Note to self: when topping off the tank water(I run a hose from the sink through a micron and DI filter) don't leave it trickling and then go to watch a tape of The Practice and forget about it.

At least it looks like only a few liters overflowed the sump and I'd been planning to lower the salinity down to 1.025ish anyway...Just hadn't planned on doing it all at once...

Oops, i know what ya mean.

I was sifyning water of through a air tube (dont know why) and went shopping oops only lost about ten litres on the floor but man what a hassel cleaning it a, thank god for the rug doctor vacumme.

he heeee, thank goodness for a sumproom under my house the amount of water thats been spilt on the floor in that room would fill my tank ten times over :lol:

I have wooden floors

and no significant other

- clean it up later!

Note to self: The Practice is lame.

DOH I know a guy that gave up the hobby due to doing a very similar thing he turned his reef into a lake! That was the final straw

I haven't spilt more than a few drops yet (touch wood), it's amazing how carefull you can be when your life depends on it (the mrs would kill me if I flooded her expensive carpet and I'd say the fish would come to the same fate!)

I use a huge internal diameter hose when changing water

it syphons out a 25L container in about 20 seconds!

keeps the mind focused! still i layout two big old blankets onto the floor before doing anything involving water and mop off saltwater mess afterwards.....

best investment ever having this as you can syphon out sand without blocking the hose! I hate that.