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Because of my center brace issue, I'm wondering how many people have had tanks leak, crack, break, explode, or otherwise fail. I'll count it if you personally know someone who has.
I count mine as a break, even though I didn't lose water, because if I hadn't noticed it, it might have easily cracked or busted a seal and leaked all over the place.
The guy I bought my first tank from said he had a tank bust a seal and squirt water across the room as it empties 3/4 of it's volume...but that was a very old tank that had sat dry in the garage for years, so rotten silicone is understandable.
BTW, roaches eat silicone, so if you store a tank in a place where roaches can get it, watch out. I openned a storage shed that had a bunch of diving equipment in it and saw 25 roached munching on the masks. After they scattered I checked the masks and some of them had holes munched out of the silicone....strange, but true.
I count mine as a break, even though I didn't lose water, because if I hadn't noticed it, it might have easily cracked or busted a seal and leaked all over the place.
The guy I bought my first tank from said he had a tank bust a seal and squirt water across the room as it empties 3/4 of it's volume...but that was a very old tank that had sat dry in the garage for years, so rotten silicone is understandable.
BTW, roaches eat silicone, so if you store a tank in a place where roaches can get it, watch out. I openned a storage shed that had a bunch of diving equipment in it and saw 25 roached munching on the masks. After they scattered I checked the masks and some of them had holes munched out of the silicone....strange, but true.