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He has a water problem!!
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He also had a build thread up on RC. I was following it from the start but if I'm not mistaken he had it removed because people started asking personal question like how much he make and what he does to afford it. And I'm pretty sure people actually tracked down the location and were showing up.
Now that's a wet carpet incident! Wow.
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I read that when it came out and that was the first thing that came to mind. One of the few tanks that I believe should have had professional leak detection alarms connected to a panel that generates really loud alarms or phone call OR $1,000 controller.
Good thing is that he seems to have the money to rebuild.
One thing he may be wrong on is blaming the PVC solvent.
The first house I even owned required me to replace the entire main sewer line out to the house trap. One thing I learned is that large volumes of water hit the PVC elbows at extreme pressures, regardless of the solvent you use one must provide reinforcement at each elbow, in the case of the main drain line in the basement floor I poured concrete over each elbow at the suggestion of a licensed plumber.
Anyhow, I am sure he will re-stock the tank once he feels better about the mess and financial loss.
Good thing is that he seems to have the money to rebuild.
One thing he may be wrong on is blaming the PVC solvent.
The first house I even owned required me to replace the entire main sewer line out to the house trap. One thing I learned is that large volumes of water hit the PVC elbows at extreme pressures, regardless of the solvent you use one must provide reinforcement at each elbow, in the case of the main drain line in the basement floor I poured concrete over each elbow at the suggestion of a licensed plumber.
Anyhow, I am sure he will re-stock the tank once he feels better about the mess and financial loss.
I'm wondering if that pipe isn't DWV that he is using under pressure. It sure sounds that way.
EDIT TO ADD:
I also just looked up a picture of his filter room:
National code for bracing PVC pipe is every four feet. By eye, it looks like that is what he has. However, whenever I've run PVC, I prefer 36 inches or even closer some times. That stuff sags fairly easily.
EDIT TO ADD:
I also just looked up a picture of his filter room:
National code for bracing PVC pipe is every four feet. By eye, it looks like that is what he has. However, whenever I've run PVC, I prefer 36 inches or even closer some times. That stuff sags fairly easily.
I can't even imagine what his house must smell like... X-P
Where the heck did all the water go. I'm assuming he must have something tied into he sewer system. Geez. My wife gets pissed if half a gallon ends up on the floor. That would be a deal breaker!
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This is what he said
"Woke up at 4 am to and empty fish tank . the six inch pipe that I was working on replacing cracked and emptied my whole tank . looks like most of the fish will be fine but I lost most if not all of my coral . working on getting 100 or so buckets of salt to get it refilled . it has 18 inches of water in it right now that is running though the heat exchangers and sand filter so I can keep the fish alive for quite some time . what a great way to start the day . guess all of of the water changes I didn't do caught up to me all at once ."
he said that all the water went down the floor drain in the filter room
"Woke up at 4 am to and empty fish tank . the six inch pipe that I was working on replacing cracked and emptied my whole tank . looks like most of the fish will be fine but I lost most if not all of my coral . working on getting 100 or so buckets of salt to get it refilled . it has 18 inches of water in it right now that is running though the heat exchangers and sand filter so I can keep the fish alive for quite some time . what a great way to start the day . guess all of of the water changes I didn't do caught up to me all at once ."
he said that all the water went down the floor drain in the filter room