Flood. Under control...but....what happens to the water under the stand?

[jc]

Bill, what are the names of those water alarms? Ebay has several different brands.

[Bill S]

These are the ones I bought. Come with cheap 9v batteries, but they last a few months. Replaced with alkaline. Even as cheap as they are, these have been bulletproof:

http://www.smarthome.com/7163P/Water...k-00002/p.aspx

[Mr Cob]

Thanks Bill.

[brewercm]

I'm guessing that your hardwood floors are on concrete foundation and not peer and beam. Is this correct as it could cause damage to the plywood underneath if peer and beam structure. Other than that like they said already you'll have some damaged flooring when you tear down. Maybe you can get lucky if they aren't too old and get a case of matching planks before you can't find the exact ones any longer.

[txav8r]

Leak Frog is another good water alarm. You can get them from Woot.com for super cheap every once in a while.

Rob,
The boards will dry but you may have some mildew. Aim a fan at the base of the tank and let it run for a few days. The fllor is already wet so spraying mildew killer (bleach and water) on it won't hurt much other than maybe a little more discoloration of the wood. Just keep it out of your sump!

Jack

[txav8r]

I'm guessing that your hardwood floors are on concrete foundation and not peer and beam. Is this correct as it could cause damage to the plywood underneath if peer and beam structure. Other than that like they said already you'll have some damaged flooring when you tear down. Maybe you can get lucky if they aren't too old and get a case of matching planks before you can't find the exact ones any longer.

He's on concrete.

[Mr Cob]

Thanks everyone for taking an interest.

-Rob

[medi]

I had a pesky leak on my 110G that I never could get to seem to get under control. I took out my sump and built a 4 inch high acrylic pan around the inside of my stand, but before I did this I had several gallons leak on to my floor, on several different occasions. When I finally moved I was expecting the floor to be trashed under the stand, but to my surprise it was in perfect shape, could not even tell an aquarium had been there. Maybe you can get that lucky. There is always hope

[Mr Cob]

I had a pesky leak on my 110G that I never could get to seem to get under control. I took out my sump and built a 4 inch high acrylic pan around the inside of my stand, but before I did this I had several gallons leak on to my floor, on several different occasions. When I finally moved I was expecting the floor to be trashed under the stand, but to my surprise it was in perfect shape, could not even tell an aquarium had been there. Maybe you can get that lucky. There is always hope

I hope

[seaurchin]

Don't feel bad. I think I hold a world's record for flooding floors, wood, carpet, etc. The horror stories about flooding, I have some major ones. lol