Lady-Lene Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Last night my canister filter stopped working and so I went thru the normal ritual. 1. Placed in in a large plastic container (to stop leaks on the lounge carpet). 2. Turn switch off and shut of valves. 3. Undo hoses to see if they are blocked. 4. Take top off and check little spinning thing is going (which it wasn't). 5. (Might as well clean it out since I've got it apart) so take to sink and proceed to pull apart. 6. Do quick glance at tank to make sure cats are not hanging around fishing. Problem! Tank is only half full! Where did all the water go ? ..... All over my carpet - (hose popped off top of filter). About 45 litres of water !!! Nice! Lesson learned - Have reviewed list and number 3 now goes ... 3. Undo hoses to see if they are blocked and [make sure properly secured]. :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: I bet lots of you have done that hey !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady-Lene Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Aaawww - C'mon - just never told anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 45 litres aint bad, Ive done much better than that a number of times :oops: I just hope the floor dont rot as ive flooded the place here atleast 3 times :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I'm with Alan on this one... NO!!! I use external Fluval filters and they have shut off valves that stop that from happpening :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 haha my filter pipes have never done that to me, (good onya Jebo) But I've spilled over 450 litres so far. Big spills to date: 1) air pipe hanging down from tank, tank started to syphon by itself, took hours but I found the poor fish being cooked by the confused heaters in 10% of tank water, so thats 180L that had got on to the floor 2) Filling a 450L tank with water, half way through it bursts, neato 3) Used a rock to hold a syphon hose in place when draining a tank, rock falls and smashes a full 30L tank on the shelf below (lost a lot of baby danios too ) 4) CO2 lines were T'd below the tank, the backpressure blew the T off and water went everywhere, lost about 40 litres before I found it. These are all in the last 6 months. Number 3 happened last weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I haven't done that either.. but welcome to the world of fish keeping :lol: :lol: And oh noooooo Spidersweb, the old grab a rock thing to hold the syphon... I have been guilty of that one, but luckily got away with no smashed results.. :roll: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 haha my filter pipes have never done that to me, (good onya Jebo) But I've spilled over 450 litres so far. Big spills to date: 1) air pipe hanging down from tank, tank started to syphon by itself, took hours but I found the poor fish being cooked by the confused heaters in 10% of tank water, so thats 180L that had got on to the floor 2) Filling a 450L tank with water, half way through it bursts, neato 3) Used a rock to hold a syphon hose in place when draining a tank, rock falls and smashes a full 30L tank on the shelf below (lost a lot of baby danios too ) 4) CO2 lines were T'd below the tank, the backpressure blew the T off and water went everywhere, lost about 40 litres before I found it. These are all in the last 6 months. Number 3 happened last weekend. lol...i think you are biggest spiller in this forum. you just beat all of our records. congrats..btw.. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 poor house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 oh gosh.. lol will have to tell my bf me spilling a little bit of water doing water changes is not a bad thing considering what u all do to your floors. lol... classic.. i hope u have lots of spare towels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 A 700 plus litre tank blow out in the early hours of the morning stripped our linen cupboard bare.. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 A 700 plus litre tank blow out in the early hours of the morning stripped our linen cupboard bare.. :lol: lol you win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakyfish Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 My little brother was filling up tyhe sump at the shop b4 he finished one night and forgot about it Left went home Came back to the shop in the early hours of the morning on his way home from a big night he had a feeling something was wronh hose had been running for around 8 hours Entire shop had about 1 inch of water through it Shop is about 113 square metres so thats alot of water lol Glad i was away that weekend and didnt have to help clean it up This is by the worst time but not bthe only time One of my staff is nicknamed puddles cos he likes to overfill tanks Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Phew you have taken the heat off me Brad.. YOU WIN :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 My little brother was filling up tyhe sump at the shop b4 he finished one night and forgot about it Left went home Came back to the shop in the early hours of the morning on his way home from a big night he had a feeling something was wronh hose had been running for around 8 hours Entire shop had about 1 inch of water through it Shop is about 113 square metres so thats alot of water lol Glad i was away that weekend and didnt have to help clean it up This is by the worst time but not bthe only time One of my staff is nicknamed puddles cos he likes to overfill tanks Brad OKay.....your brother WINs! :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 :lol: lol :lol: this fish stuf is risky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady-Lene Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Crikey! - I don't feel nearly so bad now! :lol: Actually my filter does have shut off thingees too but funny enuf - they don't work if the hose is not connected :lol: Have you all noticed how well the tank siphons (without any help getting it started) when you don't want it to? MENTAL NOTE TO SELF: Small fish tanks have definite advantages - don't be in too much of a hurry to get a larger one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Have you all noticed how well the tank siphons (without any help getting it started) when you don't want it to? all the time!! you just gotta be carefull and stay alerted. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatito Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I'm getting nervous about my new big tank now.... when's it gonna be my turn...... :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keri Anne Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Boyfriend decided to move tank over "A couple of inches" so he could move the TV into a better position.... I came home and asked why the floor was wet... he hadn't noticed. He admitted what he'd done and was immediately accused of cracking the tank…. (100L JEBO) Towels were placed on floor. Vivid was found and water level marked to see if tank was actually leaking or if he’d spilled and not noticed…. Water level checked. Lower! I freaked. Marked level then Boyfriend, flatmate and I grabbed buckets and nets to catch all fish and re-home them in other tanks… this took 2 hours. New water level marked. I’m completely freaking out by now. It’s a Sunday night, I’ve had a sh*t day at work and tank seems to be cracked but we can’t find where…. Then we see 5 baby swordtails, about 5mm long…. These take another 2 hours to catch. Plants, drift wood etc have all been ripped out of tank at this stage. Tank is still draining slowly. After last baby is caught I put net on top of tank. It accidentally falls down the back of tank… as I go to retrieve it I see the air hose happily siphoning out water at the rate of the pump! Boyfriend must have sloshed the water around a little and started a siphon effect. It’s almost 2am by now and I have NOT been a very nice girlfriend. This was a few months ago. Vivid makes are still on tank… when people see them and ask why we all look at the ground and reply “Long story – don’t ask†Boyfriend no longer complains about small bucket spills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Gee those men really need to leave things alone... :lol: Two hours to catch 5 fish, crikey I am afraid I would be losing my cool by that stage :lol: Not at the fish, at the BF :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keri Anne Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Gee those men really need to leave things alone... :lol: Two hours to catch 5 fish, crikey I am afraid I would be losing my cool by that stage :lol: Not at the fish, at the BF :lol: I was. Amazing how fast a 5mm fish can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I can believe that KA.. these little African fry can be just as frustrating :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I feel your pain, I had to move 50 or so Kribs last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 did you ever find the crack? you do know that the more fish you take out the lower the water will be... right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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