bigbadbrent Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Thought i'd share this experience, as i was pretty suprised... My girlfriend and I woke up sunday morning, she went out to the hallway before i heard her call me. I got up, and walked out to the hallway, and could hear a grinding noise..the noise of filters gone dry.. walked into the storage room, the floor was soaking wet, and the tank was empty. Not a half inch of water. Many dead fish (very upset at this time)...before my girlfriend notices that one my shellies is still breathing. She managed to lay sideways in water just to cover the side of her mouth and gills, and managed to survive.... Got her into a 5 gallon bucket and some water from the tap. I quickly went through the rest of the tank, tearing apart all the rocks looking for any other survivors..No luck, except one Pleco, who managed to survive without any water over him, but crammed into a corner and still moist.. Got him into the 5 gallon, and then moved them to my mom's place...so far, so good...Lost all of my other shellies (3 of them), a mating pair of Julies, more julie fry then i could count (including a few that were getting near adult size) and 2 Comps...They were pretty lucky. Thought i'd share my story, pretty amazing that I had two survive considering how the tank broke (bottom some how managed to disconnect from the side..would have drained extremely fast)....Felt pretty terrible about the loss of the others, I had some pretty good tank harmony for the last 6 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban_Cowboy Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 ouch sorry to hear that how big of a tank was it? any flooding damage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
425nm Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Oh noo. Your poor fish ): This is what I have nightmares about. If my 75 gallon were to ever give out, ooh I don't want to think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murminator Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Sorry to hear of your loss Here is some advice on your intake tube drill a small hole about 2" under the water surface and just turn the hole towards the glass so no plecos or snails get sucked into the hole. Then if your filter decided to dump everything on the floor again it will only drain to the hole then it will suck air and stop pumping saves a lot of problems with wet floors and dead fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cgy_Betta_Guy Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Dont think that would have helped in this situation... think the OP mentioned that the tank bottom split from the side. I cant even imagine having to clean up the water and all the water damage. Blech. How long did you have the tank for and did you buy it new or used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbrent Posted September 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 (edited) Was a 33 gallon that I bought used (Won't be doing that again...) about a year ago Wasnt a fun clean, but minimum water damage. Used a shop vac, towels and about 5 days of heavy duty fans! Edited September 30, 2011 by bigbadbrent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 That does not sound like fun. Those two fish were sure lucky. It reminds me of the time the bottom of my 90g started coming apart - I was lucky and I caught it while it was still at the 1 drip every 5 min stage. I didn't know I could drain a tank that fast... I can't image what damage even a 33g would have done as I have a raised sub-floor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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