Isla Escondido - invincible569's Rimless 300g

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Here is the temporary fix with Deltec Epoxy. Im so glad I had this on hand! I applied it on both sides, internal and external as instructed by Kevin (All About Fish).

And then I drained the water down at 6am this morning...

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good luck man..i know the feeling (my tank cracked right at the beginning of my journey and the feeling sucks)

Felix
 
And this is where I am at now.. putting all the water back in. I just finished adding my rocks. I need to redo my aquascape now. No more leaks.

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Great work crew.
Thank goodness for the little cuties!
I have a little 3 year old girl with another one on the way.
They can smooth out the rough days.
 
OMG, I gotta get out of this thread. I'm not going to sleep tonight. :D

Sorry E, let me know when you have everything back up and laughing again :)

Just kidding of course....but I may not being sleeping well :( .

Did the epoxy stop the leaking? Was it that bad?

Good luck, and thank God for the helpers, nice work ladies :) .

Take Care,

Chad
 
wow. what an ordeal. looks like you kept your cool though. I would never use anythig other than Hayward schedule 80. And the strange thing is that tightening a bulkhead can actually make it leak more. The gasket can get too compressed and pop out from under the flange, especially on sched. 40 fittings.

Good work and man it's great you weren't away on vacation! I have a water sensor on the floor under my tank so I will get an email...
 
I used schedule 40 with silicone.I did get one leak from the bulkhead moving but I loosened it and re tightened it after.I had moved the fitting and it leaked.Everything is fine now.You are supposed to hand tighten the bulkhead.I had placed silicone inside and underneath just in case.I was thinking what if this happened to me.I would freak never mind the water issue.My wife would have killed me on the spot.What causes the bulkheads to leak after so many months?
 
Wow Edward I didn't see this. Sorry you had to go through all that. I'm certain those pix make it look way easier than it ended up being. I agree with the above - gotta have Sked 80 all the way!

Good luck and I hope you don't have any losses (other than time!).

Beautiful kids, BTW!
 
OMG, i better kiss the CL thought goodbye. I was going to order my new tank with a bunch of holes for CL.

Good luck Ed....
 
tbone, I really want a 6201. It looks to be great for flow. Thanks for helping me with showing me how strong your 6201's are.

felix, it was definitely a terrible feeling!! Im glad its all over with now.

Bill, you can say that again!! My family makes my day a better one when these types of incidents happen.

Chad, it was that bad. If it was a couple drops, i would of waited it out. It was as bad as my RO/DI dripping and that fills up quick on a 30g container. The epoxy temporarily stopped it, but Kevin told me that it will only hold for a couple of days. I wouldnt get too nervous as long as you arent moving the piping around. Thats what I did and the sand probably got caught in.

jnarowe, what are you using for a water sensor? Im glad I wasnt either. :)

steve, the source of the problem was me!! :) I had a long pvc pipe coming out of the bulkhead inside the tank and I wanted to cut it down. Well, I couldnt get it out and I kept trying as hard to pull it (it wasnt glued). Well all that moving made it start leaking. I couldnt stop the leak and it only got worse after trying to tight. My wife told me everythnig looked fine, but being picky as I am, I was stubborn and tried to perfect it. :) What did I learn from this?? dotn mess with bulkheads when not needed.

David, thanks my friend. I hope I dont have any losses either.

Jarhead, closed loop is ok.. just make sure you get the 80's like everyone is saying :)
 
I use a WaterBug, but I don't recommend it. The contact points rust. That may be the case for all of them, but I would bet you could source a better one.

And the threads on those black bulkheads don't stand up to any kind of abuse. They are loose in the first place and can get damaged easily.

If you like the look, you can get schedule 80 black bulkheads BTW.

If I had three girls I'd hang myself.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10964127#post10964127 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by invincible569
Thanks guys!! I would of went with a sched 80 this time, but I had no time. I was already slowly getting a drip through the threads. I had to act fast. I know now for my next tank to use 80's.


next tank ehh? haha cool. good luck to you in that no sand got in between the bulkhead or that nothing like this happens to any other of your bulkheads!!
 
It's been a while since I visited your thread, and I'm sorry to receive this update but glad that all appears well. That Deltec epoxy is some amazing stuff. Hopefully your corals won't retaliate - they all sure look good in that rubber tub!

I, too, am using Hayward Sched 80 bulkheads on my tank, and I truly don't expect a leak (of course nobody does). I guess that point has been beaten to death. My Aquatronica controller (supposedly in the mail on Monday) will have 2 water leak sensors. I'm putting 1 in my drip pan and the other on top of the skimmer in case it overflows.
 
So you only replaced the one leaking sched 40 BH ?? I would have replaced them all since the water was out and I was already doing the one, but that is just me...
 
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