Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[NY_Caveman]

They are revamping the site very soon. Maybe they have a Katrina contingency.

 

[Fin]

And no sooner than I said I had nothing better to worry about ... I walked in my back room to check on my little nano tank. I was standing there looking in the sump and what was that? That looked like smoke. It is smoke!!

I have a small Innovative Marine Aqua Gadget reactor and the pump wire leading out of the water was smoking! The wire just shorted out and was about to catch fire. Unplugged it and removed it. The wire was above the water line and always has been. It is now in the trash. That would have been nice to have caught the house in fire. Piece of junk! Geez!

 

[dantimdad]

You need more of me in your life! Bwwaaaahhhhh!

Of course! Doesn't everyone?

 

[dantimdad]

And no sooner than I said I had nothing better to worry about ... I walked in my back room to check on my little nano tank. I was standing there looking in the sump and what was that? That looked like smoke. It is smoke!!

I have a small Innovative Marine Aqua Gadget reactor and the pump wire leading out of the water was smoking! The wire just shorted out and was about to catch fire. Unplugged it and removed it. The wire was above the water line and always has been. It is now in the trash. That would have been nice to have caught the house in fire. Piece of junk! Geez!

Holy crap! Glad you caught it!

 

[Scurvy]

And no sooner than I said I had nothing better to worry about ... I walked in my back room to check on my little nano tank. I was standing there looking in the sump and what was that? That looked like smoke. It is smoke!!

I have a small Innovative Marine Aqua Gadget reactor and the pump wire leading out of the water was smoking! The wire just shorted out and was about to catch fire. Unplugged it and removed it. The wire was above the water line and always has been. It is now in the trash. That would have been nice to have caught the house in fire. Piece of junk! Geez!

Well that’ll teach ya! Glad you were there.

 

[Scurvy]

They are revamping the site very soon. Maybe they have a Katrina contingency.

Sounds like a a Big Bang episode. “The Katrina Contingency”

 

[Fin]

Y2Katrina!

 

[norfolkgarden]

And no sooner than I said I had nothing better to worry about ... I walked in my back room to check on my little nano tank. I was standing there looking in the sump and what was that? That looked like smoke. It is smoke!!

I have a small Innovative Marine Aqua Gadget reactor and the pump wire leading out of the water was smoking! The wire just shorted out and was about to catch fire. Unplugged it and removed it. The wire was above the water line and always has been. It is now in the trash. That would have been nice to have caught the house in fire. Piece of junk! Geez!

Wow! Perfect timing!

Glad you were there

 

[Why-Me]

Yesterday I copied @Hemmdog and bought a 40B from petco.
This will be for my soon to be 9 year old daughter.
I just can't decide whether to run my HOB skimmer or drill it and buy overflow and plumb it to a 20 gallon tall sump, that was going to be her DT.

@saf1 I have a CPR bak pak I was given for free, needs a pump. Are there any mods for the CPR bak pak? What media should be ran in it and where? Do I run the heater in it too? I swear I saw somewhere a video or thread of someone running an air stone in there's to help it boost the fine micro bubbles needed to skim? Is the MJ1200 the correct pump?

 

[Hemmdog]

Yesterday I copied @Hemmdog and bought a 40B from petco.
This will be for my soon to be 9 year old daughter.
I just can't decide whether to run my HOB skimmer or drill it and buy overflow and plumb it to a 20 gallon tall sump, that was going to be her DT.

@saf1 I have a CPR bak pak I was given for free, needs a pump. Are there any mods for the CPR bak pak? What media should be ran in it and where? Do I run the heater in it too? I swear I saw somewhere a video or thread of someone running an air stone in there's to help it boost the fine micro bubbles needed to skim?

Drill it. Less long term flooding worries.
Welcome to the 40b club!

 

[Why-Me]

Drill it. Less long term flooding worries.
Welcome to the 40b club!

I could do that. I bought a used BM curve 5 for my tank so the sca 301 that came with mine could work for my daughter's setup.

 

[tdlawdo]

And no sooner than I said I had nothing better to worry about ... I walked in my back room to check on my little nano tank. I was standing there looking in the sump and what was that? That looked like smoke. It is smoke!!

I have a small Innovative Marine Aqua Gadget reactor and the pump wire leading out of the water was smoking! The wire just shorted out and was about to catch fire. Unplugged it and removed it. The wire was above the water line and always has been. It is now in the trash. That would have been nice to have caught the house in fire. Piece of junk! Geez!

Dang I had something similar happen with the pump that came with my 29 Biocube. Luckily I was standing there talking with my son and all of a sudden sparks flames and a loud pop. There was only a devil spawn giant mutant Halloween hermit and a blenny and they both survived but the smell of the burning plastic and electricity was nasty.

 

[Why-Me]

If I do decide to drill it, does anyone here have overflow suggestions for a 40B?

 

[12gallonsofhex]

And no sooner than I said I had nothing better to worry about ... I walked in my back room to check on my little nano tank. I was standing there looking in the sump and what was that? That looked like smoke. It is smoke!!

I have a small Innovative Marine Aqua Gadget reactor and the pump wire leading out of the water was smoking! The wire just shorted out and was about to catch fire. Unplugged it and removed it. The wire was above the water line and always has been. It is now in the trash. That would have been nice to have caught the house in fire. Piece of junk! Geez!

Nice catch!

 

[12gallonsofhex]

Yesterday I copied @Hemmdog and bought a 40B from petco.
This will be for my soon to be 9 year old daughter.
I just can't decide whether to run my HOB skimmer or drill it and buy overflow and plumb it to a 20 gallon tall sump, that was going to be her DT.

@saf1 I have a CPR bak pak I was given for free, needs a pump. Are there any mods for the CPR bak pak? What media should be ran in it and where? Do I run the heater in it too? I swear I saw somewhere a video or thread of someone running an air stone in there's to help it boost the fine micro bubbles needed to skim? Is the MJ1200 the correct pump?

I am running an old CPR backpack skimmer too. I read the same mods, but decided that people a lot smarter than me designed the skimmer to work with the Rio 800pt so why screw it up. It works well on my Nano.

 

[Why-Me]

Cool thanks. I don't have the original pump so wasn't sure what it came with.

 

[Hemmdog]

If I do decide to drill it, does anyone here have overflow suggestions for a 40B?

I got the eshopps medium. It looks quality. The synergy ones look pretty nice too.

 

[sfin52]

Way to save the house. Speaking of fires. My sister in law was driving her car when .I caught on fire today

 

[Katrina71]

@Fin glad you were home to catch that. Is everything ok?

 

[Katrina71]

Way to save the house. Speaking of fires. My sister in law was driving her car when .I caught on fire today

Is she ok?