I really don't want to scare new hobbyists with it, but... these photos were taken in the middle of cleaning my tank

travelerjp98

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these pics show it all! this is what my living room looks like when I'm cleaning my tank... it still looks that way... I'm too tired to finish the job today so i'll finish in the morning lol.




... and my butt is wet!
 
meowzer

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Maybe you need a better way of doing this......I have 5 tanks in 1 room and my room NEVER looks like that
 
travelerjp98

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not to mention that I got shocked by electricity twice! For some reason that always happens when I clean my tank.
And then the little devil of my tank (enormous domino damsel) kept on biting and nipping at me.. and it hurt!
and when I was siphoning water out I accidentally gulped water from my tank... it was disgusting!
 
meowzer

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well you should get a pump....and hosing (LONG).....get a large trashcan for you new sw....(I make it in my laundry room) and I drain my old water right into the drain.....then I put the pump in the new sw...end of hose in tank....and fill....from the laundry room.....my hose is 25 feet
no buckets....never been shocked....how freakin dangerous is that
 
travelerjp98

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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/387048/i-really-don-t-want-to-scare-new-hobbyists-with-it-but-these-photos-were-taken-in-the-middle-of-cleaning-my-tank#post_3402679
well you should get a pump....and hosing (LONG).....get a large trashcan for you new sw....(I make it in my laundry room) and I drain my old water right into the drain.....then I put the pump in the new sw...end of hose in tank....and fill....from the laundry room.....my hose is 25 feet
no buckets....never been shocked....how freakin dangerous is that
actually I drain my saltwater right outside with a siphon.... and my tank is not new, it's been running for 3 years!
lucky you about never being shocked... or unlucky me...
I know it's dangerous... and also very, very painful!
 
2quills

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You're getting shocked when you clean your tank? That's not good! You really should find out which piece of equipment is bad and remove it from the system.
 
jerth6932

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Originally Posted by travelerjp98 http:///forum/thread/387048/i-really-don-t-want-to-scare-new-hobbyists-with-it-but-these-photos-were-taken-in-the-middle-of-cleaning-my-tank#post_3402675
not to mention that I got shocked by electricity twice! For some reason that always happens when I clean my tank.
And then the little devil of my tank (enormous domino damsel) kept on biting and nipping at me.. and it hurt!
and when I was siphoning water out I accidentally gulped water from my tank... it was disgusting!
Get a ground probe!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
travelerjp98

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Originally Posted by 2Quills http:///forum/thread/387048/i-really-don-t-want-to-scare-new-hobbyists-with-it-but-these-photos-were-taken-in-the-middle-of-cleaning-my-tank#post_3402686
You're getting shocked when you clean your tank? That's not good! You really should find out which piece of equipment is bad and remove it from the system.
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Originally Posted by Jerth6932 http:///forum/thread/387048/i-really-don-t-want-to-scare-new-hobbyists-with-it-but-these-photos-were-taken-in-the-middle-of-cleaning-my-tank#post_3402687
Get a ground probe!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The thing that shocked me wasn't my hand in the tank.... it was the adapter (I think... it was the thing that has the one wire connected to the outlet and then a lot of wires connected to the other end of it), because water splashed on it by accident.
 
2quills

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Originally Posted by travelerjp98 http:///forum/thread/387048/i-really-don-t-want-to-scare-new-hobbyists-with-it-but-these-photos-were-taken-in-the-middle-of-cleaning-my-tank#post_3402692
The thing that shocked me wasn't my hand in the tank.... it was the adapter (I think... it was the thing that has the one wire connected to the outlet and then a lot of wires connected to the other end of it), because water splashed on it by accident.
Oh ok. Well be careful then lol. Pump with a long hose is a good thing to have.
 
jerth6932

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Originally Posted by travelerjp98 http:///forum/thread/387048/i-really-don-t-want-to-scare-new-hobbyists-with-it-but-these-photos-were-taken-in-the-middle-of-cleaning-my-tank#post_3402692
The thing that shocked me wasn't my hand in the tank.... it was the adapter (I think... it was the thing that has the one wire connected to the outlet and then a lot of wires connected to the other end of it), because water splashed on it by accident.
What were you touching when you got shocked? Now I am confused...... were you turning it on and off? Pulling out a plug? Or putting it in the water to see what it would do?
 
meowzer

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GUYS...look at his pics....he has buckets all over...already said he had water all over...and plugs ON THE FLOOR

good thing he isn't dead
 
tangs rule

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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/387048/i-really-don-t-want-to-scare-new-hobbyists-with-it-but-these-photos-were-taken-in-the-middle-of-cleaning-my-tank#post_3402679
well you should get a pump....and hosing (LONG).....get a large trashcan for you new sw....(I make it in my laundry room) and I drain my old water right into the drain.....then I put the pump in the new sw...end of hose in tank....and fill....from the laundry room.....my hose is 25 feet
no buckets....never been shocked....how freakin dangerous is that
That's how I do it - I the watermaker is outside in the laundry room, I store 100g out there, and I transfer it inside with a pump & hose to another 3 trashcans (100g) that stay inside "climate control". On w'c day we just siphon out 50-100g - straight into the tub in the bathroom, then pump it back in from the premised buckets. I have 2 pumps for this, a RIO 2100 and a quiet one 4000HH and either one refills the DT pretty quick......I use the other pump to mix the salt, or a large pwrhead.
 
jerth6932

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Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/387048/i-really-don-t-want-to-scare-new-hobbyists-with-it-but-these-photos-were-taken-in-the-middle-of-cleaning-my-tank#post_3402679
well you should get a pump....and hosing (LONG).....get a large trashcan for you new sw....(I make it in my laundry room) and I drain my old water right into the drain.....then I put the pump in the new sw...end of hose in tank....and fill....from the laundry room.....my hose is 25 feet
no buckets....never been shocked....how freakin dangerous is that
What pump are you using to push a 25 foot head?
 
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