Dejavue???I had something similiar happen to me 8 years ago though.I lived
in an upstairs apartment and my landlord which was a dentist had his offices
downstairs.I lost about the same amount of water.There cielings and walls
were soaked.OOPS!Thats when I learned That I needed a hole drilled in my
return line to break the syphon when the electric goes out.I was bumming
then but he took it better then I thought.He just paid someone else to paint
the walls.Good luck with the clean-up.I like the threaded idea with your
project.I never trust glue jobs of any kind except pvc to pvc glueing.Ken.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 6:05 PM
Subject: Yep....
> I forgot to tell you guys about this one...
>
> As I am opening the door to my house, I hear this awful
> sucking/regurgitating noise. It was loud, and did not sound like a good
> thing at all. Immediately, I knew that it was my main return pump, and
that
> can not be a good thing, because if my return pump is sucking air, it
means
> my sump is empty.
>
> Well, indeed, my sump was empty. My new and totally uncool calcium reactor
> that I built had the output tube slip out of its spot where it dumps into
> the sump, and had thus drained my entire sumps worth of water, a total of
> about 15 gallons, onto the floor, as well as whatever the tank would
> overflow into the sump, until the water dropped below the overflow gates.
To
> make matters worse, the water had flown over the back of my sump, and onto
> the floor behind the sump and tank. I could not reach any of it, and would
> have had to remove everything out from under my tank to get to it. It
would
> have been a 3 hour project. Thus, I could not soak it up with any towels.
It
> just soaked right into, and probably through the floor. Not a dang thing I
> could do to stop it. About a half hour after I got home, I found a spot
> about 4 feet away from the tank where water had run over and soaked up
> through the carpet. Not a good sign.
>
> Bad news was not only that the sump had drained onto the floor, but also
> that I live upstairs in an apartment. Our downstairs neighbors weren't
home,
> so I left them a note. I have not heard from them yet, but I am sure I
will
> be doing some painting to cover up water spots. Wish me luck in my
> painting!!
>
> Just another day in the life of a reefkeeper.....
>
>
> Shane
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