I had my tank spring a leak a while ago, and it was a water fall of a leak. Given the tank was a good 15 years old. I had made it home just in time, it had only leaked about 10 gallons (55 gallon) once I found it. Lucky I had used drip bends with my electricals and had the power strip in a water proof location.
So after dealing with the chaos of getting the fish into a small temp tank, I went out and found a used but like new 55 gallon replacement on Craigslist. The guy only used it one winter to winter over his pond fish so it is like brand new.
Well, even so I have this brand new tank now and have little chance of a leak, I still have PTSD every single day over the situation. I understand if I had not made it home my fish would have died, room would have flooded, and heaters would have blown.
So what are the overall chances that a tank in super good / new condition will spring a leak? How often does this happen to people?
I do understand my other tank was getting kinda old, and that is why I went ahead and replaced it versus re-seal it. But I am still in panic all the time, it is quite often I lunge out of bed in the night to the echo of my filters.....
So after dealing with the chaos of getting the fish into a small temp tank, I went out and found a used but like new 55 gallon replacement on Craigslist. The guy only used it one winter to winter over his pond fish so it is like brand new.
Well, even so I have this brand new tank now and have little chance of a leak, I still have PTSD every single day over the situation. I understand if I had not made it home my fish would have died, room would have flooded, and heaters would have blown.
So what are the overall chances that a tank in super good / new condition will spring a leak? How often does this happen to people?
I do understand my other tank was getting kinda old, and that is why I went ahead and replaced it versus re-seal it. But I am still in panic all the time, it is quite often I lunge out of bed in the night to the echo of my filters.....