Big Tank Disaster Shots & why they happened!

[sjp770]

I was looking for a particular pic of an in wall tank that was built against the wall, and subsequently broke the front panel, and I thought of another disaster pic I had seen here.

After all the pain they cause they do stand as good warning of what not to do. Is anyone willing to post pics of when it went wrong on a large scale and explain why? Such as the tank out there that decided to use a resin to make a fake sand bed and it cracked the whole base.

Otherwise does anyone know the tank I was talking about?

 

[klviper]

Don't know if this counts but here is a pic of a 12" long seam split on my eight month old 375. Nothing I did, just a bad seam. Manufacture is replacing it and I took this as a sign to upgrade so now they are making me a 450.

 

[waynem]

Any big rimless tank is a Disaster waiting to happen IMO

The glass deflection was to much on the one your talking about and the glass was pushing on the wall in one spot. Bracing would/should.could have stopped that happening.

The resin just expanded to much while drying I think on that other tank.

 

[sjp770]

I saw someone use silicone for the same use, making a fake sand bed. Makes more sense as it wouldn't stress the tank at all and you could (painstakingly) removed.

 

[waynem]

Thats an interesting idea. Might run your cost up tho