Floor all soggy...GRRR

[buddah101]

Hello there, I was outside lastnight enjoying a cup of coffee after some tank maintnance, when I went back into my house for a re-fill, I noticed that my 180 gallon tank was a quarter the way empty....I had a lil' trickle of water coming down the back of one of my Aqua Clear filters and it drained that much in an hour or so!!! Bummer. I'm still drying the darn floor!!!

 

[piranha45]

I have that problem with all my aquaclears. It happens whenever the sponge starts getting saturated with debris, and the flow slows down. The solution is to place a stick (or some similar object) between where the AC's body rests against the aquarium glass, to give it an aquarium-aimed angle.

 

[iheartfishies]

That's what I do with my TetraTech.
I used a tampon applicator though.

 

[sephir420]

i remember when my father in law was doing a water change on his 180gal and when he was filling it he forgot and it started overflowing. :y220e: . it was a mess. it had to have been going for at least 2-3 min. he cant hear verry well it was a good thing that i walked in the room or it would have been even worse.

i also had the power go out once and had my tank start syphoning from the air line in my power head.

 

[rayman45]

no 404 hose fell off and put a good 30-40G on the floor

 

[iheartfishies]

i remember when my father in law was doing a water change on his 180gal and when he was filling it he forgot and it started overflowing. :y220e: . it was a mess. it had to have been going for at least 2-3 min. he cant hear verry well it was a good thing that i walked in the room or it would have been even worse.

i also had the power go out once and had my tank start syphoning from the air line in my power head.

Jesus.

I just did that the other day, but it was only for like 15 seconds, and that was a ***** to clean up....uggh.

 

[redtailfool]

Try a hose gone wild with a 600gph pump at one end...
Not fun :22_yikes:

 

[MidasMan]

I've done it a couple of months ago when i was filling my 55 it came out and soaked the floor... hope my tank doent fall through the floor.

 

[iheartfishies]

I've done it a couple of months ago when i was filling my 55 it came out and soaked the floor... hope my tank doent fall through the floor.

Ha, that sucks KJ.

DG RT.

 

[WckedMidas]

HA IVE HAD SOMEONE FLIP MY 5 GAL OVER ON THE FLOOR IN A ARGUEMENT. Ive had the sihpon hose fall out of the tub. Ive had a 5 gal bucket fall down the steps. I droped a 5 gal bucket on the floor. and spill mad watter during every watter change. aint my house floor ghonna drop one dayu lol