Tank Cracking - Arn't you guys scared?

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I'm guesing that damages will be around $50,000 if it ever happened.

The floors get ruined, I don't know how to explain it but there are like water marks that you cannot get rid of.
 
Burko;2987337; said:
"my hardwood floor will be destroyed."

Why, its only water?

Thinks...(Hmmm maybe its a laminate and the glue comes unstuck.)

Are these floorings really this usless?

lol, wood soaks up water, like paper just slower. add water and it swells which will warp and buckle a once level and nice floor. once you try and dry it out wood flooring stays warped and mis-shaped, again like paper thats once been wet.

not only that its filthy fish water full of all sorts of nasties which will smell when it dries, smell really bad. so its not "just water", its filthy, nasty fish water.
 
Burko;2987337; said:
Are these floorings really this usless?
Yep. I'm already on my second floor and the room isn't finished yet. It wasn't water damage though. My dog chased his tail and scarred it all up. We had to accept more laminate as a replacement and I'm not happy with it. It has a fiber core (as in paper fibers). It specifically states that water damage will void the warranty. I also found out that damage from women in high heals will void the warranty too. :nilly:
 
CHOMPERS;2989630; said:
Yer allowed to change the water every now and then. ;)


lol, so that what ive been doing wrong all these years. cheers for the tip:thumbsup:.
 
"lol, wood soaks up water, like paper just slower. add water and it swells which will warp and buckle a once level and nice floor. once you try and dry it out wood flooring stays warped and mis-shaped, again like paper thats once been wet."

Hardwood doesnt behave this way. Trees and decks and houses stand up to the weather well.

Man made fibres pretending to be wood with a thin laminate of real wood, mayhap.

My hardwood floor is 90% paper-mache...salesmen gota love um.
 
if you are really worried about your floor, then you should put it in your garage.
thats where my tank is. i worried about the same problem.
 
No way, I have 2 cars in my garage and I like to enjoy my fish from inside the house.

What are the ratios of people having tank leaks?

1/100? 1/1000?

I had 2 10 gallons leak on me before, but it was nothing big since I caught it just in time + I think it is because of the thin glass.
 
Hardwood doesnt behave this way. Trees and decks and houses stand up to the weather well.

Man made fibres pretending to be wood with a thin laminate of real wood, mayhap.

My hardwood floor is 90% paper-mache...salesmen gota love um.[/quote]

lmao, quite the comparison you managed to make there. for a start trees have bark and even when they have breaks in that armour they are alive, much like your skin it adapts to what is thrown at it. skins dries out and soaks up water when its dead too. decks and housing woods are treated and coated to withstand the elements.
lmao think before you type.

and has your "hardwood" floor had tens/hundreds of gallons of water thrown over it?
 
Chances of tanks cracking or breaking if made right is pretty much not going to happen
this tank I am using was pre-owned lol my parents owned it when I was young and they
bought it from some one else a so its over 20 years old I believe...
 
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