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06-04-2014, 12:36 AM
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Phew that was close!
Nothing like hearing water pouring out of your very large (230g) fish tank to kick your butt into high gear
 Thank god it wasn't a crack (as I first feared) and it was just due to my overflow getting blocked up causing the water to pour out over the top of the tank. One quick cleaning and its back to normal.
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One more fish should be ok?, right!!!  - Laurie
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06-04-2014, 06:26 AM
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Yuck, never a good sound. *thankfully* I haven't yet had water pouring from my tank onto the floor, but I know where you're coming from on the "tuned hearing" standpoint. It seems every other day I hear something new in the house that my brain attributes to some several hundred gallons of impending doom. Usually turns out to be a kid flushing a toilet, or a cat drinking water, or who knows what -- my wife thinks I'm crazy
 (in the moment my heart is suffering years of panic & distress)Good reminder to check my overflows though, thanks! Also to everyone -- when was the last time you did a power failure test?? 
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Single System Setup: 210G SPS reef, 225G FOWLR, 72G water change, 50G frag, 120G sump. I promise a journal at some point! (anyone need some coral frags? I likely always have stuff that is frag-ready)
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06-04-2014, 12:58 PM
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Yes that was almost another issue, because the water got backed up fresh RO water dumped in and almost flooded the sump when I turned off the pump. Was about 1/2 an inch from the top
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One more fish should be ok?, right!!! - Laurie
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06-04-2014, 03:22 PM
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Probably a good idea to put an float switch on the top of your tank with alarm / email and shutoff the return pump with controller, if your setup is prone to overflowing like that.
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120 gallon sps/anemones/LPS reef since 2004 Apex controller 8 x 54 watt T5 PowerModule Herbie's silent overflow system Jebao DC 12000 return pump Jecod CP-40 Cross-flow circulation device Mini Bubble King 180 Barr Aquatics calcium reactor Bucket fuge
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06-04-2014, 03:48 PM
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Do you not have an emergency overflow pipe in case your main one develops a blockage,
Eg. Herbie system?
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Hey! I never "LEFT" the hobby, just doing fresh water now. Which is still listed as part of Canreef if I'm not mistaken. 
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06-04-2014, 07:14 PM
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*at least herbie* in my opinion... One of my tanks I built in a beananimal (herbie plus another always-dry emergency)
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Single System Setup: 210G SPS reef, 225G FOWLR, 72G water change, 50G frag, 120G sump. I promise a journal at some point! (anyone need some coral frags? I likely always have stuff that is frag-ready)
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06-04-2014, 08:28 PM
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Bean animal baby, only way to go!!!!!
I actually woke up in a panic a few nights ago to the sound of rushing water. Turned out to be a crab stuck in the intake of my return pump. It was niagara falls flowing over my coast to coast. Half hour of "middle of the night" maintenance, but no biggie.
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06-05-2014, 03:18 AM
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Grab one of these leak alarms:
 If you don't have one (or two) already, that is. I saw them at Rona for under $15. I have one in the sump area, as well as behind both ends of the tank and beside the RO in case of an emergency. They squeel real loud and will dart you out of bed if something should go wrong again.
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