- Location
- FREEPORT,LONG ISLAND
1500 gal tank cracks WHEN FILLING
- Thread starter JARRETT SHARK
- Start date
- Location
- Elizabeth, NJ
That was insane.
- Location
- BUSHWICK BROOKLYN
Wooow scary....
- Location
- 11507 Albertson, Long Island
im always scared thats gonna happen
crazy!
crazy!
- Location
- Staten Island
Thanks Jarret, maybe I should just stay with what I have running, instead of upgrading.
- Location
- FREEPORT,LONG ISLAND
sorry guys but this makes me think because my 450gal is 12years old and still looks strong but you never know
- Location
- Hastings NY 10706
WOW!!! :tub:
ryangrieder
Advanced Reefer
- Location
- Northern Jersey
is there any information on how this happened? custom made incorrectly? something fall and hit it? i mean it looks like that glass was an inch think and cracked? its things like this that really make you think what if on our own tanks ya know. that sucks.
- Location
- FREEPORT,LONG ISLAND
I am not sure? I found this on reef cent on the large tank threads
DrHarryLopez
Advanced Reefer
- Location
- Ozone Park, Queens
My worst fear!
- Location
- Staten Island
wow ..they prob got lucky wit hthe insurance prob even made some money on that lol I mean jesus it was on the NEWS
- Location
- Huntington
Looks like it was acrylic. Most big tanks like that aren't glass, the weight of glass and acrylic at that size is substantially different and it's just easier to manufacture and ship acrylic. Plus if that was glass it probably wouldn't have broken like that. Glass at that thickness literally explodes when stressed to the point of fracture. I know because I once had to help clean up a 500 gal with 3/4 glass that blew out (it wasn't installed properly). It took a windshield cracker and a sledge hammer to break up the rest of it for removal. It was a private home but they had security footage of the hallway and 500 gal rushing down the hall looked like something out of a movie.
- Location
- FREEPORT,LONG ISLAND
wow that suck if it was my home, my wife would make me hang up the jersey if that happen to me,lol
- Location
- Huntington
she did. She was scared it could have happened when the kids were in the room and they never got another tank. I won't say who installed it and gave the OK but it was installed directly on the floor and when the beams swelled with water during a rainy summer it was enough to stress the tank. Otherwise, it never would have happened.
ryangrieder
Advanced Reefer
- Location
- Northern Jersey
- Location
- Long Island, NY
Joe, you could start that pond you always wanted!
Just what I need to watch before filling mine....thanks Jarret.
- Location
- Clifton, NJ
We had something similar at my job with a 2000+ tank.
They did not count on the new building settling and one of the pane cracked. Difference is the system had been running for about a month.
They did not count on the new building settling and one of the pane cracked. Difference is the system had been running for about a month.
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