Main Menu
| |
Get on the Map!
| |
Forum Menu
| | 
11-01-2004, 04:41 PM
|
#1 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA,Washington Age: 21
Posts: 1,167
Karma: 2
 |  UH-OH!!! i found some water around my tank
i found some water puddles around my tank on the stand. they are dripping. I didn't notice this until i took my PC light of and now it's just the open tank. Could this be evaporation or a leak. I hope it's not a leak. i finally get my tank all perfect and ready to stock. I have waited 11 months for this moment. if it's a small leak can i fix it without getting a new tank. if it's small, what would happen if i just left it. | 
|  | | Reef Links |  | |
11-01-2004, 05:56 PM
|
#2 (permalink)
| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
| Re: UH-OH!!! i found some water around my tank
I would dry it real good and remove anything that could be catching evaporation and recondensing it...wait an hour or two and see if it is gets wet again. If I had a leaky tank....I would definitely fix it! 
If it is high up, you could just remove some of the water, reseal,wait and refill. _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
| | |
11-02-2004, 10:08 AM
|
#3 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA,Washington Age: 21
Posts: 1,167
Karma: 2
| Re: UH-OH!!! i found some water around my tank
last night the power went out in my room where my tank is the circut blew and i had to switch the circut breaker. I think it might of been from the water running into one of my power strips. since then i have had everything on except for my MH light and my wavemaker and powerheads and there is no sign of water. I don't get it. could my powerheads be doing it. could it only be happening at night. what would catch evap and be recondensating it. | |
| | |
11-02-2004, 11:47 AM
|
#4 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA,Washington Age: 21
Posts: 1,167
Karma: 2
| Re: UH-OH!!! i found some water around my tank
can somebody please answer me so i have some explaination it's been worring the hell out of me. | |
| | |
11-02-2004, 12:07 PM
|
#5 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Fairfax, VA,
Posts: 26
Karma: 1
| Re: UH-OH!!! i found some water around my tank
I remember on my first fish tank that there was water all around my tank. *I found out that my airstone was doing it from all the bubbles popping at the surface.do you have you have a lot of bubbles from somewhere like a faulty skimmer? That's my guess *  _________ Hate to be hated, love to be loved&&Got a brand spankin' new 75 gallong fish tank... Working my way along with it . My #1 concern is the money I have to spend... Anyone got some spare pocket change for me :-P.&&&&One Arowana currently 8-9", 2 tinfoil barbs 6", one bala shark 4" H.O.T Magnum Filter... FW setup | |
| | |
11-02-2004, 12:35 PM
|
#6 (permalink)
| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,888
Karma: 425
 
| Re: UH-OH!!! i found some water around my tank
Hottielover14 did you acutely find water in your power strip or do you just think that is what happened?
* *You may be overloading your circuit some times a circuit breaker will get to the point of almost tripping and it just takes a small power draw to finally trip it. *......... John | |
| | |
11-02-2004, 01:28 PM
|
#7 (permalink)
| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Clinton Twp, Michigan Age: 27
Posts: 479
Karma: 40
| Re: UH-OH!!! i found some water around my tank
I would look for something splashing water over the side? I assume you havn't found a source of the leak. If your tank is leaking from a seam you may have some work ahead of you. Is this a new or used tank?
_________
Save a fishes life! Do some reseach before you buy your next fish.
| |
| | |
11-02-2004, 01:51 PM
|
#8 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Melbourne, VIC,Victoria
Posts: 2,261
| Re: UH-OH!!! i found some water around my tank
HL14,
I'm sure that if you had a leaking tank, particularly near the top you would have quite a bit of salt residue if it had been leaking for a while. *Did you taste the water? *Saltwater would indicate a leak or a splash, freshwater would indicate evaporation :-)
John
_________
The organization is like a tree full of monkeys, all on different limbs at different levels. Some monkeys are climbing up, some down. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but a&&holes. | |
| | |
11-02-2004, 02:13 PM
|
#9 (permalink)
| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Clinton Twp, Michigan Age: 27
Posts: 479
Karma: 40
| Re: UH-OH!!! i found some water around my tank
Nothing gets past this guy I tell ya  | |
| | |
11-02-2004, 02:21 PM
|
#10 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Melbourne, VIC,Victoria
Posts: 2,261
| Re: UH-OH!!! i found some water around my tank
Only the obvious :-)
John
| |
| | | Reef Links |  | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -7. The time now is 11:06 AM. |
