Vincerama2
Supporting Member
Yesterday at 6:00 AM, my wife got up to go for a run, and she immediately woke me up with "Your tank is leaking!" (not THE tank or OUR tank, but YOUR tank).
So I leaped out of bed and sure enough about 20 gallons of water was busily (further) damaging my hardwood floor, then I found the cause of the leak and it was completely stupid.
Background: To reduce nitrates, I bought a biopellet reactor. It constantly leaks pellets into the tank, which get stuck in the pumps and stuff, but is required to actually outlet into the skimmer section so bacteria poo can be skimmed out.
Background2: To combat escaping pellets, I bought a "3 micron mesh sock". I stuck the output hose of the pellet reactor into the sock, which I put in the skimmer section of my sump. The sock is sort of stiff, and the holes are very small (I would venture to say they were 3 microns!)
The Stupid: So apparently, what happened was ... as the sock got clogged, it started to straighten up, similar to if you filled a rubber dishwashing glove with water from a hose pushed into it, or one of those wacky flailing arm inflatable attention getting dolls at car dealerships. So ... what I found in the morning was that the stupid sock had inflated itself such that it was completely clogged and filled and had extended itself out past the edge of the skimmer, and over flowing water was gushing out the mouth and into the stand and onto the floor!
It basically reached out to spill water on my floor!!
So anyway, I hate that sock and the biopellet reactor is just p'ing me off.
V
So I leaped out of bed and sure enough about 20 gallons of water was busily (further) damaging my hardwood floor, then I found the cause of the leak and it was completely stupid.
Background: To reduce nitrates, I bought a biopellet reactor. It constantly leaks pellets into the tank, which get stuck in the pumps and stuff, but is required to actually outlet into the skimmer section so bacteria poo can be skimmed out.
Background2: To combat escaping pellets, I bought a "3 micron mesh sock". I stuck the output hose of the pellet reactor into the sock, which I put in the skimmer section of my sump. The sock is sort of stiff, and the holes are very small (I would venture to say they were 3 microns!)
The Stupid: So apparently, what happened was ... as the sock got clogged, it started to straighten up, similar to if you filled a rubber dishwashing glove with water from a hose pushed into it, or one of those wacky flailing arm inflatable attention getting dolls at car dealerships. So ... what I found in the morning was that the stupid sock had inflated itself such that it was completely clogged and filled and had extended itself out past the edge of the skimmer, and over flowing water was gushing out the mouth and into the stand and onto the floor!
It basically reached out to spill water on my floor!!
So anyway, I hate that sock and the biopellet reactor is just p'ing me off.
V