So it finally happened to me. I had my first fish disaster. My filter leaked! My Rena FilStar XP1 poped a leak. The O-ring hardened and is no longer protecting against water leaking out. So it did exactly that. I now have water all over my carpet. I lost 1 Platy, and 1 Neon from the crazy flow of water out of the filter. They were dead on the carpet. I took off the cornner of the carpet to take a peek at the damage. The nail strip has been soaked. The edge of the carpet is as good as garbage. And so the mighty clean up begins.