ssappington Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 This was a first for me, waking up to water on the floor! Fortunately it ended up to be a simple leak in the external overflow, not a tank leak. (Did I mention I hate external overflows?) My first thought was OMG I'm going to have to drain the tank- that's a lot of water and wasted effort sally! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboys Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 So sorry, At least it wasn't the tank. A blessing in disguise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssappington Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 So sorry, At least it wasn't the tank. A blessing in disguise.Big time- very scary, very thankful- could have been really, really bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleSproul Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I shudder at the thought of my tank leaking ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayPuff Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I dont know why i peaked at this thread im sure we have all had this happen one time or another. Glad is wasnt super bad for you the worst one i had was about 2 gallons on the carpet not fun there either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) I dont know why i peaked at this thread im sure we have all had this happen one time or another. Glad is wasnt super bad for you the worst one i had was about 2 gallons on the carpet not fun there either. 2 gallons?! That's like a walk in the park compared to some horror stories I've read. I haven't had it too bad myself either. I've done around 5 gallons of salt on laminate, a few gallons of salt on carpet, and one time did about 20-25 gallons of fresh on the carpet....that one sucked. Hoping the best for you! Edited January 7, 2016 by Higher Thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayPuff Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 2 gallons?! That's like a walk in the park compared to some horror stories I've read. I haven't had it too bad myself either. I've done around 5 gallons of salt on laminate, a few gallons of salt on carpet, and one time did about 20-25 gallons of fresh on the carpet....that one sucked. Hoping the best for you! yuck that's why seeing threads that say reefers worst night mare scare me to look at but I like to look see if someone needed help with something. I'm also open to helping anyone that needs help btw just cant lift with a bad shoulder and soon to go into surgery again. Now back on topic I check to help glad I didn't read a disaster when I looked On that note I hear tons of stories to mainly to do with people don't zip tie or clamp there return hoses and come back from vacation to a mess and dead everything that would make me puke but I know that's went on many times to and my worst fear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySaber Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 done once around 20 gallons on carpet. 55 gallon tank split a seam out of the blue one day. I happen to be home to hear water pouring out. Talk about grabbing pots and grabbing all the fish as fast as I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayPuff Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 done once around 20 gallons on carpet. 55 gallon tank split a seam out of the blue one day. I happen to be home to hear water pouring out. Talk about grabbing pots and grabbing all the fish as fast as I could. Ok that made me stop and hold my breath for sec and gave me chills that's bad. May I ask was this a old tank? I have not heard of many seams splitting only one other time a guy was using blades to clean the glass like I do and I'm sure others do problem is he kept using it by the seam to I don't not even come close to that seam scares me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmcbane200 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I just setup my overflow (DIY HOB system) and the thought of it getting clogged and overflowing has me not sleeping well lol. I live in a apartment on the second story above our maintenance guy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayPuff Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I just setup my overflow (DIY HOB system) and the thought of it getting clogged and overflowing has me not sleeping well lol. I live in a apartment on the second story above our maintenance guy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk lol feel your pain set up a alarm for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I lost between 30-55 gallons of salt water on the floor in a coupla minutes once. I was home and about 4 feet from the tank when the 2" bulkhead for the closed loop cracked and split (after about 5 years). The remodel of the room went well though after having to replace the dry wall and the subflooring. Put down a vinyl floor just so I could pour water on it and laugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I have lost about 30 gal before. Thanks to a snail that got into a overflow pipe. I learned my lesson about not having screens over your drain pipes. I wound up having to tare the tank down to dry the floor out and replacing some of the padding under the carpet. sent from a Samsung note 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySaber Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I do not know how old that tank was it was given to me. I had it setup for 4 years before that happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySaber Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Oh that's is why I'm trying to save up for a apex Jr so I can get the alarm warning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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