Bad freaking day

sharuq1 · #1 10-04-2009, 08:00 PM

So I woke up this morning to find water on my floor, my sump overfull, my reef at 23 degrees (normally at night it's at 25), my return pump not working and hotter than hell and my damn Tunze osmolator still nicely has the green light on-- did not have it's warning light on or anything!

I'm trying to figure out what I am going to do about the Tunze because I think the sensors must be furshnugared. I dumped the return pump into a bucket of vinegar water and am praying that it was only lime scale on there. If not I don't even know what I'm going to do. I can't afford to buy a new return pump for another 2 or 3 weeks. Arrghhh! Sometimes this hobby can be so frustrating! Sorry, I just had to vent.

PuffLuv · #2 10-04-2009, 08:09 PM

I'm sorry to hear your bad news Kelly! How old was your Tunze, as I was just planning on picking a new one up soon, but incidents like yours makes me wonder if it is all that and a bag of chips...

sharuq1 · #3 10-04-2009, 08:40 PM

*sigh* Apparently this day just gets worse. It's so pathetic it's almost funny. <weak laugh> I just checked the tank again and there is still water on the floor. The phosban reactor was leaking too.

Ordinarily I would say that the tunze osmolator is the greatest thing since sliced bread Puffluv, just not if you asked me today.

Skimmerking · #4 10-04-2009, 09:07 PM

wow sorry to hear about your troubles Hmmmm are you sure it was your tunze may be it was the phosban reactor that was leaking

sharuq1 · #5 10-04-2009, 09:24 PM

I've been having trouble with the Tunze not working properly for a while now. The float sensor has been getting stuck in either the pump on/pump off position and the optical sensor only works when it feels like it. The phosban reactor is what caused the water on the floor, but the Tunze should have let me know that the water level in the sump was higher than normal when the return pump died.

PuffLuv · #6 10-04-2009, 09:29 PM

I hope your day gets better Kelly!