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07-15-2007, 01:06 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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|  Frack another flood!
:mad: :mad: :mad:
So I went downstairs this morning and noticed lots of air coming out of the returns and went wtf? With the auto top off, that shouldn't happen. So I go into the basement to see lots of water dripping from the 1st floor. WTF quickly changed to OH SH**!
After checking around I found that 1 of the feed lines to a return on the 300 came loose and was squirting straight up and was forcing it's way past a piece of plex that was over it, onto the top of the tank, down the sides etc. The living room carpet is soaked. It probably dumped 40-70 gallons. It has been running for 3 years with no problems.
:mad: :mad: :mad:
Oh well, back to cleaning.
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | 
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07-15-2007, 01:16 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Man that sucks big time :mad: :mad: Sorry to here that blade!! Did you check your salt level? I had my auto top off stick on and diluted my SG down to something like 1.020 Hope all is well now  | |
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07-15-2007, 02:19 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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Yeah it's low. 1.020 is about right. I'm bringing it back up. | |
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07-15-2007, 02:22 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Mar 2004
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That's going to be quite a bit of salt  Karma to yah blade | |
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07-15-2007, 02:27 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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Sucks man and I feel for ya!!!
I have not had smooth sailing either as one time my daughter stuck something in the return from my refugium to the main tank...plugged up and lost alot of water all over the carpeted floor.
Then I placed my halide pendant on the same carpeted floor...well I forgot to place the light back onto the top of my tank>lights are on a timer so when I woke up...smelled something burning!!!!!mhm burned a hole through the carpet!! LOL
Then, twice my halide pendant fell from the ceiling and landed in my tank! Fortunately, nothing died, no fires and no electricutions!!!! hahahaa
So if I was able to ease your pain ever so slightly, then great... _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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07-15-2007, 02:32 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally Posted by coral reefer  Sucks man and I feel for ya!!!
I have not had smooth sailing either as one time my daughter stuck something in the return from my refugium to the main tank...plugged up and lost alot of water all over the carpeted floor.
Then I placed my halide pendant on the same carpeted floor...well I forgot to place the light back onto the top of my tank>lights are on a timer so when I woke up...smelled something burning!!!!!mhm burned a hole through the carpet!! LOL
Then, twice my halide pendant fell from the ceiling and landed in my tank! Fortunately, nothing died, no fires and no electricutions!!!! hahahaa
So if I was able to ease your pain ever so slightly, then great... |  Man was that this Friday???? The 13th Hope all is well now!! time for a new carpet I'll bet.  | |
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07-15-2007, 02:59 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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"Frack" is right. Hope you have a powerful shop vac to suck up all that water.
Good Luck. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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07-15-2007, 03:41 PM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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Originally Posted by fletch | Yeah Fletch, when I move I will have to put a new carpet in as the one is pretty trashed!!! Thank god the floor underneath is concrete in my fish room!  | |
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07-15-2007, 06:02 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ontario, canada
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Oh my I feel for all of you. I had a bad night one time doing a water change, we took the heater out to place it elsewhere in the tank, well turned the power bar back on, forgot the heater was on the floor, not only did it burn the carpet but I was dum enough to step on it looking for where the burning smell was coming from...needless to say I burnt my foot. _________ 20g
25lbs LR
1 hydor koralia
rio nano skimmer FISH: blk/white clown, damsel, yellow watchman goby CORAL: grn open brain, acan, torch, rics, toadstool, zoo's
INVERT:[/u] hermits, nassarius, astrea, turbo's, nerites, crocea clam
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07-15-2007, 07:45 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Sorry to hear about your troubles. Hope you don't end up having livestock losses due to that salinty change. Make sure you bring it back up slow. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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