Rev's 400+ Gallon Basement Inwall

Ljaus · Jan 4, 2017

chefjpaul said:
Did this build come to a hauling stop? 3 days???????

rayn · Jan 4, 2017

Hey, we asked for water and rev provided water.

Now we need to ask for corals and fish I suppose.

Bronc · Jan 4, 2017

rayn said:
Hey, we asked for water and rev provided water.

Now we need to ask for corals and fish I suppose.

I pray it doesn't take 1500 more posts to get corals and fish!

Ljaus · Jan 4, 2017

Bronc said:
I pray it doesn't take 1500 more posts to get corals and fish!

Hahaha!

revhtree · Jan 5, 2017

Lol been away for a few days.

Bad thing though when I got home one of the circuits GFCI had tripped. It was the pump side.

Need to figure out what's going on!

Brew12 · Jan 5, 2017

revhtree said:
Lol been away for a few days.

Bad thing though when I got home one of the circuits GFCI had tripped. It was the pump side.

Need to figure out what's going on!

I would say you had a GFCI trip!

Only 3 things will cause a GFCI trip.

First is a problem with the GFCI device itself. It can either fail a "self check" and trip, or have a mechanical failure to a trip condition.
The second is a difference in current between the hot and neutral plugs. This means some current has to be flowing to ground, and it is tripping as intended for protection.
Third is the user pushing the little test button. Everyone should make a practice of doing this at least once a month, especially if your GFCI's are over 5 years old.

revhtree · Jan 5, 2017

Found the problem. I had put a few older heaters in there, two glass, just to start warming it while I was gone. One of them malfunctioned. Look at the black in this photo.

So I used the shop vac and sucked all that out. Then installed two new heaters I had waiting on me. I'll run some carbon as well.

Daniel@R2R · Jan 5, 2017

I had a heater fail this week as well...must be something in the water...

dragon99 · Jan 5, 2017

Man, I know it would suck, but I'd be tempted to drain it. No better time than now. Would be better than dealing with metals in the water later.

revhtree · Jan 5, 2017

dragon99 said:
Man, I know it would suck, but I'd be tempted to drain it. No better time than now. Would be better than dealing with metals in the water later.

I'm thinking since I'm cycling the tank it will be ok. The pump shut right down so the effected water was contained to the sump. Think I got most of the nasty. I'll do a big water change before anything goes into the tank.

Daniel@R2R · Jan 5, 2017

revhtree said:
I'm thinking since I'm cycling the tank it will be ok. The pump shut right down so the effected water was contained to the sump. Think I got most of the nasty. I'll do a big water change before anything goes into the tank.

Triton testing is your friend...

Live Water · Jan 5, 2017

I hate heaters.....

revhtree · Jan 5, 2017

Live Water said:
I hate heaters.....

You're telling me!

ShinerMaginer · Jan 6, 2017

Live Water said:
I hate heaters.....

There is a guy in my club that has a line tapped into his hot water tank, and when it's activated, draws water out of the HW through a hose that is coiled in his sump (heating the water over a period of time), that then feeds back into his HWT. His tank is 700g plus, so he probably saves a thousand bucks a year doing it this way. He hates heaters, too.