9 footer disaster

[popper]

Thank you @Adauqua @hyacinth @MichaelB @psidriven for helping move the tank from the trailer into the house.

It's 108x30x24.
Drove to Phoenix to pick it up. Yes its a damn addiction. Someone should start a fish tank anonymous group.

36" Steel stand with really good quality magnetic doors. Glass Sump is 72x24x18 with a 20g glass ato.

In the trailer, tank is on the right side. Stand is on the left. Those lazy bastards from Phoenix want the sump on top of the stand instead of inside under. Yeah my fault too for being soft. Strapped it down with two 500lbs capacity ratchet straps.

Every gas stop back, no break from Phoenix, we checked the cargo. All was fine. The straps broke through the treacherous twists of highway 152 The sump landed on the tank.

Glass Overflow is destroyed.
Front eurobrace did its job and protected the front panel.

The sump front panel is cracked.

I guess this is an opportunity to turn it from internal to external overflow.

I need a recommendation for a glass tank hole driller.

 

[psidriven]

big shout out to Dennis. think he did the heaviest lifting.

 

[Turkeysammich]

Daymn max. Happy and sad for you at the same time. All these mixed emotions.

 

[iani]

Damm, that sucks. Glad it not worse though.

 

[Invictus]

So many ups and down trying to get a big tank. Hope everything can be repaired satisfactorily.

 

[TheRealMadMax]

OMG! That is gut wrenching. How do the inside seals look? Did they get flexed at all?

Ps - If you do find a big tank anonymous group please let me know

 

[Galoot]

Damn, that sucks. Good luck with everything moving forward!

 

[Kensington Reefer]

I would have filled it outside to test before placing on stand
But…man that sucks!!
What a PITA

 

[Alexx]

Maybe you can build the overflow from tap plastic plastic. Also for the top bracer I wonder if you can glue acrylic to glass. Maybe you could do that if you can. Or also you can have a glass piece cut and glue it, that's what I would do.
For the sump just create a regular acrylic or plastic sump.
It looks like a good size tank.

 

[derek_SR]

Man, sorry about your tank - sounds like a nightmare!

PSA from someone who has been moving heavy loads (motorcycles) in all manner of trailers, flatbeds, and pickups over the last 20 years: those thin, cheap ratchet straps are hot garbage. It's also just totally unnecessary to use a ratchet strap, they just create potential for a ton of needless stress on the tank and seals. Use a simple cinch strap of high quality like one of these:

They have load ratings that are just as high (or much higher depending on width) and provide more than enough tension against your load in 99% of use cases without needing a ratchet. You also don't need a degree in ratchetology to use it, unlike cheap, janky ratchet straps that are prone to fail and difficult to use correctly.

 

[richiev]

The tank took a hard enough impact to break the overflow glass, in a direction where it's pushing from the inside to the outside. Given that, have you considered that the silicone holding that back panel on may now be compromised?

Not to be a worrier or downer, but people say the reported rimless issues are from bad stresses from moving. While this isn't rimless, it did take a significant force in a direction it wasn't designed to take forces on.

That sucks man.

edit: maybe mitigated because luckily the side that got impacted was the side near the wall? Was it fully against the wall?