So i set up a 40b a little over a year ago plumbed into my main system and put it on a stand I made up pretty quick. When I finally had the tank set up with water in it, I noticed a slight bit of light coming from under the bottom tank brace which I assumed meant the stand wasnt perfectly level and bowed down in the middle. I debated doing something about it then, but figured it was a small enough tank and it was rimmed so I wouldnt have a problem.
Well fast forward to today, and the rear panel on my 40b cracked, so there is water all over the place. Luckily it wasnt a total blow out so i dont have 40+ gallons of water on the the floor, but it was a leak coming out of the crack for who knows how long, but I probably lost a few gallons.
Luckily for me I had a new 40b laying around the house that I was planning on making into a new sump so I transferred everything to that tank pretty far from the main tank so it has no filtration for now, just a heater and a power head.
So im not 100% sure if thats the reason for the crack, but thats the only think i can think of. The crack occurred in the left side of the rear panel. It ran diagonally from about mid way on top to the bottom left rear corner. So if anyone knows what that means as far as where the stress point of failure was, I would appreciate any advice.
Anyway, im hoping to get things back up and running tomorrow but im not sure how to best prevent this from happening in the future. I was thinking of using a 1/2" or so layer of high density foam under the tank, but have heard in the past this isnt the best idea for rimmed tanks which this is.
Again, any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Well fast forward to today, and the rear panel on my 40b cracked, so there is water all over the place. Luckily it wasnt a total blow out so i dont have 40+ gallons of water on the the floor, but it was a leak coming out of the crack for who knows how long, but I probably lost a few gallons.
Luckily for me I had a new 40b laying around the house that I was planning on making into a new sump so I transferred everything to that tank pretty far from the main tank so it has no filtration for now, just a heater and a power head.
So im not 100% sure if thats the reason for the crack, but thats the only think i can think of. The crack occurred in the left side of the rear panel. It ran diagonally from about mid way on top to the bottom left rear corner. So if anyone knows what that means as far as where the stress point of failure was, I would appreciate any advice.
Anyway, im hoping to get things back up and running tomorrow but im not sure how to best prevent this from happening in the future. I was thinking of using a 1/2" or so layer of high density foam under the tank, but have heard in the past this isnt the best idea for rimmed tanks which this is.
Again, any advice will be greatly appreciated.
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