Bad day for water changes

[Andrewtfw]

Long story short, I was working on my 125 at school. I got distracted by a phone call and overfilled the tank. I cut the water off as the water in the tank filled the trim ledge. I thought the worst was behind me. I was wrong. My FX5 began leaking while turned off. I panicked and disconnected one of the hoses without cutting off flow to it. Water began pouring out of the hose. I turned the valve on the hose, but a moment passed before I noticed the water flowing out of the filter (the return hose valve was in flow position). When all was done, I water changed 80% of the tank, and also soaked the bottom of the cabinet stand. Fortunately, I had just cleaned the FX5, so the water in it was cleaner than otherwise.

 

[spazmattik]

Given the stories today, i will wait till tomorrow to do water changes!

 

[chriscoli]

ah, so sorry, Andrew! That sucks! Any damage other than the cabinet?

 

[dogofwar]

My fish got water changes for Christmas. And red wigglers

Knock on wood, flooding / water spills was no more than usual!

Matt

 

[Acpape0]

I just put a new hardwood floor in my living room and am paranoid about flooding the 90 gallon in there ...again ...

Given the stories today, i will wait till tomorrow to do water changes!

Ahh this made me laugh, thanks for that




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[Localzoo]

Given the stories today, i will wait till tomorrow to do water changes!

Yep agreed


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[Andrewtfw]

ah, so sorry, Andrew! That sucks! Any damage other than the cabinet?

Other than a wet cabinet, I don't think there is other damage. The water soaked through the stand to the tiled floor below. The floor has a wax coat, so I'm not worried about it. I am somewhat concerned about mold or mildew from moisture caught between the floor and stand. I'm hoping that as it dries, the wooden floor panel of the stand will soak up the remaining moisture.

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[chriscoli]

it might be worth sticking a fan under or near the cabinet to keep the air circulating till it dries.

 

[Andrewtfw]

it might be worth sticking a fan under or near the cabinet to keep the air circulating till it dries.

Good idea. I'll try to take care of that tomorrow morning.

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[CichlidAddict]

Ever since I set up my oven timer to beep me on wc , I,ve never had an accident. I measure how much water rise in 5 min to project how much more time is left to fill to the top so as to set my timer. It,s easy to be distracted in WC in big tank because it takes a long time to fill.

 

[dogofwar]

Good idea!