Got ~100gal of aquarium water all over my floor

[GoSharks]

That's probably more like 150-180 gallons. The front to back depth looks more like 20+ inches

I was going to say the same.

 

[alfa147x]

To the OP: Get one of those frog things that has a water sensing transistor in its penis. It sits on the floor and screams bloody toad murder if moisture reaches the pecker tip!

wtf link

 

[Rubycon]

wtf link

http://www.amazon.com/Leak-Frog-LF00.../dp/B000WMSTUO

 

[Red Squirrel]

http://www.amazon.com/Leak-Frog-LF00.../dp/B000WMSTUO

lol awesome. I am so getting one of those for my server room when I build it. Wonder if I can make it interface with Pandora. I can see it now:

"[CRITICAL] Environmental alert: water detected in server room."

 

[Rubycon]

lol awesome. I am so getting one of those for my server room when I build it. Wonder if I can make it interface with Pandora. I can see it now:

"[CRITICAL] Environmental alert: water detected in server room."

Don't see any reason why it should not work. Output sounds like a simple piezoelectric buzzer. Heck you even run an inexpensive electret through a notch filter (Q>20) and it will pick it up instantly.

 

[Possessed Freak]

When I had a canister filter setup in my 55 gallon tank, it randomly decided to fail. A hose worked itself loose from the filter and was siphoning the water out of the tank. I was on the golf course at the time when my roommate got home and started calling me. Now that I think about it, they were a study in human relations...

Hey, your fish tank is leaking all over the place you better get home quick. I yanked the power out of the wall but dude, it is pretty messed up.

Ummm, I hope you get this soon. I started mopping the floor and your fish are still alive. I dunno what else to do.

Yeah, I am going out for a beer, good luck with the tank.


I now have a 150 gallon tank. For a canister setup, I plan to mount it above the tank so should a hose/link/power/whatever fail it just flows right back into the tank.

 

[Rubycon]

Make sure your filter's pump has sufficient NPSH to overcome lift if you do that. Most if flooded (primed) will work, however. Don't expect it to start pumping without being flooded though.

The other option is to use a check valve on your return line. They can fail too as the low resistance check valves are nothing more than a flapper. (think of it as a toilet seat in a box hehe).

Good connections should not come off. Eheim makes a decent turn key canister. Another option on larger tanks is to install an overflow box or get a tank equipped with one or a spill pipe, etc. Then you can use a trickle filter below or build your own using a smaller 30-55 gallon tank. It requires more plumbing knowledge but you will need that if you venture into larger aquaria anyhow.

When I had a canister filter setup in my 55 gallon tank, it randomly decided to fail. A hose worked itself loose from the filter and was siphoning the water out of the tank. I was on the golf course at the time when my roommate got home and started calling me. Now that I think about it, they were a study in human relations...

Hey, your fish tank is leaking all over the place you better get home quick. I yanked the power out of the wall but dude, it is pretty messed up.

Ummm, I hope you get this soon. I started mopping the floor and your fish are still alive. I dunno what else to do.

Yeah, I am going out for a beer, good luck with the tank.


I now have a 150 gallon tank. For a canister setup, I plan to mount it above the tank so should a hose/link/power/whatever fail it just flows right back into the tank.

 

[alfa147x]

http://www.amazon.com/Leak-Frog-LF00.../dp/B000WMSTUO

Oh it's not as bad as i pictured it

 

[Rubycon]

Oh it's not as bad as i pictured it

That's because it's not the Ready Freddy version!

 

[her209]

:hmm: I'm building an 80 gallon system (eight 10 gallons tanks connected together) via overflow tubes. Probably going to add another 8-12 tanks later. Should I be worried about spills if everything is properly plumbed, glued, and checked every so often?

 

[Rubycon]

:hmm: I'm building an 80 gallon system (eight 10 gallons tanks connected together) via overflow tubes. Probably going to add another 8-12 tanks later. Should I be worried about spills if everything is properly plumbed, glued, and checked every so often?

I'd be more concerned with proper plumbing to isolate an infected tank and effectively bypass it with little affect on other tanks while the quarantined tank is medicated.

Proper plumbing design, maintenance and monitoring go a long way to avoid trouble.

 

[her209]

I'd be more concerned with proper plumbing to isolate an infected tank and effectively bypass it with little affect on other tanks while the quarantined tank is medicated.

Proper plumbing design, maintenance and monitoring go a long way to avoid trouble.

On each return I will have a ball valve that can be shut off. No water = no overflow = isolated.

 

[Rubycon]

On each return I will have a ball valve that can be shut off. No water = no overflow = isolated.

Not quite so fast!

You'll need to take some water so the level is a safe distance below your intake/spillway/pipe etc. and then block that so nothing gets splashed down there and carried back to your sump.

 

[mjrpes3]

requisite video of weight lifting + fish tank = fail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj6FWqUlryE

 

[mjrpes3]

holy shit. fish tank + fire cracker = epic fail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyDJWpnQ93w

 

[eits]

holy shit. fish tank + fire cracker = epic fail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyDJWpnQ93w

fucking morons...