exodus
Aquarium Advice Freak
So my dad wont let me put my reef tank in the house, so I decided I'm going to build myself a little tv/reef room in the basement for my own pleasure. The basement floods with 2-3" of water whenever we get a heavy rain or during the spring thaw, so everything down there is already a mess. I'dhave to build a raised floor and all that good stuff, which is no problem as its just framing work.
But he seems to think saltwater will eat holes in the concrete on the floor. Is there any truth to this?
He's always thinking the worst; tank will burst a seam or it will overflow dumping 60g of ocean water onto the floor which is highly unlikely.
But say it does happen, the floor has crap tiles on it which are coming up anyways from the year after year flooding (tiling on the floor is over 20yrs old) but would it really destroy a concrete floor/foundation?
If it ever did flood and destroy the raised floor in my little room, big deal, because I can always replace it, but the foundation is here to stay.
Any insight on this?
I really want my reef tank and I cant believe I'm having to put it in the basement just to get it.. damn parents. I already have half the stuff bought too.
But he seems to think saltwater will eat holes in the concrete on the floor. Is there any truth to this?
He's always thinking the worst; tank will burst a seam or it will overflow dumping 60g of ocean water onto the floor which is highly unlikely.
But say it does happen, the floor has crap tiles on it which are coming up anyways from the year after year flooding (tiling on the floor is over 20yrs old) but would it really destroy a concrete floor/foundation?
If it ever did flood and destroy the raised floor in my little room, big deal, because I can always replace it, but the foundation is here to stay.
Any insight on this?
I really want my reef tank and I cant believe I'm having to put it in the basement just to get it.. damn parents. I already have half the stuff bought too.