chances an aquairum would bust?

Answer 1

chances of your aquarium busting.

> if aquarium is built with a light glass such as 3mm 2mm the little pressure it breaks

>when 5mm is used to build a big tank it can also break

> when the length on an aquarium is too long it can break
> when the stand on which the aquarium is siting is not ballance it can also cost the tank to break

>when an aquarium gravel get under the tank that can aswell cost breakage

Answer 2

I only answer this question because I have extensive bad experiences with this. LOL (I have built many large tanks and have used small and large commercial tanks since the 1950s.)
Someone mentioned glass thicknesses and opne of the dimensions was 5mm for a large tank. I cannot imagine buying anything larger than a 30-40 gal tank with a glass thickness of 5mm. I would expect that to break almost from the initial filling. Maybe 5mm acrylic would be okay if you can find one. In the US a 55 Gal tank prior to about 1980 was made from 1/2" (12mm) plate glass, some cheap ones from 3/8" (9mm). After that better tanks became available from 3/8 tempered glass that also had both top and bottom nylon one piece framing (this greatly improved stability). Larger sizes up to 180 gallons changed appropriately at the time also. Reliable 180 gal tanks became available commercially for the first time.
The worst experience I had was with a commercially built 180 gal tank in which I had a lot of rock piled loosely against the back glass. After about 2 years (and the tank had been used previously also) the seam in one of ht eback corners split, the framing lifted up or warped and almost half the water wound up on the living room floor. Analyzing what happened I carefully checked everytrhing and discovered that it probably was not the rock (although that was a contributing factor) but it was an uneven floor that caused the problem. One corner of the wrought iron stand was sitting in a 'hole' (low spot) of the floor that was almost 1/2" lower than the other three. Thus placed racking and shearing forces on the silicone and it simply tore. Lesson learned: make certain that floor is absolutely even.
The second worse was with an 800 gal home made tank. It was framed in angle iron, had 3/4" marine plywood laminated inside all over with formica. In order to see into this I cut 15" diameter holes in the sides and ends and covered these with 1/2" plate glass bedded in silicon. The center of the deepest one was 36" under water. I filled the tank and was admiring the prospects of putting fish into it when 'crack'. One of the deeper panes fractured 25 different ways and water spewed several feet until it leaked down. I replaced that 1/2" with 3/4 " plate for both deep panes and then the tank worked well for years.
What causes the tanks to break is the pressure which increases as the depth increases, the length of the sides (cormers act as fulcrum points), the diagonal size of the bottom(older hex tanks had inadequate glass thicknesses used here), and the care of the tank during building and before and after loading and of course accidents and acts of Him. The likelihood of any good commercial tank rupturing these days is very small.

Answer 3

not really sure what you mean by chances, but a tank may have problems if:

1. the tank is on a dodgy stand, for instance on a slant, not supported across the whole base or on a wobbly stand.
2. it's second hand and the sealant has deteriorated or been damaged, tanks can be resealed however.
3. the tank is old and parts have begun to warp
4. you have heavy insecure decor inside the tank, a rock pile for instance, if this slips and hits the side hard it can cause cracks, damage the sealant or the base

but sometimes you just get bad luck. a friend of a friend's 6 year old tank broke while he was on holiday, spilling water onto the floor in a 2nd floor room, causing expensive damage to the floor and walls, none of the fish survived, not a fun thing to come home to, and when he set the tank back up in the garden to find the problem, did it leak? nope!

Answer 4

chances of an aquarium bursting is high in poorly built aquariums because the bubbles created by aerator will burst and thus an aquarium will burst

Answer 5

not very high if it is professionally made and it is not too old if it looks like the seel is breaking or coming lose definanlty get a new one or get it re sealed! and remove the fish!

Answer 6

1-1 000 000 for an expensive tank

1-100 in a cheap tank

Answer 7

thanx for that question, you got me all worried about my tank now, lol horrible thoughts going threw my head,x