House Fire vs. Fish Tanks!

[Runitis]

What's a small house fire? For this to work the fire would need to be under the fish tank would it not? Fires spread quickly so by the time it would reach the fish tank many other parts would already be on fire. I see this as implausible. Myth busted

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[s010245]

A stand would burn, causing the tank to fall and probably shatter


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[baby bass]

i think we should forward this to mythbusters

YES

 

[Warborg]

You were really lucky. How was the water being splashed out though?

Not sure, back then I used everything: powerheads, air pumps, HOB and outside canisters. Basically I kept the water moving. I remember another tank where a cheap HOB would fill to the rim with water(which my mistake of having the HOB against the wall behind it). This rotted the wall.

 

[zoohouse]

The heat doesnt kill the fish. Fire pulls all the oxygen out of the area including water. So basically they suffocate pretty quickly.

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[FuriousFish]

What's a small house fire? For this to work the fire would need to be under the fish tank would it not? Fires spread quickly so by the time it would reach the fish tank many other parts would already be on fire. I see this as implausible. Myth busted

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Well how about a 10,000 tank as i stated above? As in a floor to ceiling massive tank. It may not put out ALL the fire but it would slow the fire down from spreading for sure right?


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[MyGiants]

The water from the tank might inhibit the fire temporary around that area. But a full blazing house fire enough to cause the tank to melt would be so big and intense that small amount of water would vaporize quickly. It will not stamp out the fire engulfing the rest of the house.

 

[ecoli73]

Depends on where the fire is. My friend had a fire in his attic a month ago...the tank would not help that one...


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[SkeptikalScabies]

the glass of the aquarium would not melt until the water inside the tank had boiled off. it might crack however, releasing a torrent of water. its just like throwing a full water bottle in a fire, the plastic only melts once the water is boiled out of it. on a big 10,000 gallon the there is usually only one big glass sheet, with the rest being made of wood in most house builds. The fire would eat the supports and cause the tank to rupture, dousing the fire under it, and probably putting out any carpet fires on that floor lol. either way your fish are dead, your house is a towering inferno with soggy floorboards, and it sucks to be you.

 

[Bderick67]

No need for myth busters. Liz, (Red Devil) had this happen. Fire under the tank heated the glass causing it to break. Believe it was a 180 gallon tank and the water did extinguish the fire.