How not to do a water change

[DJChesnutRabbit]

First while your sleeping, let your cat hit the on/off switch to the powerstrip your return pump is plugged into.
Next, be woke up with less than 6 hours of sleep becase something is wrong with the tank.
Next, fumble around and try to figure out what's not working.
Then, hit the switch to your powerstrip and turn on the return pump (not realizing your overflow is NOT primed.)
Before you know it you'll have 10 gallons of water on your floor and then just add fresh salt water to your tank.
:mad2:

 

[sytanek]

Can't you get an overflow that doesn't lose it's prime? Thought I had seen some of those.

 

[Don Lino]

Yup, its called Reef Ready...

Sorry DJChesnutRabbit, I had this happen to me plenty O' times on my 55gallon all over my kids carpeted flooring. It sucks bad. I went reefready and wont look back now. What sixe tank u have??

 

[RayRay]

My 220 is not reef ready either. Momentary power outages in a summer storm scare me for the same reason...

 

[jsl6v8]

I have overflow boxes with just regular u tubes one with an aqualifter the others unmessedaroundwith and none of them have ever lost suction, knock on wood.

 

[DJChesnutRabbit]

It happened on my 110 and the overflow is a CPR which has the aqualifter. For whatever reason it didn't kick in and woah what a mess. Live and learn.

 

[Mrs Smith]

We have a cat like that. Sorry man. Probably not the first time water has been on the floor, though. Our cat likes to knock the top-off tubing out, occasionally resulting in a similar flood.

 

[chrisstie]

This is why I keep my electrical things in a cabinet\box away from the 3 cats I have

Sorry to hear about your misfortune

U-tubes when properly maintained and installed\used shouldn't loose suction either but this is reefing, stuff happens ><

 

[Sk8r]

Gee, boss, no kitty treats this morning?