OK noobness again. Flood please help!

kurtymac

kurtymac

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OK im sure this fourm has its fair share of pros that delt with this once or twice. My protien skimmer over flowed about 15 gallons of water in my room it leaked through the wall outside but didnt leave water damage i dried the rug. Anything else i should do? My parents are telling me they want the tank out of the house and i will not do that without a fight, so if i clean it up and make it look good i can probably get it to stay. If somebody can give me advice how to keep it from mildoing up or any other damage please lmk.
Its on the secound floor of the house, location. The rug was wet about a yard long and a yard wide.
thanks im very upset with this. It was fine for 2 days the time i go to work for 4 hours it does this, i cant believe it.
 
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markeo99

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every reefer needs a wet/dry shopvac even a small one does wonders
and the skimmer one mod I did was drill a hole towards the top of the collection cup thread the hole and screwa in a fitting that you can put a hose on then put the hose in the tank so it will overflow back into the tank reather than the floor
 
kurtymac

kurtymac

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thats an awsome idea mark, im def going to do that, i just hope its not to late, my parents are very very very angry and want it out, but i spent so much on it. And it keeps me calm i dont want to give it up.
 
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markeo99

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thats the same skimmer I have do it it will happen again they are very picky on water height and kinda tricky to adjust
 
kurtymac

kurtymac

Member
I will do that for sure. i cant beleive this still. There is no wall water damage that i see, the rug is almost dry cept for under the tank. Do you guys think everything will be fine?
 
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markeo99

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soak up what you can with towels and put a fan on it I have had it happen more than once acclimated a fish awhile ago went to work left my tube drip oops vac'd it up and put a fan on it for a day or so and good to go I think you should be ok
 
kurtymac

kurtymac

Member
OH great, i do have 2 other ones for the sump tank that look, good i dont know the name i will take a pick and post it up 2marrow. So its not an accident, grrr this accidnet could cost me my tank, what should i say to them, i offred to pay and damages it might have done, and cleaned it, but they still want it out, i told them its not my fault that this happened.
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Originally Posted by KurtyMac
http:///forum/post/2669543
OH great, i do have 2 other ones for the sump tank that look, good i dont know the name i will take a pick and post it up 2marrow. So its not an accident, grrr this accidnet could cost me my tank, what should i say to them, i offred to pay and damages it might have done, and cleaned it, but they still want it out, i told them its not my fault that this happened.
It isn't your fault. There are things that you can do to prevent this. I am trying to think of them off of the top of my head and it isn't working. Do you want to do a search on here or would you like me to?
 
kurtymac

kurtymac

Member
ON the super skimmers or how to stop the problem? Im still some what new to the site so i dont know how to do much, just learned how to post pics 2day! haha
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Originally Posted by KurtyMac
http:///forum/post/2669606
sweet thanks man i will print this and show my parents, i hope it helps the situation
Well, I am a female, but you are welcome just the same

It is the skimmer. They tend to overflow.
 
kurtymac

kurtymac

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haha sorry about that ma'am. IM just so use to doing that, its a bad habbit. But for real thank you so much for your help, its realy greatly apprichated.

This has been a nightmare
 
kurtymac

kurtymac

Member
i just have to come up with a good story about how the SS skimmers overflow and how its not going to happen again,.
 
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alexmir

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This is how i kept my skimmer from overflowing on the floor
I drilled a hole in the collection cup just below the walls where the bubbles come over and flow into the cup. I drilled the hole just barely smaller than the size of airline tubing. Do this very carefully so that you do not crack skimmer. Take about 3 feet of airline tubing and run int down into a 5 gallon bucket!

It works great, keeps the water from getting onto the floor. I tested it a few times, purposely overflowed the skimmer and not a drop on the floor.
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by KurtyMac
http:///forum/post/2669630
haha sorry about that ma'am. IM just so use to doing that, its a bad habbit. But for real thank you so much for your help, its realy greatly apprichated.

This has been a nightmare
It is my pleasure. I understand why your parents are mad and you are trying to show them that it isn't your fault. Don't go about it all attitudy. Have the information printed out and act concerned. Say, "you know what I just found out?" act shocked when you tell them
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by alexmir
http:///forum/post/2669635
This is how i kept my skimmer from overflowing on the floor
I drilled a hole in the collection cup just below the walls where the bubbles come over and flow into the cup. I drilled the hole just barely smaller than the size of airline tubing. Do this very carefully so that you do not crack skimmer. Take about 3 feet of airline tubing and run int down into a 5 gallon bucket!

It works great, keeps the water from getting onto the floor. I tested it a few times, purposely overflowed the skimmer and not a drop on the floor.
I knew someone had directions for this!! It was Alexmir! Yep, listen to what he says. I couldn't think of who it was. I knew I had seen someone tell the directions for stopping the flooding.
 
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