Cleaned tank last night w/ mag-float, noticed small scratch along front curve of 24 gallon aquapod, woke up this mornign, heard strange noise in basement, tank cracked right down the left front curve. Had roughly 19 gallons of water on the basement carpet, I have a 28 gal and a 2.5 gal but both are basically full so I saved 3-4 pieces of coral, 3 of 4 fish and basically had to lose the rest. I have a bad feeling the 1 fish lost was probably hiding in / on a piece of liverock which I threw in bucket and put outside. A gorgeous bubble tip Anemone who's foot was way to far into a HUGE piece of liverock, I just couldn't detach him & didn't really have space for him in my other tank. Lost an enormous amount of SPS, Xenia, huge Zoa rock, think GSP? (neat purple stuff that opens into green carpet type thing) ton of snails, hermits, 3 huge electric blue hermits (they were bulldozers and going to be traded in this week).
Just hoping the lights / ballast didn't get damaged. What a crappy day. Lesson: if your floors uneven and the water is leaning forward on front of curved glass, shim it up. My 75 gall has been ok uneven for 2.5 years, my 28 for 2 months, but both are along another wall so they're uneven to the sides.
Just hoping the lights / ballast didn't get damaged. What a crappy day. Lesson: if your floors uneven and the water is leaning forward on front of curved glass, shim it up. My 75 gall has been ok uneven for 2.5 years, my 28 for 2 months, but both are along another wall so they're uneven to the sides.
