I just bought a new fish tank. The guy at the pet store made it out of 8mm glass. It was 120 centimeters from left to right, 80 centimeters from top to bottom, and 40 centimeters from front to back.
I filled it up, put in the rocks, plastic plants, air tubes and filters. I then went to have lunch. As I sat in the kitchen I heard a very loud crash. It did not just crack and leak. It actually sent pieces of glass 15 feet away. I am happy no one was standing beside it or they could have been seriously injured.
My question is, could these dimensions been a bad combination? The guy is going to make another one, and I am thinking of making it shorter. Or was this just defective glass? Any comments on what might have caused this are welcome. I do not know a whole lot about these things, and I think this could have been very dangerous.
I filled it up, put in the rocks, plastic plants, air tubes and filters. I then went to have lunch. As I sat in the kitchen I heard a very loud crash. It did not just crack and leak. It actually sent pieces of glass 15 feet away. I am happy no one was standing beside it or they could have been seriously injured.
My question is, could these dimensions been a bad combination? The guy is going to make another one, and I am thinking of making it shorter. Or was this just defective glass? Any comments on what might have caused this are welcome. I do not know a whole lot about these things, and I think this could have been very dangerous.