I remember putting my hand through a 10gal once.....that really sucked. The whole front pane of glass went, so I didn't have time to get a bucket. Luckily there was only 1 fish in the tank at the time. But the water went through my floor onto my stepdad's new table saw in the basement. $$$!!!!
Took over week to get the carpet completely dry with the use of a shop-vac.
luckily, I now live in a basement aparment, so water spilling onto the floor isn't that big a deal.