Bad morning

[adamfinke]

Woke up this morning and just decided to look at my tank. To my surprise my feet were wet! It took me a few moments to figure out where all the water came from. I noticed water and salt stains down the front of the tank. I have a siphon tube overflow box on the back of the the tank. Thought my pre filter was plugged, nope then I saw a med size snail in the box. I finally figured it out that the snail went through the siphon tube restricking my flow to the sump and over flowed the tank.:-( I can see how a drilled reef ready tank might be in the future purchase.

Any one else have any crazy things happen to your setup? Share your experence.

 

[bige]

I had a PVC pipe crack. Poured water everywhere. I guess I bent it. Not sure. But it was terrible.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Man so sorry to hear! It is inevitable that things like this are going to happen and it hits us all!

 

[wysiwyg]

yeah bige i did the same thing on my pvc pipe going into my refuge i ended up cracking it at 2am and ended up draining half the tank to get it to stop leaking. i then proceded to put a valve on it so if it happens again it wont be such a headache

 

[REEFKEEPER10]

Man sorry to here that.

 

[slapshot]

The fix is a cut off switch in sump. You place it so it shuts down your main pump before you over flow your display. Sorry to hear about that!

 

[BarbH]

Sorry to hear about that, hopefully not too much damage was done.

 

[uall8up]

So sorry. Hope your day gets better!!!:sorry:

 

[revsgirl]

Sorry to hear!

 

[adamfinke]

Sounds like problems will always happen. I like the float switch idea!! I'll have to look around to see what I can fine.

 

[adamfinke]

I like that idea, going to look in to a switch.

The fix is a cut off switch in sump. You place it so it shuts down your main pump before you over flow your display. Sorry to hear about that!

 

[Steelerfan747]

I had something similar happen to me years ago. I ended up nothing in a second siphon tube to ensure it never happened again. Hope your day turns around and you get a nice fish our coral to make it better