Yay water :biggrin: Getting closer :mrgreen:

Bout due for an update, no?

well if you need drool for your tank, i got plenty over here. MY GOODNESS this is awesome. love the center overflow. good job on it so far.

Bad Luck
 

Well, probably not the update you guys want, but an update. In late June with all the rain, I had a sump pump failure(The house sump, not the tank sump). Needless to say with all the rain we have had, it filled the basement pretty quick and by the time I got home from work that night, the basement was pretty sloppy.
Of all the things that could happen, a simple pill switch failure can do a whole lot of damage. So with that being said, the clean up and re-build of the basement has begun, a contractor should be here in the morning so start, thank god for insurance.
I actually laughed a little to my self afterwards, I thought for sure, if there was ever a flood in the basement it would be because of a fish tank. The answer to that is "no". Although I did check the pump in the spring, and I just installed that sump pump when we moved in (3 years ago) I guess if I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all.
Now that all the badness is out of the way, lets talk about what has happened.
1- pulled 5 separate circuits in for power, I figure that has to be plenty.
2- pulled a cat5e from the computer into the sump area. That way I can hard wire my controller into my computer
3- ran a 3" fresh air line into top of canopy(for cooling) and a 2" down into sump area(again, cooling and skimmer intake)
4- wired in and installed a 50 cfm fan and de-humidistat into canopy area
5- almost completed the skin of the sump area, (I will finish it all in maple I think, but have a bit of time yet)
6- repaired the ceiling(just have to re-stiple the ceiling
7- removed two of the smaller walls that were left from the bedroom. Nice part about this is now I have a good 4' walk space around all three sides of the tank. It really opened up the basement.
All in all, I haven't had a ton of time, as the summer I have a very demanding job to fill. I become a full time dad to my two girls and they are quite demanding. Now that I have bored most of you to death, you might as well see some of the pictures.

pics
 

Heres a nice little plate I picked up a while ago.
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/t...9/IMG_2005.jpg
A pic from the right side, you can see how they had to cut 30" up from the floor to make sure the basement would dry
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/t...9/IMG_2007.jpg
A pic from the left side
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/t...9/IMG_2006.jpghttp://i617.photobucket.com/albums/t...9/IMG_2003.jpghttp://i617.photobucket.com/albums/t...9/IMG_2001.jpghttp://i617.photobucket.com/albums/t...9/IMG_1999.jpg

Looking good, at least you had the aluminium studs, imagine wood ones getting wet and rotting would have made for a lot more of a mess.

I never noticed the carpet gone either, was it flood damage or you had to pawn it off to feed the KID lol. Now you should just tile the floor so next time when u flood the floor its easier to dry :lol:

They say that with the aluminum track it actually causes more damage, because of the ability for the water to travel faster once it gets inside the track. I have no idea if it's true or not, but it does make some sense.

Next time??? Trust me, there won't be a next time. I've added a second sump pump, and have saw cut the floor with an emergency overflow to my floor drain, incase of power failure. This will not happen again, trust me. Once is bad enough.

Sorry Robb, kind of a disappointing update. I still have to stop by some time a check out your tank, might have to drag my kids along though.