dryfloor----wetfloor

[Gator]

well i went to sleep last night to a dry floor and woke up with water all over my carpet.(about 3 feet around my tank). This is my first major flood since i started the hobby. \

I got out the wet dry and sucked up a couple gallons of water, i have 2 of those carpet blowers luckely.

i guess i just have to let them blow and dry. what else can i do to help dry everything up, and what about under my tank, will teh carpet dry or just stay wet.

oww and just to let everyone know today is my 1 year anniversary, and my wife allready does not like my fishtank. so if you see any posts and i am trying to sell anything it is not me becasue i will not get out of this hobby (money pit) :-D .

thanks gator

[GaryP]

Gator,

Yes, there is something you can do. Replace your carpet with tile. Sounds real easy huh? Welcome to reefkeeping. You can't call yourself a reefer if you haven't had at least one major flood.

Gary

[DeletedAccount]

I jinxed you last night, didn't I? I am so sorry to hear about this. When I had my hang-on overflow I went through this way too often. I sucked with the shop-vac for hours and left and came back and sucked some more. I set up fans and kept them going for days. When I moved one of my stands a few weeks ago we found the cause of all of our recent allergy problems, nice fuzzy black and green carpet was revealed (and somehow that was STILL not enough to convince my husband to let me get the floor in there redone). Good luck!

[dan]

WHAT HAPPEN??????? your sump over flow or your R/O over flow?

[Gator]

my refugium sucked a snail and blocked the overflow tube, i bought a guard for it last week i just never got around to putting it on.

i have to go vacume i am informed i have to vacume for 10min then i get a 3 min break

[DeletedAccount]

I keep telling my husband that when we build our next house I am going to have a few drains in the floor of the fish room for oops like this. I can cover them with an area rug and they could be there when needed, just like the laundry room...

[dan]

what about your floor is it ok? don't want your tank falling through

[DeletedAccount]

My tanks are on the first floor of my house - concrete below.... How about you, Rooster? Do you have a traditional home on a concrete slab?

[R.Allard]

Rooster let me know if you want to tile the floor.. maybe we could trade for some frags or somethin (hint.. hint..hint..)... lol
sorry to hear auout the flood but it happens..kida the nature of the
beast. i left my RO unit running all night one time and woke up to
water all under our new wood/laminate floor. the nice thing was all we neede to do was lift up the floor, dry everything out and put the floor back down. in my new office im going to score the concrete
and stain the concrete to look like tile so i wont have to worry about
water on the floor.plus i m putting a drain under the tank that goes outside.
i would leave the fans on the carpet for a day or so and if you need to replace the carpet let me know.
Robert

[Gator]

it should be ok, i think i am going to go look under the house to see if it is wet, the carpet is not sqwishing water out it is just wet. i think it could have been alot worse than it is. Dan you think i could convince shannon to take my tank down to put tile down along with a shiney new cube

[GaryP]

Misti,

You're starting to sound like me, wanting to build a house around my aquariums. Do you think they rent out rooms in the back of Sea World. Maybe Sean Elliot will rent me a room. He's only got about 2000 gal. in his house, not counting sumps.

Gary

[Gator]

that would be cool if i could get an entire house built and furnished giving frags away.hahahahha

[DeletedAccount]

Well, Gary, we must have our priorities straight, right????

[R.Allard]

how big is your tank?? remember a avrage reef aquarium runs arround 16 lbs per gallon.so be sure and check your beams and joists for wetness. also you might want to check them in a couple days to see if the joists warped as they dried out.

[DeletedAccount]

His tank is a 175 Bowfront, so 2800 without the refugium.... ow!

[dan]

sean elliot has one sump that is 200gal. and two sumps at 150 gals.i know i had to build them. thats 500gals. just in sumps.i wish i had a tank that big!!!! :o :o

[R.Allard]

hope he dosent have a particle board floor or he will be relocating
his tank in a hurry.

[Gator]

allard

i have 2*6 floorjoists trippled up under tank porsion, then i installed 3 more sills under tank. so i should have plenty of support. i dont think the water was running out the majority went back inot tank and the rest kinda spread itself out in the carpet, the blowers have one area almost dried but i am going to leave them on for a couple of days. i am 90% sure i dont have particle board but if i do that is going to be bad,

thanks for all your help and ideas... so what about getting that house built :-D :-D

[R.Allard]

lol lets go talk to the bank...

[Gator]

well i finally got the problem taken care of. it was a little astria snail stuck in the very bottom of my refugium drain.

another question has anyone used a dehumidfire in fish rooms, if i am loosing3 gallons a day do you think this would help and what size would i need

[GaryP]

A dehumidifier would only increase your evaporation. The lower the humidity the higher the evaporation. Remember that your tank is being partially cooled by evaporation. It works like a giant evaporative cooler. That's part of the reason for cooling fans. I have problems cooling my tank when the windows are open and its humid, like now!

Gary

[Gator]

thanks for the advise on dehumidifire. i have a 1/3 hp chiller with fans in my canopy i do not have a problem with heat in the tank only in my room. should i turn the fans off, and what would be a good way to get the humidity out of my room. the tank is in a movie room (converted bedroom) with lots of stereo equipment that also puts of heat. if i turned the dehumidifire on low would it help or should i definitly not use one thanks for the help

[GaryP]

A dehumidifier might help but it sort of reminds me of the old Steven Wright joke.

" I got a humidifier and a dehumifier for Xmas. I put them in the same room and let them fight it out."

Gary

[Gator]

i am worried about my electronic equipment(exspensive). the humidity is not unbearable i am just wondering what happens to 22 gallons of water a week. could i start a mold farm in my room or am i just worried for no reason. thanks

also what do you think about the fans on or off

[DeletedAccount]

I had a tank with a high evaporaton rate in my office for about 6 months. I took it out because I noticed corrosion on my ceiling fan and in one spot on the back of my computer. Tanks are wonderful but they do not seem to mix with expensive metals well...

[GaryP]

Well, the humidity shouldn't hurt the electronics, but I'm not sure about the combination of salt and humidity. I think that's what caused your problem Misti. It would depend on your system I suppose. A system with a spray bar or biowheel would probably put more salt mist in the air. I think wherever you have salt creep you're gonna have atomized salt water droplets.

Gary

[TexasState]

Rooster,
You don't happen to have an Oceanic's particle board stand do you? If so, you will want to soak up as much water from the carpet as possible. Whatever you don't soak up using the rag, the stand will soak it up for you (which will result from a puffed stand.) You should jump up and down on the rag to remove the excess water.

[Gator]

i do have an oceanic stand. i have dried upo all the water, you can walk over the carpet in socks and not get any water on them. the only thing i am worried about is under the stand. luckly my stand is sitting on two inch and a half pieces of plywood. but i am worried about mil;dew

[Jenn]

Wow! We need to get Sean Elliot to become a member - then to hold the meetings @ his place :skeezy: