Hello 
My GF's 90G tank was found cracked and spewing water yesterday morning. The tank was purchased around...March of 07 and setup around the same time. The tank is a marineland/perfecto standard 90G. The tank also sits on an EXTREMELY well constructed stand that her dad made out of 4*4 posts a bunch of 2*4s and some thick plywood....the stand could litterally support a car. The fish in the tank were 2*7-8" oscars, 2*4-5" balas, 2*5-6" tinfoils and a couple of smaller random cichlids. When we pulled one of her oscars out of the tank it was beat up pretty bad, so it could have freaked out over something and rammed the tank glass. But IMO an oscar that size shouldnt be able to do sh*t to a tank that large....do you guys think manufacturers defect? The crack was from the bottom left corner to the top right corner across the entire front pane of glass....and another small 4-5" crack on the back glass near the top right.
What sucks is she is having to replace the flooring in her bedroom as well as buy a new tank as the room was carpeted and there just isnt really anyway to remove the near 60G of water that hit that without having some massive mold from it.
My GF's 90G tank was found cracked and spewing water yesterday morning. The tank was purchased around...March of 07 and setup around the same time. The tank is a marineland/perfecto standard 90G. The tank also sits on an EXTREMELY well constructed stand that her dad made out of 4*4 posts a bunch of 2*4s and some thick plywood....the stand could litterally support a car. The fish in the tank were 2*7-8" oscars, 2*4-5" balas, 2*5-6" tinfoils and a couple of smaller random cichlids. When we pulled one of her oscars out of the tank it was beat up pretty bad, so it could have freaked out over something and rammed the tank glass. But IMO an oscar that size shouldnt be able to do sh*t to a tank that large....do you guys think manufacturers defect? The crack was from the bottom left corner to the top right corner across the entire front pane of glass....and another small 4-5" crack on the back glass near the top right.
What sucks is she is having to replace the flooring in her bedroom as well as buy a new tank as the room was carpeted and there just isnt really anyway to remove the near 60G of water that hit that without having some massive mold from it.
So theyre going to lowes in the morning and get some kind of peel and stick tile and re-paint the room and so on. Just give it a really good cleaning and go ahead and paint while all that crap is outa there. I think besides the tank being busted...the worst blow was a vintage turntable setup being flooded as well as a peavy bass.
