Leak tests are important...

Rakie · 04/17/2016, 12:10 AM

Aquarium failed the water test tonight, the whole entire bottom leaked! The most unfortunate thing is today another reefer helped me drill the tank..

Paper under the tank
Paper under the tank 2
The floor!

It looked solid, until I put water in it.

gone fishin · 04/17/2016, 04:17 AM

sorry to see that. Looks to have been a significant leak.

Scottshopinc · 04/17/2016, 04:40 AM

something about those bow fronts.

kmbyrnes · 04/17/2016, 09:05 AM

That sucks. But at that's why you test.

JohnnyHildo · 04/17/2016, 03:43 PM

i went through the same thing in december with a 4' 77gallon tank. it leaked so i cut it apart, cleaned it, scraped it for probably 5 hours to get all the old silicone off and carefully glued and assembled it. 3 days later when i fill tested it i could see it leaking almost immediately. a week later i bought a 120 gallon and was getting my first reef tank going.

MidwestReefa · 04/17/2016, 10:06 PM

Happy you found out sooner than later if you can look at it in a positive way.

Rakie · 04/17/2016, 11:22 PM

That's the only way I'm viewing it! Yeah, it kinda sucks... But it could have been 100x worse.

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Originally Posted by MidwestReefa

Happy you found out sooner than later if you can look at it in a positive way.

04/17/2016, 12:10 AM	#1
Rakie In Memoriam Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 3,059	Leak tests are important... Aquarium failed the water test tonight, the whole entire bottom leaked! The most unfortunate thing is today another reefer helped me drill the tank.. Paper under the tank Paper under the tank 2 The floor! It looked solid, until I put water in it.

04/17/2016, 04:17 AM	#2
gone fishin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wyocena Wi Posts: 6,936	sorry to see that. Looks to have been a significant leak. __________________ Tony Current Tank Info: 180gal DT, BM NAC77 skimmer,3 Maxspect razors, Maxspect Gyre 150, 30g QT

04/17/2016, 09:05 AM	#4
kmbyrnes Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 2,055	That sucks. But at that's why you test. __________________ 125g Mixed Reef 5/26/2015; 350 Butterfly Dominated FOWLR 11/26/2015 - 11/17/20217 & 07/31/18 to ??? ; 100g Mixed Reef 11/16/2013 to 06/16/2017 Current Tank Info: Too small

04/17/2016, 03:43 PM	#5
JohnnyHildo Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 669	i went through the same thing in december with a 4' 77gallon tank. it leaked so i cut it apart, cleaned it, scraped it for probably 5 hours to get all the old silicone off and carefully glued and assembled it. 3 days later when i fill tested it i could see it leaking almost immediately. a week later i bought a 120 gallon and was getting my first reef tank going. __________________ 120G Standard - 40G Sump. Apex - DOS - ATI Current Tank Info: Acros - Zoas - Palys

04/17/2016, 04:40 AM	#3
Scottshopinc Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Oxford, NC Posts: 84	something about those bow fronts.

04/17/2016, 10:06 PM	#6
MidwestReefa Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 60	Happy you found out sooner than later if you can look at it in a positive way.