a month old

[Druu]

Sue him!

 

[pdbrady]

Sue him!

Sue him!

Sue him!

He needs to be covering ALL costs. You should never have had to go through your insurance. You need an attorney, and you need to get back ahold of your insurance and let them go after him to recoop what they've paid out, and to clear your record with them. That guy has no business building tanks. I could tell the glass was too thin just by the way it broke.

 

[12 Volt Man]

I agree with the others. you should seek legal action immediately. that kind of neglegence could have killed someone..

building a tank that big out of only 10 mm glass is unacceptable and dangerous as we all saw.

my 65 gallon tank has glass the same thicknass as your tank did, and its only one quarter the size...

so sorry..

 

[Duncan Davies]

Thanks guys yes I guess it was a bit sarcastic on my part to put it in the tank of the month but I was hoping to have it as a contender for the tank of the month but it didn't make it. as you all see but I want to work on the new one so it might have a chance to get there,
We will be seeing the manufacturer of the broken tank this afternoon to see what he is going to do about it I am not looking forward to the meeting.
but on the bright side I just purchased a new discus.

 

[FishGoneWild]

Nice replcement tank. Damn, those first picture were horrible.

 

[dominicolas]

He needs to be covering ALL costs. You should never have had to go through your insurance. You need an attorney, and you need to get back ahold of your insurance and let them go after him to recoop what they've paid out, and to clear your record with them. That guy has no business building tanks. I could tell the glass was too thin just by the way it broke.

I disagree. Tank glass thickness is not an exact science, this could be a freak accident. Also, it is possible that the glass thickness was not the problem, I wasn't there, of course, but it's possible that a peice of tank decoration fell, or maybe the tank wasn't leveled right. I'm not saying that they guy is totally not to blame, but alot of people who build tanks are independent and I would hate to see a person's livelyhood ruined for something that was out of their control. Duncan, you seem to be keeping a cool head about this though, and that's what I like to see.

 

[12 Volt Man]

glass thickness may not be an exact science, but to me it does seem highly coincidental that a tank that is almost 350 gallons but made with glass that most manufacturers make 65 gallon tanks out of broke...

I mean, it is possible that there is some math out there that will tell you that making a 337 gallon tank out of 3/8 thick glass is safe, but I doubt you will find any..especially with the height of that tank..

the egineers tell us that as the height of a tank increases, generally the glass thickness goes up too..

thats what strikes me as so strange about this tank - its 3 feet high yet only made with 3/8" thick glass????

 

[Duncan Davies]

Hi guys the tank stand was level and there was 2 1/2 inches of coo light at the base and that sat on 3/4 inch marine ply, I made the stand from steel and laminated it with timber all seems were fully seemed welded with sprung steel cross bracing and the with 6 steel 2 1/2 inch legs with welded steel plates covered with high density rubber to protect the floor and distribute the weight the stand itself weighed almost 100kg, the floor was concrete tile construction.
also the decorations were placed well away from the glass and pushed into almost 2" of pebble and no one was near the tank when it failed.

 

[woofy]

i would have freaked out! i cant imagine. u need to get firm with the company thats bs. here on rug that mess would have been very expensive.

 

[12 Volt Man]

I would seriously ask this person how he/she arrived at the glass thickness figure used for a tank this size and height.

because basing a calculation on a tank built that was even bigger simply because it has not failed YET is not good enough..

that 9 foot tank may be a disaster waiting to happen...

lets all hope not..