How Long Do Tanks Last?

"HairyMcLeary" wrote in message
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"Richard Sexton" wrote in message
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Angrie.Woman wrote:

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I have had one fail on me, the tank was about 10 years old. the whole seem
along the bottom front opened up and drained half the tank.
The main reason the tank failed was because the base board the tank sat on
had become wet ( I had a Hoplo catfish that used to spit water over the
side of the tank) and started to bow and no longer gave proper support to
the tank or the polystyrene it was resting on.

Hee Hee - stupid fish!

Thanks for the answers. I won't worry about it then. The tank does have a
leak, it's at the very top somewhere. I've never bothered trying to fix it
because I think it would entail taking off the trim around the top. I just
don't fill the tank up quite all the way.

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