mystic7
04/19/2006, 06:47 AM
What a nightmare yesterday. Everything was fine until about 9 a.m. Suddenly I hear this grinding noise coming from downstairs. When I went to investigate I saw that my floor was soaking wet and my sump was empty! Somehow, for no reason, one of my return flow tubes detached itself from the t-valve leading from my return pump! Now, not only was the tube tightly fitted onto the t-valve, but I had it thoroughly siliconed into place. Besides that the tube runs along the edge of my sump, so it was supported as well. It wasn't the weight of the tube that pulled it away from the t-valve. What a disaster!
I had to replace about 15 gallons of water with fresh, tap water (no salt handy). I was using 2 pitchers and when I reached the water level in my sump I forgot that I still had water running into the other pitcher, which of course spilled over, but not into the sink, but onto the backsplash, causing another major spill I had to clean up. GRRRRR!!!!! Then, while trying to wash the towels I used to soak up the water on the floor, the washer filled with water but didn't go into wash cycle, so I had to pull the now thoroughly soaked towels out of the washer and hang them outside, ringing them with my bare hands to try and dry them out.
Needless to say, as badly as I needed a shower after all that, I stayed away from water for the rest of the day!
No moral to this story. Just wanted to share in case any of you thought YOU had a bad day!
P.S. All fish are doing fine, surprisingly. Even with the 15 gallons of fresh water my salinity was still at 1.021.
I had to replace about 15 gallons of water with fresh, tap water (no salt handy). I was using 2 pitchers and when I reached the water level in my sump I forgot that I still had water running into the other pitcher, which of course spilled over, but not into the sink, but onto the backsplash, causing another major spill I had to clean up. GRRRRR!!!!! Then, while trying to wash the towels I used to soak up the water on the floor, the washer filled with water but didn't go into wash cycle, so I had to pull the now thoroughly soaked towels out of the washer and hang them outside, ringing them with my bare hands to try and dry them out.
Needless to say, as badly as I needed a shower after all that, I stayed away from water for the rest of the day!
No moral to this story. Just wanted to share in case any of you thought YOU had a bad day!
P.S. All fish are doing fine, surprisingly. Even with the 15 gallons of fresh water my salinity was still at 1.021.