WATER ALL OVER THE FLOOR.

[Gseclipse02]

Also make sure your return line into the main tank has some sort of siphon prevention. Mine has a small hole drilled in the PVC above the water line so that the return line can't siphon back down into the sump when I lose power. If your return line is siphoning, you can suck far more water back into your sump than the sump was meant to handle.

this is exactly what happen to me


then i had to drill the hole but now water comes out of it lol


here's a pic




it might suck up about half a gallon at most since i did the hole

[DrMark]

I have been there.......believe me. Almost all people (you are lucky Ray) have had water on the floor for one reason or another. No matter the precautions, there is always something. I had an inflow to the ro/di "pop off" to cause my big flood. You can have backup precautions and even backup the backup precautions, but inevitably if you are in the hobby long enough there will be water on the floor. Having lots of towels and a wet/dry vac available is just part of the equipment list.
mark

[d3rryc]

Yep, water will come out when the pump's running. I lessened the noise by wrapping a piece of filter floss around the pipe, which keeps the stream of water coming out of the hole from splashing. I just have to be careful to check on it from time to time and make sure the hole hasn't clogged up.

[RayAllen]

water on floor I have had but mostly from drips or me doing a messy water change, but not from flooding.

I have always been super careful because most have my tanks have been on carpet and now I have boubor which is not cheap so my wife would be a little upset... My wife had dedicated a whole stack of towels and wash clothes to me because she just knows I need them, lol.

[Gseclipse02]

I've used that trick before too...

lol...

[sampsonndelila]

I made that mistake as well, I had my return deep in my water, the last time it drained 5 inches out my 125, dont know how much water that is but it was horriable. thank God for tile. I need to be more careful I think too. I might need to adjust my overflow box to the right level, so it stops in time... it was like 1/2 inch from the top of the sump this time. it didn't overflow it. The line to the external pump came off and the pump kept pumping but instead of to the return line it went on the floor. I am pretty much an idiot for thinking it would hold without a clamp- it was pretty tight- oh well.