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NeenahFoxxe

ehh... heart broken...

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NeenahFoxxe
, 07-25-2012 at 11:39 PM (4303 Views)
Hello! It's been a while and I can't stress how crazy busy work has been, any how lets get down to the nitty gritty.
The 120 gal has been drained and moved out to the new owners house.
My fish and corals are at a friends house awaiting the 265 gal set up. During this time my wonderful hubby decided it was time to get rid of the carpet. YAY! Finally we have been wanting this for over a yr. Timing couldn't be better do in between tanks .

Work in progress... the whole house is getting done.
Today was the last day of the flooring work, and paint in the fish tank room begins tomorrow.
The picture you will see next is where my heart broke. I came home to find this...

yes my beloved fish tank cracked....
I'm at a loss for words I don't even know if I can have someone repair this. The guys working on the house are denying any fault and tried to tell me it was a stress crack from moving it. BALONEY! any how I don't know if I can pin it on them since no one at home saw them do it. I called Perfecto for assistance on finding someone in my area that could repair this. They couldn't help me and said there was too much engineering involved to repair it and basically buy a new tank. .

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  1. blakew's Avatar
    Wow...sorry to see that. A broken panel can be cut out an replaced, but at what cost?. Hope you can find someone in your area to repair the tank of find cheap replacement.
  2. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    Stress crack?! BS, that's an impact hole, something really hard hit it.
  3. SoLiD's Avatar
    Holy Crap! I'd be super pissed. Don't Believe the BS. Thats what broken glass looks like when something hard hits it dead center. Think of a rock hitting a car windshield. Bang *
  4. Electrobes's Avatar
    Yeah I would push it on them to make it right.
  5. Midnight's Avatar
    That is really horrible. I would have to agree that this was a pretty hard impact from something. A stress crack would likely be one or two cracks going across the panel. This is a radial impact effect from something smacking it. My guess is that the workers are not insured? If they are the only ones doing stuff in the house it had to be them.
  6. NeenahFoxxe's Avatar
    I agree it's definitely an impact and the workers are insured but none of them (3 workers) want to fess up to it. They all claim they didn't see anything and have no idea how it happened. My twelve yr old says she didn't hear or see it happen (she was in the other side of house) my husband was mowing the lawn and the baby was sleeping. So how do I pin it on them? I talked to the owner of the company he questioned all his workers but he got the same response. He said he couldn't take fault for something maybe my kid could have done. I'm really upset and I'm hoping I can find a way to repair this by removing the panel and putting a new one on. Maybe the fish tank gods can help me find a cheap replacement on Craig's list - a 7 foot long tank is not easy to come by for sale used... it's like a unicorn tank... Lol
  7. melev's Avatar
    It was the handle of a tool, like a broom for example. Installing floors involves prybars to push the boards together. I bet it fell over against your tank, or something similar. OMG, I feel so badly for you right now. I wonder if your home owners insurance might cover it, although the deductible is usually significant. FRACK!!
  8. Snakebyt's Avatar
    i would defenatly be talking to the owner of the company that is doing the work on your house. that is defenatly not a stress crack
  9. NeenahFoxxe's Avatar
    I'm devastated :/ my hubby does not love the hobby the way I do, however he hates to see me sad. He's been looking online everywhere to find me my unicorn tank even if it's 2 hours away. He spotted a 7 x 2 x 2 oceanic with starfire glass. Fingers crossed... I hope it's as good as it sounds.
  10. melev's Avatar
    You've been working on this too long for a setback like this. Total BS. I'm sure the guys installing the flooring don't want to have to cough up the money to replace the tank because it's probably every dollar of the profit off that job. But if they carry insurance, this should be a claim. I think you should actually push for the claim, now that I'm thinking about it. You didn't do anything wrong, and they damaged your property.