Flooding happens to everyone in this hobby. Thankfully my tanks are in the basement where I generally could care less if it floods. I have an ATO but needless to say if you turn off the ATO then move the ATO hose out of he sump to clean out a piece of equipment, remember to put the hose back into the tank before plugging the ATO back in :twised: I dumped about 10g of water all over the carpet before I realized my stupid mistake :redface:

Actually... ;) *knocks on wood*

I have not ever had this happen in four years... Mind you, I was previously in a rental apartment with a 29G BioCube, so we both know there isn't a lot of water like some of the larger tanks I see. And everyone will then say four years isn't long enough of a reference point maybe, but it's all I've got in salt.

Best investment is ATO and a laundry sink for smaller tanks (25-50) and ATO (Built-in or otherwise) plus a salt mixing system that I've seen a lot of people build for larger tanks (50G+) IMO. Again, totally personal opinion. This is not including RO, so lets not go into all the other things, I'm talking about this.

I would say keep it also, but that's me. I've lost fish and coral, usually to my own stupidity - and I continue to work on it.

I've found the two most annoying parts of the hobby for me are water changes and monitoring. Any larger tank that goes in at home will include the salt mixing and ATO, plus monitoring of params, like a RKE NET or something... Yeah, I know it's stupid expensive... but in the long run, knowing something is awry with the heater long before you suspect it is worth it to me, same with salinity changes or pH issues.

All in all, I've heard of lots of floods (hundreds reading forums - a number in RL offline) and other problems (I wouldn't recommend a poor quality ATO either) but all in all - I think I love the hobby enough that I would overcome them.

Wait a second... 995?!?! YOU SHOULD SELL EVERYTHING. TO ME. j/k! ;)

you have a great hubby kido leave it and go for it.