My situation is different than many because my tank is at my business, not my home. It's not far, but it's not just downstairs or across the living room like most of you.
Just yesterday I ordered a float valve with the hopes that I won't overflow my RODI water container for the 15th time. You know that feeling some of you have experienced right after you realize you've been dumping freshly made water all over your floor? Well, imagine that and then having to jump up out of bed at 2am, put your clothes on, jump in your truck, drive 10 minutes to a dark building, go in, turn one knob, and then reverse the process.
Luckily for me I have a utility room with a floor drain. MOST of the water ends up going down that drain. That is unless someone, meaning me, has bumped the trash can so that it is sitting over the floor drain and not letting all of the water go down the drain.
Gee, Mr. Landlord, sorry to hear about the water leak downstairs. I hope it didn't ruin too many ceiling tiles or file folders. No, I haven't had any problems up here. But if I do, I'll let you know.
I learned the hard way what reef safe with caution means. I have flatworms in my tank. I didn't want to use FWE, so I purchased a Melanurus Wrasse. Beautiful fish, but he has a taste for crab legs and escargo. Yeah, that brand new boost to my CUC lasted less than 48 hours. He'd pick up a small hermit crab by the shell, shake it like a dog playing tug of war, and throw the poor thing up against a rock. It sounded like my pistol shrimp's warning shots. If it didn't land so that the shell was upside down giving him easy access to the crab, he'd throw it again. He'd suck that crab down quicker than you could blink.
It was awful, fascinating, and expensive all at the same time.
