disaster avoided.. and i mean disaster

[Chicago]

man oh man.. i have a large dark refugium.. use to be a large denitrator and recently converted it.. pic is in my gallery .. but anyways.. i have it set up that gravity feeds into the 55 galon vat and then into my phsphate reactro all in the basement....

tonight i am changing some media.. and notice water is flying...spraying everywhere in the basement mechanccal room... the top of the vat had a hair line crack that just started...

now i have a vat full of rock and water...

need suggestions on large holding containers for dark refugium.. the one i had was great untill tonight... large top opening and then had a large ring/clamp that made a water tight seal... guess after a year or two of pressure the top could not take it.. lots of towels...

lucky i was there... would have kept spraying untill 55 gallon top off and 5o so more gallons hit the floor.. getting water sensors for the floor this week ...

 

[menard]

J................. Man that sucks!! still someone up there lookin out for U man.........not a total disaster.... Find some rectangular tank made of Poly........My sump is made of Poly 100 gal , I drop a wrench in there one time, live rocks, woosh! glad it aint glass...PEACE

 

[edwing206]

hope you find somethin nice and menard, zeppelin is the best band ever ( look at signature)

 

[Chicago]

..m any ideas on where to get large vat that has a top...? thanks

 

[jjjimmy]

www.mcmaster.com

 

[menard]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8476854#post8476854 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Chicago
..m any ideas on where to get large vat that has a top...? thanks

J.....................this is my set up, Sump, and 2 reservoir, the other one U cant see all POLY tanks.

I got them all here!!

PEACE

 

[ppurcell]

If you need one 'right now', you might try Menards. They sell and usually stock Rubbermaid stock tanks in 50, 70 & 100gallon sizes.

 

[Chicago]

i need ones with sealable tops that are water tight... water from tank above flows into unit and them into other sump.. i need a sealbe one that will be holding the rock for the dark refugium...

if not then i will need to raise the dark refugium and let gravity from the tank from from the tank to the refugium to the sump

thanks

 

[Catharsis70]

Farm and Fleet might have something that fits the bill.