Husband almost killed me!!

[Reefdiver77]

I had a 30 gallon tank upstairs in my computer room for almost 8 years. I had a few floods over the years, mostly due to a HOB overflow taking the water from the tank down to my sump. Also, the hob fuge flooded a time or two. I learned my lesson and stopped using the HOB overflow and fuge. I thought I had caught it early and got the fans on it. I knew there are a few places on the downstairs ceiling with water stains. No biggie. Well....fast forward to earlier this week. I took this tank down 2-3 weeks ago and my hubby took the small window unit out of the window. For some unknown reason he pulled the carpet back. Massive water damage, we thought from the ac leaking into the wall. Rotted floor, walls, mildewed insulation. Rotted 2x4. All this was several feet from the aquarium. I was so releived!! My husband hates my tanks. Thought I had dodged the bullet and it was the ac leaking into the wall. He brought me upstairs yesterday. He had torn more of the drywall out and pulled more of the carpet up. The room is obviously not level and the water had run from the tank, under the carpet across the room causing massive damage. I am lucky I did not crash through to the downstairs. It has also run downstairs into the guestroom and ruined the ceiling, walls and floor in the guestroom downstairs. This is all old damage and we changed insurance companies 6 months ago!! This will be several thousand dollars to repair. I do not mean 1 or 2 thousand either!!! We knew there was a leak downstairs but thought it was where the guestroom roof joined onto the rest of the house, but no. It was the aquarium!!! So, the moral of the story is, nothing HOB!!! Thank God my new tank is drilled!!! It did not help that our washer is leaking and has ruined the Laundry Room floor. We discovered that this week. My husband pulled up the tile he had so carefully installed a few years back. The sub flooring is soaked. Luckily insurance will pay for this!!! Plus the freaking faucet at the kitchen sink is leaking when I hook the RODI unit up to it!!! So bought a new faucet. So, how was your day???

 

[grannybj]

how awful...I can tell you from experience that a tank falling through the floor would have added a whole nuther level of misery and mine just hit dirt ...yours would have hit rooms below so just be thankful that the tank did not go through the floor too . Bless your heart and his ...sounds like a long drawn out repair job in your future.

 

[Reefdiver77]

Thanks BJ. We had a contractor out today and another one is coming tomorrow. Dread getting those estimates!! I think I remember your tank falling through the floor. Us women and our tanks!! LOL

 

[kelp47]

Oh, you guys are scaring me...I'm planning a 75 gal, and my husband is really nervous about the floor. I really think it's okay, because it seems to be over a well-supported area, but it is over a garage. His dad has said he thinks that spot is okay, and he helped build the house. But it just bothers me that my husband is so nervous about it.

But no HOBs here.

 

[Reefdiver77]

Have a contractor check to be sure no extra support is needed. Will be great for your husband's peace of mind. No HOB is a very good thing! Good luck.

 

[aquaman67]

Sumps can flood too. Anytime you are moving water from one container to another there's always that chance.

Probably the safest tank is non-drilled with nothing HOB.

Also, they make water leak detectors. Maybe worth a look into?

 

[EllieSuz]

There are external overflows that do not flood, so I hate to give the impression that all of them are prone to problems.

 

[Reefdiver77]

I have a Leakfrog sitting right next to my new tank!! True, a tank with no sump is the safest situation, but any tank can spring a leak. I do not see this sump flooding. I made sure to mark the water level, so even if the power goes out and the water from the tank goes into the sump it will not overflow, even if the return pump is not working or goes out.

 

[Reefdiver77]

Complete Restorations came out yesterday. The water from the leaking washer in the laundry room, which backs up to my tank in the dining area, had gotten the floor just adjacent to my tank wet. I knew this and had planned to carefully drain some of the water out of the tank and move it and replace the water. It is on laminate and I put the slider pad things underneath it to lift the stand up off the floor a bit for circulation, etc. However, when the adjuster came out, he immediately called Complete Restorations and they came out and moved the tank!! My husband called and told me and I was a nervous wreck until I got home. No damage done and not a coral out of place and everything plugged in. All tile up in laundry rm and laminate under the tank was removed. Industrial dehumidifier and fan going. I was so afraid they would slide the tank around on the stand and hit the bulkheads up against the opening in the stand and crack it. Obviously that did not happen!! Only problem is that strong fan is bringing the water temp down. I had to rev up my heater this am. I will be so glad when all this is over and my life gets back to normal!!!