bad day also turbo not the only one.

tony45power · 05/10/2007, 06:32 PM

not the only one, i changed the water in my sons 10gallon tank and then cooked macaronie and chees with the same pot not realing but when i put the macornie in the pot it looked like a protien skimmer lol. then few days later i re aranged my filter setup and i was dreaming the the water in my tank was dripping to find out the the tube came off my powerhead and pumped about 50 gallons of water out of my 200 gallon tank!
can tell you i got shocked too antoher day my heater was shorting out i split water on the floor was standing in it and put my hand in the filter to turn the bio wheel i got blasted

now i have GFI

drummereef · 05/10/2007, 08:07 PM

Wow. Don't really know what to say... Sorry.

frederickk · 05/10/2007, 08:38 PM

ouch, sorry

dc · 05/10/2007, 09:05 PM

Well knock on wood and hopefully nothing else will happen.

Sk8r · 05/10/2007, 09:10 PM

Taking care of a tank is somewhere between a football play and ballet...a series of choreographed moves made a little easier by completely dedicated equipment [nothing borrowed from the kitchen or garden] and occasionally, when learning a really complex big system, a checklist. Topoff accidents are a case in point---forgetting to unplug the topoff when draining water from the sump, forgetting to plug it in again when you go on vacation; remembering too late you need a checkvalve when you have a hose in your tank that's higher than the pump in your bucket...oh, very, very many of us have bailed and mopped.

05/10/2007, 06:32 PM	#1
tony45power Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: islip ny longisland Posts: 401	bad day also turbo not the only one. not the only one, i changed the water in my sons 10gallon tank and then cooked macaronie and chees with the same pot not realing but when i put the macornie in the pot it looked like a protien skimmer lol. then few days later i re aranged my filter setup and i was dreaming the the water in my tank was dripping to find out the the tube came off my powerhead and pumped about 50 gallons of water out of my 200 gallon tank! can tell you i got shocked too antoher day my heater was shorting out i split water on the floor was standing in it and put my hand in the filter to turn the bio wheel i got blasted now i have GFI

05/10/2007, 08:07 PM	#2
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Wow. Don't really know what to say... Sorry. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

05/10/2007, 09:05 PM	#4
dc Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 44,684	Well knock on wood and hopefully nothing else will happen. __________________ Debi ~60 Cube~ Why? Because I said so of course. -Sent via Tapatalk Smoke Signals-

05/10/2007, 09:10 PM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Taking care of a tank is somewhere between a football play and ballet...a series of choreographed moves made a little easier by completely dedicated equipment [nothing borrowed from the kitchen or garden] and occasionally, when learning a really complex big system, a checklist. Topoff accidents are a case in point---forgetting to unplug the topoff when draining water from the sump, forgetting to plug it in again when you go on vacation; remembering too late you need a checkvalve when you have a hose in your tank that's higher than the pump in your bucket...oh, very, very many of us have bailed and mopped. __________________ 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%.

05/10/2007, 08:38 PM	#3
frederickk Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,712	ouch, sorry