Hello fellow fish keepers.
My worst nightmare happened 2 months ago when my Juwel rio 180 started leaking from its side. Fast forward to present day, my apartment is still under repair and I had to give away my second 100L tank with all its stock. So currently I have no fish or tanks.
I'm still not sure what caused the leak, I woke up to a water dripping on a floor sound and noticed there was a spray of water coming from one of the corner (pictures below)
http://imgur.com/66iW5Q1
https://imgur.com/t0t7cHB
I moved with this tank in the summer and checked all the silicons were ok (well apparently they weren't :/ ). The tank is like, over 10 years old but I've always been careful with moving it and been looking for worn silicons or cracks.
I'm just really devastated about all of this. Losing my years of work, pets and have to pay for the repair (I have insurance but there's still some costs I need to pay myself).
Does anyone has a clue what caused this damage? Nothing has bumped into it and I don't have other animals that could've jumped on it etc.
Because of this I'm paranoid of all glass tanks and I'm desperately trying to figure out how to continue the hobby. I guess my only choice is go to plastic tanks with shrimps or then convince myself that accidents like this are rare and there's nothing to worry about.
Thank you in advance for all the answers
My worst nightmare happened 2 months ago when my Juwel rio 180 started leaking from its side. Fast forward to present day, my apartment is still under repair and I had to give away my second 100L tank with all its stock. So currently I have no fish or tanks.
I'm still not sure what caused the leak, I woke up to a water dripping on a floor sound and noticed there was a spray of water coming from one of the corner (pictures below)
http://imgur.com/66iW5Q1
https://imgur.com/t0t7cHB
I moved with this tank in the summer and checked all the silicons were ok (well apparently they weren't :/ ). The tank is like, over 10 years old but I've always been careful with moving it and been looking for worn silicons or cracks.
I'm just really devastated about all of this. Losing my years of work, pets and have to pay for the repair (I have insurance but there's still some costs I need to pay myself).
Does anyone has a clue what caused this damage? Nothing has bumped into it and I don't have other animals that could've jumped on it etc.
Because of this I'm paranoid of all glass tanks and I'm desperately trying to figure out how to continue the hobby. I guess my only choice is go to plastic tanks with shrimps or then convince myself that accidents like this are rare and there's nothing to worry about.
Thank you in advance for all the answers