Go Back   Aquarium Advice - Aquarium Forum Community > Saltwater and Reef > Saltwater Reef Aquaria
Click Here to Login

Join Aquarium Advice Today
Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about them on AquariumAdvice.com
 
Old 02-03-2005, 07:44 PM   #1
Aquarium Advice Freak
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: santa cruz california
Posts: 325
Send a message via AIM to foma2000
thats it. im switching to fresh water.

not really but i was close. this morning i woke up to the sound of pump trubles. i ran to the tank and noticed that it was halve empty, it would have been worse if the pump had been lower in the water. along with a lower water level in the tank, i was standing in a puddle of water in my room. it was horable. 20 gal of salt water on my hard wood floor. what happend was that the carbon back i had put into the cpr bak pak had gotten stuck in the out flow tube causing the water to overflow out of the cpr bak pak, and onto my floor. it was a mess. i had to get to school in an hour, needles to say i was late. but i finaly got all the water mopped up and filled the tank back up with water and now its all better. i put the heater into the cpr bak pak on tip of the carbon to make shure this wouldn't happen again. its not all bad though. i would have had to do a water change anyways.

__________________
there once was a kid named colin. he looked just like a gorilla. his name wasn't magilla, because it was colin.
foma2000 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2005, 08:05 PM   #2
Aquarium Advice Addict
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: maine
Posts: 1,975
Sorry to hear that happened to you. This is not the first time a memeber has put something in a skimmer and ended up with water on the floor. You need to be super careful that the water flow through a skimmer can not be blocked.
__________________
*26 freshwater*
2x Sunburst Platys (2M, 2F) // 3x Neon Tetras (?) // 2x Cherry Barbs (1M, 1F) // 2x YoYo Loaches (?) // 1x Bushy Nose Pleco (M) // 1x Clown Pleco (?) //

*15H marine*
-30# Live Rock
-Mixed Snails (Nassarius // Cerith // Astrea // Black Turbo // Mexican Turbo)
-8x Blue Leg Hermit Crabs // 1x Banded Serpent Star // 1x Cleaner Shrimp
-1x Royal Gramma // 1x Percula Clownfish
-2x Mushroom Leather // Metallic Green Star Polyps // Pulsing Xenia // Striped Xenia // Blue Mushroom
-Remora + Maxi-Jet 1200 // 2x Maxi-Jet 600 // Maxi-Jet 400 // Visi-Therm Deluxe 50 // Current USA Orbit 2x 40w PC
grimlock3000 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2005, 09:11 PM   #3
Aquarium Advice Freak
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: santa cruz california
Posts: 325
Send a message via AIM to foma2000
yah. im pritty shure the last post about it was me to. this just keeps happening. im going to get a small screan to put in it.
__________________
there once was a kid named colin. he looked just like a gorilla. his name wasn't magilla, because it was colin.
foma2000 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2005, 09:21 PM   #4
Aquarium Advice Freak
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego
Posts: 307
Sorry to hear that,
I coulden't sleep right the first couple of nights after setting up my tank. (But I was sure that the system is idiot proof )

What about a sump?
If you read around this forum you'll find a way to make it idiot proof
__________________
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,
No one but ourselves can free our minds.
Bob Marley
swissfish is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
chi, fresh, fresh water

Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about them on AquariumAdvice.com

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Fresh water to salt water, what to buy? pjos11 Saltwater & Reef - Getting Started 2 08-29-2006 11:56 AM
Salt water flakes for fresh water? bman Freshwater & Brackish - General Discussion 6 04-12-2006 01:11 PM
Switching fom fresh to salt r6mason Saltwater & Reef - Getting Started 1 07-25-2005 10:40 PM
QT water, should I use fresh slat water or old tank water? MadManMac Saltwater Reef Aquaria 1 12-27-2004 08:13 PM
marine tank looking at switching to fresh Harlequin Freshwater & Brackish - General Discussion 18 04-04-2004 10:25 PM







» Photo Contest Winners







All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:12 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2023, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.