Tank disaster

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Unfortunately, a lot of the tanks used in all of the other booths were supplied by Cadlights. I'm not putting anything on the other vendors or manufacturers but anyone not familiar with this issue is getting the wrong impression about Cadlights and quality.
 
I had always thought Cadlights was a quality company and I've owned a nice tank of theirs. I guess they have lost my business now.
 
karm40 said:
I went by the booth and one of the tank "models" said, I know you... so, I said what's up with the tank that blew out that you guys won't do anything about??? She said what are you talking about? Then I was thinking, oops, maybe it wasn't cadlights, so, I said never mind, "I'm going to make sure it was you guys and I'll get back to you." It was really awkward. But, I planted the seed. I talked to another vendor and they said, 'Oh yeah' we never buy from them. I got caught up in the show and had to leave so, someone can pick up my slack?
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The tank you're referring to is the L shaped 1350 gallon that Peter in Canada owned built by the Tanked losers who also have zero integrity. Their company is ATM, Acrylic Tank Manufacturing in Las Vegas.
 
First off, wow. I am so sorry for what happened. I had a 24g nano tank crack and flood my apartment bedroom a couple years back - I can't imagine 500 gallons.

Did this tank have any bracing on the bottom? Outside metal bracing or inside bottom panel euro bracing? If you look at any tank built by quality brands (ReefSavvy/Elos for example) they always put additional inside bracing on the bottom panel. Sometimes they even sandwich two panels together. The idea is to get more surface area for the bottom seal of silicone in order to prevent blowouts like this. In this case it doesn't look like they had any extra bracing other then the top euro bracing. Clearly a massive engineering/design flaw if this is indeed the case.

I would also like to point out that CADlights sell two types of tanks. 1) Made in China and shipped over in containers. 2) Custom made in California. I own one of the former myself (100g Artisan) and obviously I would never trust their custom made tanks after seeing this.
 
I own a cadlights tank that I just set up a few months ago and reading stuff like this makes me regret my purchase.
 
dodgerblew said:
The tank you're referring to is the L shaped 1350 gallon that Peter in Canada owned built by the Tanked losers who also have zero integrity. Their company is ATM, Acrylic Tank Manufacturing in Las Vegas.
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Yeah but unfortunately they've achieved the American Dream. Do something extremely mediocre, get a "reality" TV show, make tons of money from said show so that it alone can sustain you, keep living the dream and hope you don't get cancelled!

Works for people building stuff, works for dwarfs, women who can't say no, celebrities who are only famous for being a celebrity not due to anything they actually have done, and many many more! I mean if I could find a way to land a TLC show of me watching TV and scratching myself all day I would be living the dream!
 
sfsuphysics said:
Yeah but unfortunately they've achieved the American Dream. Do something extremely mediocre, get a "reality" TV show, make tons of money from said show so that it alone can sustain you, keep living the dream and hope you don't get cancelled!

Works for people building stuff, works for dwarfs, women who can't say no, celebrities who are only famous for being a celebrity not due to anything they actually have done, and many many more! I mean if I could find a way to land a TLC show of me watching TV and scratching myself all day I would be living the dream!
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ahahaha

the definition of celebrity has certainly changed. It's like you said, you can be famous for doing nothing now. In the past, performers would work for years honing and perfecting their craft, whether it was music or acting or writing or whatever. now you can become a millionaire by live-commenting on video games on you tube.

$4 mil per year:
https://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie
 
sfsuphysics said:
Yeah but unfortunately they've achieved the American Dream. Do something extremely mediocre, get a "reality" TV show, make tons of money from said show so that it alone can sustain you, keep living the dream and hope you don't get cancelled!

Works for people building stuff, works for dwarfs, women who can't say no, celebrities who are only famous for being a celebrity not due to anything they actually have done, and many many more! I mean if I could find a way to land a TLC show of me watching TV and scratching myself all day I would be living the dream!
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Classic!

Works for dwarfs and women who can't say no! :lolspin:
 
sfsuphysics said:
Yeah but unfortunately they've achieved the American Dream. Do something extremely mediocre, get a "reality" TV show, make tons of money from said show so that it alone can sustain you, keep living the dream and hope you don't get cancelled!

Works for people building stuff, works for dwarfs, women who can't say no, celebrities who are only famous for being a celebrity not due to anything they actually have done, and many many more! I mean if I could find a way to land a TLC show of me watching TV and scratching myself all day I would be living the dream!
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The only possible good thing that may come out of it is that if one of their (celebrity)tanks were to fail, you know you'd hear about it!
 
rickztahone said:
The only possible good thing that may come out of it is that if one of their (celebrity)tanks were to fail, you know you'd hear about it!
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You think? I don't know about that, I doubt ATM would pull what they did Peter (1300+ Canadian fellow) and say there was no warranty/not their fault, hell I bet if anything celebs actually buy extra insurance for this stuff so it's simply a matter of the insurance paying for it. Now if someone gets hurt when it fails then you're probably right.
 
Tank disaster

dodgerblew said:
The tank you're referring to is the L shaped 1350 gallon that Peter in Canada owned built by the Tanked losers who also have zero integrity. Their company is ATM, Acrylic Tank Manufacturing in Las Vegas.
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Peter made some a modification on his tank and the tank did not blew out, it crack on the bottom front side of the tank like some thing hit it and not break from the seam like most tank .. Atm might not be great on taking care of livestock ( since this just install and let local company service the system) but from what I seen from their manufacturing they use high quality materials.
 
bullitr said:
Peter made some a modification on his tank and the tank did not blew out, it crack on the bottom front side of the tank like some thing hit it and not break from the seam like most tank .. Atm might not be great on taking care of livestock ( since this just install and let local company service the system) but from what I seen from their manufacturing they use high quality materials.
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I didn't say any tank blew out L. It was someone else. However, nothing hit that tank, in case you're not caught up on the thread, it was deemed a defect but ATM isn't backing it even though it was still under warranty. They blamed it on his stand which they approved when they installed it.
 
It is very fortunate that no one was injured when that front plate of glass fell. I hope for a positive resolution.

Having said that, I wouldn't be so free (as some are on this thread) of making certain claims regarding the manufacturer. If you have factual support for a comment, that is one thing. However, making claims like "they use some of the worst glass in the industry" will end up getting someone else sued.
 
alin2 said:
This is making the rounds:

https://www.reefs.com/blog/2015/10/11/cad-lights-aquarium-disaster/
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