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Bent
03/21/2016, 06:44 PM
Well, I stupidly routed my skimmer to a pretzel jar and low and behold, it overflowed while I was at work. It may not look like it, but there's about 50g in the floor.

Yay for shop vacs.

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z433/Tackett1980/B6695EE3-F3A0-4084-985C-D75FB81ABECC.jpg
ThisGuy12
03/21/2016, 06:58 PM
Ouch. That sucks man :(

Should have the skimmer overflow back into the tank, worst case scenario the skimmate goes back into the water column.

It will all work out man, keep your chin up.
drummerboyevil
03/21/2016, 07:07 PM
Ouch. That sucks man :(

Should have the skimmer overflow back into the tank, worst case scenario the skimmate goes back into the water column.

It will all work out man, keep your chin up.

This.
Bent
03/21/2016, 07:11 PM
Is like all failure points on my tank that could possibly happen are happening all at once.
scuzy
03/21/2016, 07:16 PM
Next time add a float inside the jar to shut off skimmer.
Bent
03/21/2016, 07:34 PM
I've ordered some parts to build a skimmate locker.
bif24701
03/21/2016, 08:44 PM
That's tough! You have had a rough go at it lately.
JonezNReef
03/21/2016, 09:15 PM
I too have come home to this. Only difference was my wife was home getting soaked in saltwater trying to stop the overflow and I was rushing home from work to a flooded living room and a not so happy wife :uhoh2:
sleepydoc
03/21/2016, 10:16 PM
Ouch! Sorry man! I recently bought one of these (http://www.zaya.co/sos.html) . Just set it up a few days ago and haven't had a chance to use it much, but it seems to work well, and costs about as much as you'd spend doing it yourself.

I wanted to make a skimmer locker, but figured I needed overflow protection first! I hope you didn't loose any livestock
Bent
03/21/2016, 10:26 PM
Ouch! Sorry man! I recently bought one of these (http://www.zaya.co/sos.html) . Just set it up a few days ago and haven't had a chance to use it much, but it seems to work well, and costs about as much as you'd spend doing it yourself.

I wanted to make a skimmer locker, but figured I needed overflow protection first! I hope you didn't loose any livestock

I've been looking at those since that last thread, but I have no idea where to get it. The link says that they only sell to distributors.

The livestock looks ok, the SG went down to 1.019. I filed the sump to the top with water of the same SG, and I'm just going to let it evaporate and slowly raise the SG back to normal.

I think the way I'm going to do the locker is to use a 5G bucket and a float valve.

Edit:
Ehhhh....I wonder how strong those magnets are if it will work with a Rubbermaid stock tank.
Devaji108
03/22/2016, 09:18 AM
that's a cool little gadget. but wonder how well it works in the real world of reefing with nasty smimmate and such.

I may have to add one of those to the wish list..
JonezNReef
03/22/2016, 10:24 AM
Here it is on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CC5B7WK?keywords=Skimmer%20Overflow%20Stopper&qid=1458663793&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

I too am adding this to my wish list!
CafeReef
03/22/2016, 10:57 AM
I am planning a mason jar in my sump next to my skimmer, will silicone it down. put a plastic bag inside to easily remove skim overflow, the if it overflows it will go into my sump, but still gives me collection abilities.
CHSUB
03/22/2016, 11:29 AM
that's a cool little gadget. but wonder how well it works in the real world of reefing with nasty smimmate and such.

I may have to add one of those to the wish list..

it works well, stopped my skimmer from overflowing about 2 weeks ago...came home and heard the alarm!!!:bounce3:
Rallos
03/22/2016, 11:39 AM
What size system do you have that it could put 50 gallons on the floor like that?

Hope the mess cleans up okay.
billdogg
03/22/2016, 05:16 PM
Sorry for your luck!

And that is the primary reason I decided on a in-sump skimmer - not if, but when it overflows, no harm, no foul, and no ****ED OFF WIFE!!!!!
ThisGuy12
03/22/2016, 06:23 PM
I still don't get it even a HOB or out of sump inline skimmer has an overflow tube that can be ran back into your sump. Why not just do that??? I assume you had that going to some kind of container that overflowed?

I would much rather the skimmate go back into the tank than on my floor.

For what its worth I had my skimmer overflow but only had about a gal of water on the floor which ****ed me off enough to return the overflow to the sump.

Just my $0.02 cents.
sleepydoc
03/22/2016, 11:54 PM
Got my unit directly from the web site. I just installed it last week, but so far it's worked well both times the cup has filled up it has turned off the skimmer exactly like it's supposed to.
geekengineer
03/23/2016, 03:41 PM
I was thinking of eventual putting an extra tank for my skimmer but I definitely have to remember to put an overflow of some sort. :(

Sorry you had that happen tho. Thanks for letting us know. I'm honestly not sure if I would have thought of that happening.
guserto4
03/24/2016, 05:28 PM
Dude, yay for concrete floors.
Coulda been soo much worse.
Bent
03/24/2016, 07:07 PM
Dude, yay for concrete floors.
Coulda been soo much worse.

For sure, I actually had to throw away that strip of carpet in the picture because it was just soaked.

I built a locker with a float valve but I dunno....I said screw it and just bought an avast marine unit just now. Never again.