brain glitch

Sk8r · 04/04/2006, 04:31 PM

Sometime the principles of physics just sneak up behind you. I've had a salt crisis. Steadily sinking salt level. I've just installed an autotopoff. Do you see this one coming?
I fixed the salt level. Had my meter recalibrated. Got a mechanical one to double check it. Watched the corals like a hawk. Three days of fixing the salt level so as not to shock anything.
THEN I topped off the topoff tank with ro/di, looked underneath the cabinet to check the skimmer, and there's an extra inch of water in the sump.
Can you say siphon? The topoff tank is a taller bucket than my sump is high off the floor. I could just spit. An extra inch, read gallon, of fresh water in my newly balanced tank.
I'll fix it. Nothing's damaged too much. Even the shrimp seem to have survived. I'm just disgusted with myself. Level A higher than level B, right, of course right...gravity always wins.

Mike O'Brien · 04/04/2006, 04:49 PM

Sound's like you may be taking stability a bit too far. A gallon of water to a 60 gallon system won't hurt anything.

04/04/2006, 04:31 PM	#1
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	brain glitch Sometime the principles of physics just sneak up behind you. I've had a salt crisis. Steadily sinking salt level. I've just installed an autotopoff. Do you see this one coming? I fixed the salt level. Had my meter recalibrated. Got a mechanical one to double check it. Watched the corals like a hawk. Three days of fixing the salt level so as not to shock anything. THEN I topped off the topoff tank with ro/di, looked underneath the cabinet to check the skimmer, and there's an extra inch of water in the sump. Can you say siphon? The topoff tank is a taller bucket than my sump is high off the floor. I could just spit. An extra inch, read gallon, of fresh water in my newly balanced tank. I'll fix it. Nothing's damaged too much. Even the shrimp seem to have survived. I'm just disgusted with myself. Level A higher than level B, right, of course right...gravity always wins. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

04/04/2006, 04:49 PM	#2
Mike O'Brien Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,356	Sound's like you may be taking stability a bit too far. A gallon of water to a 60 gallon system won't hurt anything.