What is your worst tank disaster?

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Sticky90

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Well I just had my 150g fahaka tank catastrophically fail while doing water changes on my other tanks and blow a seam with no warning. Probably ended up with 20-30g of water on the ground before I got the tank pumped empty with my tanks water change pumps (thank god for multiples).

Just glad I was home at the time and that I was able to call immediate help to hold the seam while I set up the pumps in a hurry and a half.

I think I saved the flooring but I feel like I’ll find out over the next week or two.

Let’s hear your horror stories.
 
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How horrifying.My worst pales in comparison,my 265 sprung a leak a few years ago.
 
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My first "big" tank, a 100-gallon, roughly 35 years ago. It had been set up for only a short time; I checked it while feeding the fish in the morning, went to work, returned home a few hours later to retrieve something I had forgotten...and found the tank almost empty, with my fish flopping and gasping in a couple inches of water at the bottom. A seam had given way, releasing 90+ gallons of water onto the wood parquet floor in my apartment. When I found it, the floor was only slightly damp; the water had vanished, presumably draining through the crevices between floors and walls. The building was poured concrete slab. I have no idea what became of all that water, never heard a peep from downstairs neighbours, building management, or anyone else. Just gone...poof!

This incident put me on the road to DIY plywood tanks; I have never purchased a tank larger than about 50 gallons ever since that disturbing event.
 
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jjohnwm said:
My first "big" tank, a 100-gallon, roughly 35 years ago. It had been set up for only a short time; I checked it while feeding the fish in the morning, went to work, returned home a few hours later to retrieve something I had forgotten...and found the tank almost empty, with my fish flopping and gasping in a couple inches of water at the bottom. A seam had given way, releasing 90+ gallons of water onto the wood parquet floor in my apartment. When I found it, the floor was only slightly damp; the water had vanished, presumably draining through the crevices between floors and walls. The building was poured concrete slab. I have no idea what became of all that water, never heard a peep from downstairs neighbours, building management, or anyone else. Just gone...poof!

This incident put me on the road to DIY plywood tanks; I have never purchased a tank larger than about 50 gallons ever since that disturbing event.
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Wow! I wonder what happened.... So you build LITERALLY every tank you own besides the small ones? What is the cost difference between both?
 
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