sweet2004r1
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Put a piece of saran wrap on the inside of the tank the water pressure and suction will suck the saran wrap and seal/slow the leak. Ive been in this situation sorry to see this happen..
New 630gal SPS Peninsula, NJ
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frankabagnale
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Man...that is scary! Hope you didn't have any major water damage to the house. Good thing your wife was home. I've always heard vinegar was the best.
BairdimusPrime
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WOW!! terrible about that leak!
i'm right in Union beach so another local reefer amazing tank though
i'm right in Union beach so another local reefer amazing tank though
A_CoupleClowns
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Sorry to hear about this! That's good they are going to come out and fix it.
How much damage was done to the home? If you were 3 hours away when the leak started I am sure a good amount of salt water went onto the wood floor, before your wife could get the leak diverted into tubs. Any water go down into the basement?
How much damage was done to the home? If you were 3 hours away when the leak started I am sure a good amount of salt water went onto the wood floor, before your wife could get the leak diverted into tubs. Any water go down into the basement?
Imagine this:
My wife was home with my 2 small kids, she has no idea about my tank, pumps, filtration room etc, except feeding once in a while
. When tank first split, water was spraying to next room 10 feet away. My wife ran in bare feet on the snow, across the street to have my neighbor help her.
When he came over, tank was half way empty, water cover entire hardwood, livingroom, diningroom, and part of kitchen floor, then drain to basement.
After this they start catching (kind of catching) water with garbage bins
Then I called my fellow reefer, and when he came, he brought 2 long clamps and stop the leak about 1/3 down, and this saved my fish.
Next day hardwood start buckling, so I called drying company and this saved my floors
My wife was home with my 2 small kids, she has no idea about my tank, pumps, filtration room etc, except feeding once in a while
. When tank first split, water was spraying to next room 10 feet away. My wife ran in bare feet on the snow, across the street to have my neighbor help her.When he came over, tank was half way empty, water cover entire hardwood, livingroom, diningroom, and part of kitchen floor, then drain to basement.
After this they start catching (kind of catching) water with garbage bins
Then I called my fellow reefer, and when he came, he brought 2 long clamps and stop the leak about 1/3 down, and this saved my fish.
Next day hardwood start buckling, so I called drying company and this saved my floors
A_CoupleClowns
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Good info! I have two of those long clamps I am going to set up a little emergency kit like you are saying for sure.
So they sucked the water out of your hardwood floors? Cool, that is pretty handy! What about the water that went through the ceiling into the basement?
A_CoupleClowns
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Basement wasn't finish, so my sump pumps drained out. Just all my electric outlets, apex get wet in my filtration room. Apex display was soak, but I took it apart, let it dry for few days, and works like new so far
Good thing the basement wasn't finished! Sounds like you actually had very few losses from this disaster. Good work, sounds like your reefer friend really saved the day fish wise too.
Hope everything gets fixed and back to normal for you asap so you can enjoy the tank!
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