Water damage from busted 55/75 gal... How bad is it?

[FISH2211]

HI

I am upgrading to a 75 gallon tank. I have active kids and am concerned if a baseball/whatever goes through my tank and it busts 100%. Lets say with sump etc it is a real 75 gallons of water. Has anyone experienced this? I live on a one story house with stone floors and baseboards that are caulked but not everywhere. There is a door to outside near the tank.

1. Can i just take a broom and sweep the water out the door and let it air dry or do I need a professional service?

2. How much square footage on the floor is 75 gallons... 20 x 20 feet?

3. I also thought about upgrading to a 55 instead since it could be easier to clean if that busted. Is this a correct assumption or is it like "once its 55 gallons of water on your floor it might as well be 75?"


Thank you so much any input helps!!!!!

 

[mrx66699]

Get an acrylic setup it wont shatter or the seams come apart like glass and if your kids scratch it you can just buff it right out .....10 times stronger ...but to answer your question a 75 or a 55 is not exactly that amount of water as you need to take into account the water displacement from the sand rocks fish snails everything that is in it......there is a good calculator on the home page on the left hand side that can help you calculate ....

 

[betamed]

Hard to say Your homeowners insurance should cover the damage if you need a restoration company A standard 75 has pretty thick glass

 

[mrx66699]

+1 your homeowners should cover water damage......thickness or not means nothing with glass just ask Roger (Rogers Reefood).....his very large tank just burst at the seams and it all came out all over the place and not one thing hit it ...it just exploded ....

 

[rps3]

Forget acrylic, it's garbage! Right Matt? LOL

Water flooding isn't a big issue, it's more of a constant leak around a certain area that you should be concerned about. That itself will cause mold. If it's a one time deal, the water will dry up. Just clean up as much as you can. Trust me, when I use to have a tank on the second floor, it got flooded a few times.

 

[MartyD]

I had the front bottom seam of a 72 gallon bow front let go. It dumped the entire contents on the floor of my second floor bedroom. Luckily the room was above the garage, so the damage to the ceiling below was minimal. I had to pull the carpet, replace the pad, re-install and clean the carpet. All things considered, it could have been much worse.

 

[betamed]

+1 your homeowners should cover water damage......thickness or not means nothing with glass just ask Roger (Rogers Reefood).....his very large tank just burst at the seams and it all came out all over the place and not one thing hit it ...it just exploded ....

thicker does help although you never know. I would be really surprised if a factory built 75 with trim and a good brace blew out since its a short tank with relatively thick glass.