Broke the frag tank I was building

[Brian Ward]

So I just cracked the frag tank I was working on. I had just finished doing all the plumbing (closed loop) and was filling with tap water to leak test. I didn't use any flex tubing and instead opted to hard plumb everything with PVC. I guess the little bit of extra stress from things not lining up perfectly was too much stress on the tank. So now it looks like I need to start over.

[epleeds]

bummer....how big of a tank were you building..

[lanman]

So I just cracked the frag tank I was working on. I had just finished doing all the plumbing (closed loop) and was filling with tap water to leak test. I didn't use any flex tubing and instead opted to hard plumb everything with PVC. I guess the little bit of extra stress from things not lining up perfectly was too much stress on the tank. So now it looks like I need to start over.

 

Hmmm... well that sucks. I've had tanks crack VERY easily - and I've had some you could drop off the roof without hurting anything. I think the quality of glass must vary a lot.

 

bob

[Brian Ward]

It's a 40L - 48x13x16. It would be an add-on to my 120 display system. It sucks, but hopefully I can salvage the plumbing and just replace and re-drill the tank.

[Nate]

That blows! I have had the exact same thing happen to me with a few 10 gallon tanks. How thick was the glass?

[blaze98]

the same thing happened to me when setting up my frag tank, it sucks but all you can do is start over and do it better than the first time.

[flowerseller]

got a few feet of flex pvc if it helps on the new plumb.