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major emergency, please help

nitrofish

reefing again!
my tank is leaking leaking real bad, its goming from the bottom of my tank. I don't know what to do. call my cell if you know what I should do. its a 180 gallon.oh my god!

jeff
508-769-9816
 
Oh man! That s*cks.I got a 55 gal tank that's empty.I can bring it to worcester.
 
Do you have containers to put your stuff into?? Start moving it out of the tank while you can still move the water around (and not off the floor). Do you have a sump that you can put some livestock into as well? Turn off the pumps going from sump to display, so you don't lose that water as well. Keep the containers circulated while trying to sort it out. Doesn't sound good at all...good luck! maybe someone is nearby that can help...
 
nitrofish said:
my tank is leaking leaking real bad, its goming from the bottom of my tank. I don't know what to do. call my cell if you know what I should do. its a 180 gallon.oh my god!

jeff
508-769-9816

Jeff, get everything into buckets and pump the excess water outside!
 
Sorry to tell you, but the only thing you can do is get EVERYTHING out and into a new tank. I had a 75 blow at the seams and it was pretty ugly. Get a tank quick.

Sorry! Tam
 
Can you see wheather it coming from an edge or the middle?If an edge try to find it And use aquascape epoxy from the inside?Also check the corners to see it it's running down and not coming from the bottom.
 
im at 12 creston st in worcester.

any help would be great. buckets would be good
 
im trying to transfer everything to my 125, but the plumbings not finished. its my only resort
 
I've got a 75 gal sys that you can borrow if you need (tank, stand, sump, skimmer, heater, 400w light.

have you ruled out a loose or broken bulkhead? Overflow clogged and the tank overrunning at the top?
 
the leak is around the bottom trim and leaking everywhere there are no leaks form above
 
I'll bring you a half dozen bucketts, I can be there in 45 min.

Do you need anything else ASAP?
 
thanks, im going to need someone to take away my livestock if this dosent work.
 
I wish I was closer :(

Try and take a deep breathe and get yourself thinking straight. Get all the stuff transferred into the new tank and at the same time get that water from the 180 pumped into the 120. If you use a large pump you should ba able to do this pretty quickly.

emergencies are tough but you have to try and relax and get on track.
 
I can take any livestock
 
Jeff dont want to tie up your phone again but just tlaked to Sam he got stuck at work and wont be home till 5 ish My moms not around till later tonite called a friend to watcht he 4 girls but that wasa no go also , unfortunaltely Icant get there till later possibly hopefully things are stable by then but if not dont hesitate to call
 
Wow, that's aweful! I wish I had something to offer. It's nice to see how many other's are willing to help. Let us know how it turns out. Sorry about your troubles.
 
I'd be worried about electrocution. Is everything unplugged? Have someone run to the closest Walmart or Home Depot and get some big bins to hold your livestock temporarily. Get your hands on a wet/dry vac for your floors.
 
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