Leak tests are important...

[Rakie]

Aquarium failed the water test tonight, the whole entire bottom leaked! The most unfortunate thing is today another reefer helped me drill the tank..

Paper under the tank
Paper under the tank 2
The floor!

It looked solid, until I put water in it.

 

[gone fishin]

sorry to see that. Looks to have been a significant leak.

 

[Scottshopinc]

something about those bow fronts.

 

[kmbyrnes]

That sucks. But at that's why you test.

 

[JohnnyHildo]

i went through the same thing in december with a 4' 77gallon tank. it leaked so i cut it apart, cleaned it, scraped it for probably 5 hours to get all the old silicone off and carefully glued and assembled it. 3 days later when i fill tested it i could see it leaking almost immediately. a week later i bought a 120 gallon and was getting my first reef tank going.

 

[MidwestReefa]

Happy you found out sooner than later if you can look at it in a positive way.

 

[Rakie]

That's the only way I'm viewing it! Yeah, it kinda sucks... But it could have been 100x worse.

Happy you found out sooner than later if you can look at it in a positive way.