we survive a near aquarium catastrophe...

josee1013 · 01/05/2010, 08:15 AM

OMG!
what a stressfull holliday we had!!! let me tell you about our near aquarium catastrophe...
here's the tread were you can see some pics of our tank:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1753453

december 23th, 7pm... we are cleaning the house for out xmas eve party with 12 guests... dear husband is cleaning the front pannel of the tank with the magnetic brush... and ears a "crac"... to our horror a 1 inch crac appears in the inside glass, without pearcing trough...
PANIC IN THE HOUSE
we decided to get to our FS and get a new tank before it break...
10pm we arrive with the new tank, a 170g (60x24x27) we had to call the brother in law to get is mini-van to bring the tank back...
we get more then 20 plastic rubermaid containers on the floors and start to transfert water,LR, fish, corals....
midnight we move the old tank, put the new one in place... get started on plumbing (the new tank has overflows)...
2am we start transfering the sand in the the new tank, adding 70g of new watrer
3am start putting water, LR, corals and fish back in the aquarium...
we found our female swallowtail angelfish on the side on the bottom of a container.. not breathing too much... I decided to do like fisherman who release their pray: I move her under water to revive her... and it works!!!
4:30am we finally get to bed.. but I have to say that I did not sleep much

everything survive!!
and I even got intouch with the person who wanted the LTA and he came to get it the morning of the 24th... so I did not put it back in the new set-up...

we really dont know what happened to the tank... we bought it used from a guy that never put water in it (he had it for about a year in his garage but his wife did not want it)...

I dont wich this to anyone.. it's way too much stress!!!

I'll post pics of the new tank soon...

jayhawk317 · 01/05/2010, 08:38 AM

wow! thats a great and sad story all at the same time. i just got done reading another post about a guy coming home from the holidays and his tank had crashed, some kind of electrical failure. that was alot of work for one night, but great job!!

Shane Hoffman · 01/05/2010, 08:39 AM

Wow, its nice to read a disaster averted story as opposed to disaster. I am glad it worked out for you and your family.

01/05/2010, 08:15 AM	#1
josee1013 trying my best at this... Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal. Qc. Canada Posts: 533	we survive a near aquarium catastrophe... OMG! what a stressfull holliday we had!!! let me tell you about our near aquarium catastrophe... here's the tread were you can see some pics of our tank: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1753453 december 23th, 7pm... we are cleaning the house for out xmas eve party with 12 guests... dear husband is cleaning the front pannel of the tank with the magnetic brush... and ears a "crac"... to our horror a 1 inch crac appears in the inside glass, without pearcing trough... PANIC IN THE HOUSE we decided to get to our FS and get a new tank before it break... 10pm we arrive with the new tank, a 170g (60x24x27) we had to call the brother in law to get is mini-van to bring the tank back... we get more then 20 plastic rubermaid containers on the floors and start to transfert water,LR, fish, corals.... midnight we move the old tank, put the new one in place... get started on plumbing (the new tank has overflows)... 2am we start transfering the sand in the the new tank, adding 70g of new watrer 3am start putting water, LR, corals and fish back in the aquarium... we found our female swallowtail angelfish on the side on the bottom of a container.. not breathing too much... I decided to do like fisherman who release their pray: I move her under water to revive her... and it works!!! 4:30am we finally get to bed.. but I have to say that I did not sleep much everything survive!! and I even got intouch with the person who wanted the LTA and he came to get it the morning of the 24th... so I did not put it back in the new set-up... we really dont know what happened to the tank... we bought it used from a guy that never put water in it (he had it for about a year in his garage but his wife did not want it)... I dont wich this to anyone.. it's way too much stress!!! I'll post pics of the new tank soon... __________________ Life is full of cycles.. our saltwater adventure is over..for now. “When you open your minds to the impossible, sometimes you find the truth.” W.Bishop Current Tank Info: 150g reef SPS

01/05/2010, 08:39 AM	#3
Shane Hoffman Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 45 mins from Chicago Posts: 2,009	Wow, its nice to read a disaster averted story as opposed to disaster. I am glad it worked out for you and your family. __________________ A wise man once said "Never play leap frog with a unicorn" Current Tank Info: 150 gallon glass with 20 gallon sump, 175lbs of coraline covered live rock, EuroReef skimmer rated for 250gal, 25watt Aqua UV sterilizer, Fluval FX5, Hamilton 3x250watt MH, 160 watt Blue actinic....Mixed reef

01/05/2010, 08:38 AM	#2
jayhawk317 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 81	wow! thats a great and sad story all at the same time. i just got done reading another post about a guy coming home from the holidays and his tank had crashed, some kind of electrical failure. that was alot of work for one night, but great job!!