonder how many where on DIY stands and how many where on factory stands, and age of tanks.

[allan]

Now I'm nervous.

I'd help out, but I'm at work till 4pm. If you still need help tomorrow... after I get mine moved in the morning, I'll be happy to help.

[reefreak]

Hey Shane I'll talk with my dad to see if we can help

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Edhas2 and I moved it but hes at work 2day. Its not a brick. Im pulling sand but so far no cracks seen. Il take it to FP once I get it in truck.

Funny everythings been fine. Then I heard a little more drip drip than usual. I said Honey wats dat noise. lol O RAPOLAS

Been cleaning and moving since 1am.

[Zack]

If you can find another person, I should be free at noon to help.

[Zack]

Shoot me a text or a phone call, 210-687-2615

[hobogato]

that stinks shane! is this a tank that you had resealed already?

[BBQHILLBILLY]

great text sent. need 1 or 2 more would be great. should take 1 minute to get to truck. ez

[BBQHILLBILLY]

yes i resealed lol Its been doing fantastic. I added some more LR 4pieces. Maybe a week ago. Was really coming together. It has to be something I did.

Unless someone has a glass radar torpedo gun from the military.

[Texreefer]

I was reading this bad news while I was filling my auto top of container. the pumps started to run dry in the bucket and I about Crapped my pants!:bigsmile: sorry to hear this

[BBQHILLBILLY]

ugh all sand and water out. Starting to smell a little fishy around here. plumbing next.

[koa25]

Shoot me a PM i can swing by and help on my lunch. I work off culebra and potranco. I can swing by and help.

[rrasco]

Whoa...yeah, something is fishy with all the tanks breaking lately. That's why I just decided to get away from 200+...it's a lot of weight and not a lot of room for error. Where did yours crack at? I can help after 5 if you still need any, I'm at work now.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Thanks koa pm sent

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Whoa...yeah, something is fishy with all the tanks breaking lately. That's why I just decided to get away from 200+...it's a lot of weight and not a lot of room for error. Where did yours crack at? I can help after 5 if you still need any, I'm at work now.

no crack. hmm. 0 that I see. Funny I thought a fish got caught in the plumbing so I turned the hammerhead off.

To my surprise the sw kept coming out. grr lol

[BBQHILLBILLY]

someone has a glass radar torpedo gun from the military. Actually it would be a noise frequency torpedo glass gun. from the military.:bigsmile:

[allan]

So have you determined where the water escaped from?

[BBQHILLBILLY]

There could be a crack on the bottom but i dont see it. When the sw was coming out it seemed to be coming out of the bottom molding or bottom trim.

Thats why I want to get it over to FP today before they close so they could evaluate and let me know next week.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

The bottom molding or bottom trim has 2 bottom braces including the ends which would make 4 bottom braces. Its holding up the bottom glass.
I must have put too much weight in the tank and the bottom glass droppped to the top of the bottom braces. Saving the bottom. Im gonna make a call.

disregard its supposed sit on them. lol

[Big_Pun]

im my experience ive see leaks up top on seems and it just runs down and seems like its the bottom

[BBQHILLBILLY]

as I drained sw the leak continued until no more.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Thanks nanoreefer11 and koa25 for helping move the tank. Done.
Have a great day.

[Zack]

No problem man, glad to help

[koa25]

No problemo shane. Glad to help. Hopefully its a cheap stubborn seal.

[koa25]

Oh. And sorry our glass shattering radar got you. Our bad. :ph34r:

[rrasco]

Definitely sounds like a seal went. I think it's actually rather uncommon that they break, especially on the bottom since it's tempered, I was just one of *those* lucky people. How level was the tank? And I was thinking about your floors earlier...don't you have hardwood in that room? How did that fare out?

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Hey rrasco. Everything was level. Floors are vinyl wanting tile. I added more LR and this 125RR/75. Maybe it pitched it a bit.

[rrasco]

Yeah, there really is no telling me thinks. I kind of think mine broke because I shimmed the tank to make it flush. Probably a bad idea in hindsight. I think when seals break they were weak to begin with or the tank was not level causing it to put too much deflection on one or more panes, thus increasing stress on seams. You would hope it wasn't weak seams since you just had those redone. I'm sure we'll never really know why, but just thinking out loud here.

On a side note, I've been trying to devise a system that if my tank ever broke again it drains outside instead of making in indoor pond. As of now, that system is a garage installation.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Thats not a bad idea. I used plywood on top of a stand. The bottom of the plywood was NOT wet. If a trim was placed around the plywood and sealed, thats interesting idea.
Could allways use custom rain gutters. lol But on a serious note the bottom of the plywood is not wet. Run pvc from the plywood trimmed to direct sw to the garage.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

You could use a liner on the plywood with trim not high but just enough to direct the water flow. This way you could reuse the plywood.

Also all your time could be spent finding the coral, LR, and fish, shrimp, etc . . . another location.

I was trying to do that and maintain a flood. LOL

The trim around the wood would cut your time in half. Good idea I will try. Thanks rrasco