palmer373
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just a lil background info,
last night at about 11pm i was laying in bed with my cat when i heard a noise that is almost impossible to discribe, it was almost like a shuunk. it was even odder cause my cat jumped up and look at the tank like something was wrong. i looked at my water height in the sump of the 55 and said to myself "if that waterline goes lower something is wrong" becuase i was suspecting a crack in the tank. fast forward to 1:15am. i wake up to the noise of the return sucking air. i thought it was very strange and got up to TO. was i was toping off, all of a sudden the tank starts overflowing like crazy, all onto the floor. i instantly look up, for whatever reason, and see 2 snails (remind me of the margarita ones i bought from Erik but i bought them under another name off of reefcleaners.org. you know what im talking bout justin, the really big fat ones i had to keep flipping over.) stuck in the overflow tub blocking flow. i remember seeing both of those in the overflow box the night before and didnt think anything of it.
so as fast as i could i unplugged all the powercords, undid the siphon, and thought "crap". fast forward to 2:30. i had everything fixed up and clean and hoping nothing got ruined (the water overflowed onto 2 of the powerstrips). i thought it was odd cuase i heard a zzzzzzzzz similar to electricity arching so i moved the powerstrip away from anything flamible. i had to get some sleep so i crashed hoping for the best, fearing for the worst. at 6 when i got up i heard the arching noise a few more times and dreaded nothing bad would happen at school. already one of the timers was messed up from the water. my mom sent me a txt when she had lunch saying everything was fine and the light was on so i was happy. i got home at 4:45 and fixed some minor issues. instantly i noticed something was wack. when i stuck my hand in the tank, it was a combo or freaking hot and almsot getting electrocuted. i swapped the thermometer from the 75 onto the 55 and unplugged the heater. temp was 82.5 so it wasnt bad but still the shocking part bugged me. thats when i freaked out and thought "the water spilled onto the extension cord, the arching noise was stray voltage, and somehow stray voltage is getting in to the tank!"
it wasnt just the 55 that shocked me but both tanks so it had to be that powercord cause that was the only one that got wet and has cords from both tanks plugged in. instantly i unplugged the cord and ran to the comp.
so am i thinking the correct thing? is it stray voltage or am i missing something? anyone know where i can get a stray voltage reader that will read in saltwater? or a grounding probe? ive seen them online for like $20 but i dont wanna order one. any ideas? this week keeps getting worse and worse lol. also a chromis just died today and i lost a royal gramma that was ginormous and also the same with a lawnmower blenny this month. could this be the cause of the 3 deaths?
last night at about 11pm i was laying in bed with my cat when i heard a noise that is almost impossible to discribe, it was almost like a shuunk. it was even odder cause my cat jumped up and look at the tank like something was wrong. i looked at my water height in the sump of the 55 and said to myself "if that waterline goes lower something is wrong" becuase i was suspecting a crack in the tank. fast forward to 1:15am. i wake up to the noise of the return sucking air. i thought it was very strange and got up to TO. was i was toping off, all of a sudden the tank starts overflowing like crazy, all onto the floor. i instantly look up, for whatever reason, and see 2 snails (remind me of the margarita ones i bought from Erik but i bought them under another name off of reefcleaners.org. you know what im talking bout justin, the really big fat ones i had to keep flipping over.) stuck in the overflow tub blocking flow. i remember seeing both of those in the overflow box the night before and didnt think anything of it.
so as fast as i could i unplugged all the powercords, undid the siphon, and thought "crap". fast forward to 2:30. i had everything fixed up and clean and hoping nothing got ruined (the water overflowed onto 2 of the powerstrips). i thought it was odd cuase i heard a zzzzzzzzz similar to electricity arching so i moved the powerstrip away from anything flamible. i had to get some sleep so i crashed hoping for the best, fearing for the worst. at 6 when i got up i heard the arching noise a few more times and dreaded nothing bad would happen at school. already one of the timers was messed up from the water. my mom sent me a txt when she had lunch saying everything was fine and the light was on so i was happy. i got home at 4:45 and fixed some minor issues. instantly i noticed something was wack. when i stuck my hand in the tank, it was a combo or freaking hot and almsot getting electrocuted. i swapped the thermometer from the 75 onto the 55 and unplugged the heater. temp was 82.5 so it wasnt bad but still the shocking part bugged me. thats when i freaked out and thought "the water spilled onto the extension cord, the arching noise was stray voltage, and somehow stray voltage is getting in to the tank!"
it wasnt just the 55 that shocked me but both tanks so it had to be that powercord cause that was the only one that got wet and has cords from both tanks plugged in. instantly i unplugged the cord and ran to the comp.
so am i thinking the correct thing? is it stray voltage or am i missing something? anyone know where i can get a stray voltage reader that will read in saltwater? or a grounding probe? ive seen them online for like $20 but i dont wanna order one. any ideas? this week keeps getting worse and worse lol. also a chromis just died today and i lost a royal gramma that was ginormous and also the same with a lawnmower blenny this month. could this be the cause of the 3 deaths?
