Woke up at 3am this morning only to see...

[Aj86]

1cm of water left in one of my 17g tanks and water dripping all over my floor wasnt a nice sight! But... did manage to save my fish though so i guess its alright...

 

[cluster]

damn that must of been a bad sight - glad u saved ur <><

 

[digital_run]

At least it was a 17g and nothing huge...still sucks though...i would have slept through it all

 

[Aj86]

Yea it did suck! But as you said digital i am happy it wasnt a huge one if it was i would be crying on my bed as we speak! haha

 

[Discomafia]

Lucky you were able to save your tank in time. What fish do you have in there? Any idea why this happened?

 

[Angry_Platy]

I always stress about this happening....BUT if it did happen and the fish were OK I'd be OK with it....get the carpets cleaned etc....then get a NEW BIGGER tank!!!

Mad huh? Well its the only way I'll be able to get a new tank ATM!!!

 

[Aj86]

I was lucky i have floor boards.. Easy clean! haha Im not sure how it cracked because the crack was right along the bottom.. I had jus cleaned the whole tank and put in new gravel so it might have jus stressed the glass i dunno The fish i got in there are 2 honey gouramis, 2 danios, 5 neons and a oto.... They are all now with my angel fish in the other 17g...

 

[Izaro]

do you have anything under your tank? when I was setting mine up I was told that slight imperfections in the glass had to evened out or there was a risk of the bottom cracking. you can get the spongey mats to go underneath, but I took the cheep option of polystyrene ceiling tiles between the tank and the stand.

Great that your fish are all ok, you must of done a first class rescue job, and all at 3 in the morning!

I agree with Chooklet, excellent reason for a bigger tank

 

[enchanted]

I now know how you feel. I just had it happen to me.

 

[Ava_Banana]

As Izaro said.........did you have anything soft under the tank........and if you did........you might want to check the stand to see if it has warped at all.........

Good luck.....