Leak!

[Shooter7]

Why would a drain bulkhead suddenly start leaking after over 6 months of running? I tightened it and it stopped, just a bit concerned that this will start again and I won't happen to catch it as quickly.

 

[spongebobby]

Get in the habit of tighten the bulkhead nut. I have had the same thing happen to me. I check them once a month now since I had it happen.

 

[chadscamaro]

I have had that same problem a few times. Usually a quick snug will take care of it.

 

[Goalie66]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7718060#post7718060 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chadscamaro
I have had that same problem a few times. Usually a quick snug will take care of it.

Same here

 

[Arsenal11]

ME 2, SOMETIMES I HIT THE DRAIN PIPE OR RETURN WHILE DOING MAINTANCE & THEY START LEAKING.

 

[Shooter7]

Interesting, guess in all the time I've been on RC I've never heard anyone mention doing this as part of regular maintenance. Learn something new every day. Just glad I happened to notice it when I did. I heard a tapping noise and it just so happened that the water was leaking onto the plastic wrapper of something I had in the stand, causing the tapping noise. Otherwise, it probably would have gone all day today. Learn something new every day. As it is, I only lost maybe a couple gallons at most.

On a sidenote, I solved the mystery of my missing Carpenter's wrasse. When he went missing I searched all over under my stand and surrounding areas. Pulled stuff out I had stored in there, etc. Pulled it out again last night to clean up this water and lo and behold, one wrasse body. So, mystery solved - he managed to fly out of the tank, miss the lighting, and exit through the small open area on the back of the canopy.

 

[mjpelikan]

leaks: would LocTite be an acceptable solution?

wrasse:

 

[Shooter7]

Don't know that I'd want to use anything on them. What if I wanted to take them off at some point?

 

[mjpelikan]

We used LocTite at an assebly job I had. As long as you don't use the SUPER strong version, you can get the parts off with two pair of channel locks.

 

[chadscamaro]

I would not use loc tite on plastic threads only metal . The loc tite will tear up the plastic a lot of times when you try to remove the fittings.

 

[mjpelikan]

good call... we were just using it on metal to metal.

 

[Divedog]

Any chance of vibration from the pump causing the bulk heads to loosen? Prior to insulating my standing and putting neopren under the pump it had a fairly significant vibration to it.