Really important

[Aquattro]

All I'm gonna say is hose clamps are really really really important. Trust me!! :eek:

[zulu_principle]

Come on, tell us the story..............

[Aquattro]

Nope, but I will say that shop vacs are just as important as hose clamps!!

[zulu_principle]

OK

So this is the story so far:

So Brad doesnt clamp anything, he likes the free flow and the savings of 10 times $0.95 1" hose clamp.

He sees one leaking, but he's seen this before............

Come on Brad fill in the blanks.

[Aquattro]

Not even close. I had the hose clamp, just forgot to put it on. Moving things around today to add a MH to the sump, and the hose from the MAG 12 to the skimmer gets jiggled a bit too much. Phone rings, I have to pick up the kids. Other side of town when the phone rings, wife screaming something about leaks and fountains. I tell her how to shut off the breaker to the tank and the phone goes dead. Race home at Mach 3, discover I have a new indoor pond. Oh ya, I need to put a hose clamp on there!! Duh!!
(this is where the shop vac comes in handy). Lost about 5 g of seawater, recovered about 2. Still looking for the rest!! Luckily the pump points up and most of the water kept falling back into the sump.
No attempt to save money or follow an alternate philosophy here, just plain stupidity!!

[EmilyB]

Guess you already know I can visualize all of this..... :mrgreen:

[Aquattro]

Guess you already know I can visualize all of this..... :mrgreen:

Oh yea!!

[BCOrchidGuy]

arg, ... recovered two?.... with our with out the carpet fuzz?

[Aquattro]

hardwood floors, no carpet. Musta gone downstairs!! :eek:

[BCOrchidGuy]

I don't envy you.

I figure thats when I will have my first major problem, when my wife and I buy a home and we wont be tenants, then... Then.. disaster will strike...

[zulu_principle]

:rofl:

[BCOrchidGuy]

Yeah laugh it up, I think I may just move in next door to you so I can borrow a shop vac and some towels when the disaster does strike... lol

I know I have been sooooo lucky... Once when I had a 33 gallon aquarium going we had a party... as people were dancing and bouncing I noticed the 33 was actually swaying forwards... then back.. forwards... then back.. in the morning the carpet was a bit wet, and the front glass was all water streaked... ever since then I've liked short stout tanks.

[EmilyB]

I doubt you will move into that neighborhood anytime soon, bcog...but party on... :razz: :mrgreen:

[BCOrchidGuy]

Why does Wendell live in one of them upper class neighbourhoods?... maybe me and my 90 wont meet the requirements ... lol

[StirCrazy]

All I'm gonna say is hose clamps are really really really important. Trust me!! :eek:

Bahahahaha :evil:

Steve

[StirCrazy]

Musta gone downstairs!! :eek:

Maby if you ask the tennants real nice they will give it back :wink:

Steve

[Aquattro]

nah, their stupid dog prolly drank it!!

[smokinreefer]

hey brad,
i feel your pain.
i dont know how many gallons upon gallons of water my basement sponge...errrr, i mean carpet has soaked up!
and yes, those shopvacs are awesome!

p.s.
if you guys have always planned to cover the back of your open back hood/canopy, don't procastinate, b/c if you do, the thing you are trying to prevent might just happen. :rolleyes: :cry:

[Beverly]

Moving things around today to add a MH to the sump

Ah ha! That's the reason we don't have a sump or refugium. One too many things can go wrong with 'em then you're screwed :eek:

Sorry to hear the horror story, Brad.

[Aquattro]

Bev, the worst flood I ever had was losing 70g from a 90g tank that had no sump or refugium. Next worst was losing 20g froma 45g tank running a fluval, no sump or refugium. This tank lost about 5g of 155g running a sump...hmmmmm :biggrin:

[Beverly]

Bev, the worst flood I ever had was losing 70g from a 90g tank that had no sump or refugium.

Holy CRAP! I'm not sure I want to know how that happened, but I'll bet folks are wondering now ....

The worst we ever experienced was the loss of a couple of gallons out of our old 75 gal due to a skimmer problem. Lucky the tank was on lino, or we'da been really upset.

Next worst was losing 20g froma 45g tank running a fluval, no sump or refugium.

Yeah, I've never trusted anything but hang on back filtration, or plain old powerheads with prefilters that I clean at least once a week. I'm a low-tech, hands in the water reefkeeper, that's for sure :cool: The most sophisticated piece of equipment we have are the timers, and DH keeps them going. Oh, and we just got a magnetic glass cleaner. I guess that's pretty high-tech for me, too :rolleyes:

[sumpfinfishe]

I really feel for ya Brad, sounds like a stressful day to say the least.
Are you planning on growing some mushrooms down in the dark, moist basement now?, if so I'll take 10 lbs of shitake and oysters :mrgreen:

cheers, Rich