just a quickie folks....
woke up on thursday morning to the sound of trickling from the tank and upon arriving downstairs found aprox 100ltrs of nice warm smelly water on the front room carpet!!!!!
after having a good look round the filter (including pipes)and tank itself i found the non return valve had come off from the airline and...... guess the rest
im so careful to check the filters lights fish and parameters but overlooked this damn little pipe.

give yours a check will ya
dunno bout a prof. carpet cleaner but €60 for hire of cleaner and 6 hrs of my time getting the room sorted cost too much.

have a nice day
suckers

same thing happened to me but i was lucky that i woke early and only lost bout 10Ls

Hi Suckers,
sorry to hear that not what you want at all! it is as you say very important to check equipment regularly a few minutes each day can save hours and cash.

When it comes to air line check valve i try to position them with in the tank well above the water line thus if it disconnects the line fall into the tank with no water escaping.


and yes i learned this the hard way! I would also suggest that you have airline clamps on for any occasion you need to turn off the air pump as precaution and of course replace valve regularly 12 months min and replace air line and valve at least every three years for best results.

mickey

never thought bout that mickey. ill have to try to reposition the air line. not looking forward to replacing the whole airline as its incourperated (sp) into the background!!!!!

turn off the airpump! its not on 24/7 but about 20 min a day! the return from the filter is aprox 1inch from the waterlevel and there is millions of air bubbles all around the tank ( some ppls even think the water is clouldy)

matt

rather than going to all that trouble you could try put it together then using some sealant or safe glue to hold together.

so long as it is water resistant and non toxic if it will come in to contact with water.

thanks for that tip.... no probs there as ive still [i]loads[i] of silicone left from doing the backgrounds
matt

100l on the carpet !oh dear !!! ... Hope it did not create too much havoc in your house. Mind you, it might be the perfect timing for you to get both a new carpet and a new tank !!!

Valerie

Valerie wrote:
100l on the carpet !oh dear !!! ... Hope it did not create too much havoc in your house. Mind you, it might be the perfect timing for you to get both a new carpet and a new tank !!!

Valerie

No way, carpets will dry out, spend the extra on a bigger tank

Sorry to hear of your leak, consider yourself lucky, in a previous fishkeeping life I burst a 100 gallon tank twice in a few months. That was a 100% leak and the prompt end of serious fishkeeping for about 15 years!


Daragh

humm Valerie im not gonna let the wife see this..... i've forked out on a new sofe after this disaster, no more....
good idea Daragh mind you id need a new wife as she said no more tanks.... thats why i got the 200 ltr instead of the 2 75's
working on things tho!!!!!!!!!!
suckers

Find a fish she likes that is breedable, then let her ooo and ahhhhh over the littuns, while you explain you need to get another tank so they don't get eaten