Advice on leaking tank

[reeferjw]

This morning just as I was leaving for work, I noticed some salt creep at the bottom of my tank. It appears that the seal at the bottom is slowly failing. It is a 20G tank, so I have been considering upgrading anyway, but have not decided what I am going with. It will be an AIO 24+ gal, that much I know.

My questions are: What do you suggest I do until I get the cube?

Do you think the take will fail and I get home to a nice 20g puddle?

Should I remove everything into some sort of temp tank and get the cube set up? Will there be a cycle in the temp tank? Should sand go into the temp tank, or just live rock, coral, and fish?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[jt955]

if its just a little salt creep, on a trimmed 20 i would think a blowout is not very likely, but would plan on getting the new tank pretty soon.

 

[reeferjw]

When I run my fingers at the base trim, on top of the black plastic where the glass meets, there is a bit of water.

 

[jt955]

dawgdude;383762 wrote: Well.......what kind of live stock is in there? If its just fish then I would suggest finding a rubbermaid, wash it out real good and just throw them in there with a PH for while you are at work. If its corals as well then that makes it a bit more tricky. No one can really tell you if you will have a catastrophic failure one way or the other but if there is a leak and its putting pressure on it then it could get large. Luckily though its a small tank and so the forces at work arent that bad.....when my 60g cube leaked.....it sped up pretty quickly.

+1 no way to know

 

[jennm]

jt955;383752 wrote: if its just a little salt creep, on a trimmed 20 i would think a blowout is not very likely, but would plan on getting the new tank pretty soon.

I concur.

But a slow leak would keep me awake at night with worry.

Jenn

 

[reeferjw]

I am going to get a rubbermaid container this evening. I do have coral, along with 3 fish, so I will need to prop up the light.

 

[grouper therapy]

I have a 35 gallon rubbermaid you are welcome to borrow. I am just into paulding county off of hiway 92

 

[reeferjw]

Thanks for the offer on the rubbermaid, didn't see this until this morning. I went a pickup a rubbermaid myself yesterday and got all the LR, corals, and fish into it with the majority of the water from my tank as well as some fresh SW. In the temp tank, I have a Korallia 1 running along with an MJ 1200 for decent flow. I am going to clean my skimmer tonight and get it in there as well. Also put my heater and rigged the canopy over the tank with my timers set up, so all in all, the only part that did not make it there will be the sand.

Not the way I intended to upgrade (but I did order a JBJ 28G nano cube!)

Anyone think I will get a cycle from transferring all this?

 

[jennm]

You shouldn't, but keep an eye. Sometimes disturbing a sandbed (if you have one) can cause some issues.

Jenn