karimwassef
Active member
I have an actuated surge. It's intermittent and varies between no surge days and storm surge days. There's no surge at night.
I was traveling for two weeks and came back to this:
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/C48FD2BD-5015-4421-8A96-A7A47A298569_zpscj5uxddb.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/C48FD2BD-5015-4421-8A96-A7A47A298569_zpscj5uxddb.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo C48FD2BD-5015-4421-8A96-A7A47A298569_zpscj5uxddb.jpg"/></a>
It's buried itself inside the 2" PVC surge outlet (concrete covered).
Isn't nature wonderful ?? You think you've mapped out most of the potential hazards and she just slaps you and says "gotcha!!"
My valves don't close completely so there's always at least a minor flow (30gph?) passing through. This discouraged most invaders in the past.
The surge is gravity fed so it's not like a pump is forcing water through. It's also sensor driven with emergency protection and overflows. Same with the DT.
So nothing bad happened except for the obstructed flow.
I tried to turn the surge on slowly to see what it would do and it just hunkered down more. A little water got out around its body but it didn't seem to mind. It might even like it? The foot is deep into the PVC.
Any ideas on how to get this stubborn anemone out of my surge plumbing?
I can dismantle the PVC if needed but I'd rather coax it out.
I was traveling for two weeks and came back to this:
<a href="http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/karimwassef/media/C48FD2BD-5015-4421-8A96-A7A47A298569_zpscj5uxddb.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t496/karimwassef/C48FD2BD-5015-4421-8A96-A7A47A298569_zpscj5uxddb.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo C48FD2BD-5015-4421-8A96-A7A47A298569_zpscj5uxddb.jpg"/></a>
It's buried itself inside the 2" PVC surge outlet (concrete covered).
Isn't nature wonderful ?? You think you've mapped out most of the potential hazards and she just slaps you and says "gotcha!!"
My valves don't close completely so there's always at least a minor flow (30gph?) passing through. This discouraged most invaders in the past.
The surge is gravity fed so it's not like a pump is forcing water through. It's also sensor driven with emergency protection and overflows. Same with the DT.
So nothing bad happened except for the obstructed flow.
I tried to turn the surge on slowly to see what it would do and it just hunkered down more. A little water got out around its body but it didn't seem to mind. It might even like it? The foot is deep into the PVC.
Any ideas on how to get this stubborn anemone out of my surge plumbing?
I can dismantle the PVC if needed but I'd rather coax it out.
