Getting out....

Sad indeed but would be even sadder to see you leave. I'm sure your friends here and 3reef can try to help you get back started. Stepho is right, you love this hobby too much to give it up.

 

dont leave..

 

DOnt give up.... thats even sadder to me than losing all that livestock. this hobby obviously made you happy. why give up even after this?

 

sucks dude. Sorry to hear.

In what way did the ATO break?


Did it overflow and ruin the floors in your apartment? Where did all the water go? Or was the sump big enough to catch it?


But either way, I think the fear of the ATO is misplaced. Just use a smaller reservoir next time... I only keep 3 gallons of fresh in my reservoir. Worst case scenario is 3 gallons of fresh dumped in. Not good, but not catastrophic either. One water change can resolve that.

How big is\was your reservoir for it to flow all night? I know my 3 gallon reservoir can empty in about 30 minutes... was it hooked directly to your RO\DI machine? Wait, you use tap and you have to treat tap... so you must have a reservoir. Got any pics of the catastrophe?

sorry again dude.

 

i left the house one instead of turning it off which caused the 45 gallon bucket which holds my water to be treated to over flow....for 12 hours...... thank god it was in my basement...the basement has about 1/2 of water and i have no ideawhat to do

 

Oh man that sucks...sorry to hear about your troubles, it happens to the best of us though. But you can't let this get you down!! Stay strong!!

 

Real sorry. So many pit falls. So many hard lessons to learn. At some point I am going to get a RO/DI, but I will not attach that to the tank. My ATO uses a 7 gallon jug. As was said, worst is 7 gallons and it will fit in my sump. No catastrophic. Not throwing salt, just for others who read this.

Sorry to to hear. Break the tank down, take a rest. You will be back and kicking your self for selling your stuff.

 

We have all had problems.

If it is truly a hobby in your life, you won't throw in the towel.

Lick your wounds....pick up your pieces....... and fix the problem that cause this.

 

What a drag. What ATO was this?

 

God that sucks but don't give up OP.

Look at the last line of your signature.