75 Gallon blow out - Aquarium Advice

crazyderik · 10-21-2007, 03:48 AM

I just thought Id share this with you guys... About a week ago I was getting ready for bed, and I heard a funny cracking...tinkling noise. Well I turned on the light just in time to see a large stream of water shooting out of the bottom of my 75 gal fresh water tank

. What a **** of a mess it made... all the carpet was ruined and had to be removed. My wet/dry vac had a hard time sucking up all the gravel and water from the floor...

Well on a happy note I found 2 55 gal complete setup replacments, 1 has a wooden stand and the other no stand. Im quite happy with them, and only lost 1 fish in the blowup.

Ill just say, I hope nothing like this has to happen to someone else.... what a mess

black hills tj · 10-21-2007, 07:52 PM

Did you find the cause of the break?

**Zagz** · 10-21-2007, 10:39 PM

Congrats on finding replacements. I am sure that must have been heartbreaking, not to mention extremely a pain to clean.

**QTOFFER** · 10-21-2007, 10:52 PM

OMG!!! That is my greatest fear and the primary reason I carry renters insurance.

What did you do with your fish until you were able to pick up the replacement tanks? I'm also curious what caused the failure.

bs6749 · 10-22-2007, 09:48 AM

Tank not level?!?!

Man that really sucks, sorry to hear about that.

10-21-2007, 03:48 AM	#1
crazyderik Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sharon Springs, NY Posts: 64	75 Gallon blow out I just thought Id share this with you guys... About a week ago I was getting ready for bed, and I heard a funny cracking...tinkling noise. Well I turned on the light just in time to see a large stream of water shooting out of the bottom of my 75 gal fresh water tank . What a **** of a mess it made... all the carpet was ruined and had to be removed. My wet/dry vac had a hard time sucking up all the gravel and water from the floor... Well on a happy note I found 2 55 gal complete setup replacments, 1 has a wooden stand and the other no stand. Im quite happy with them, and only lost 1 fish in the blowup. Ill just say, I hope nothing like this has to happen to someone else.... what a mess

10-21-2007, 07:52 PM	#2
black hills tj Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: black hills, south dakota Posts: 1,766	Did you find the cause of the break? __________________ <.^.>Mike<.^.> http://www.bhtj.net

10-22-2007, 09:48 AM	#5
bs6749 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lawton, MI Posts: 1,296	Tank not level?!?! Man that really sucks, sorry to hear about that. __________________ 100G Discus Tank, 55G Planted RCS Tank, 29G Angelfish Tank w/Breeders, 29G Class N Endler Tank, 10G CRS/CBS (S+, SS) Tank, 10G Yellow Shrimp Tank, 10G Snowball Shrimp Tank, and a breeding experiment with ghost shrimp in my other 10G tank.

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10-21-2007, 10:52 PM	#4
QTOFFER Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kew Gardens, NY Posts: 3,697 Images: 30	OMG!!! That is my greatest fear and the primary reason I carry renters insurance. What did you do with your fish until you were able to pick up the replacement tanks? I'm also curious what caused the failure.