Roommate tried to help.... FML

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Oilers

Wow, easy there Titus. Another enemy for life thread?

Haha. My wife had a play date with 20 kids running around
My house. I got them dropping shells in the tank. At least it was just shells. But every one of them had to put there greasy fingers in there

Might have to get some poles and velvet rope around it. Lol

[Flash]

i think we have some do not touch stickers at work I could take home! lmao!!

good news is, so far I think the floor will be semi-okay... we'll see later though... the newspaper was dripping wet for I changed that out in hope to get more moisture by the time I get home and the wind is blowing righyt in the window which is helping a lot i am sure.... last thing I need to to be stressed about my fish tank, right when it was perfect!!!!

[sphelps]

Crappy deal, if it's solid hardwood or engineered the damage should be minimal if any.

Just curious but I'm guessing you're using a herbie style drain and your back up couldn't handle excess?? On the bright side you were home and the damage is minimal and you can fix the issue that caused it in the first place. If this happened while you were away things would be much worse.

[Flash]

yup it's herbie'd... and i am very lucky i was home... just not awsome waking up to screaming and a flooded floor

[fishoholic]

Yikes! glad the tank is ok though.

[subman]

Originally Posted by Flash

yup it's herbie'd... and i am very lucky i was home... just not awsome waking up to screaming and a flooded floor

did the back up fail too?

[philg3]

Almost the same thing happened when I was in Iceland... frantic roommate phone call saying the pump was running dry and topping up wouldnt help.

I got him to turn off the return and put a hang on skimmer i had. Came home to lots of algae outbreaks and the display filled with heaters and hoses, but no flood at least.

Sorry to hear about the flood, roommates need tank training days. At least with your parents around you have some extra hands to help out with the cleanup!

[subman]

I got that call once too. From my niece who was house sitting for me while I was on holidays in San Diego. Tank was overflowing and the top off was adding to it...as it turns out my trigger locked himself in the drain line. Little bugger bit her hard enough to draw blood when she tried to grab him lol. The tank was a mess for a bit but didn't lose anything

[subman]

Originally Posted by philg3

At least with your parents around you have some extra hands to help out with the cleanup!

I have a feeling it better be perfectly clean before they get there.