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Old 07-24-2012, 04:49 PM
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Holy crap man. That sucks so bad. I'm terrified of power outtages, you never know when it'll happen.

Sorry for your losses Steve.
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Old 07-24-2012, 05:01 PM
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I'm sorry to read such terrible news

So no water damage ?
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Old 07-24-2012, 05:18 PM
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Oh no
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Old 07-24-2012, 07:04 PM
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Yes there is some water damage but it's not that bad. I did actually had an overflow drain added when I rebuilt the fish room however I didn't get around to actually connecting it up to the drain before I left. I also had salinity control ready to go as well but again didn't spend the time on it prior to leaving as I didn't really want to add such things so close to my departure. In hindsight these two things would have saved the tank and prevented damage but it's not worth thinking about now.

The damage is minor as the new tile contained most the water limiting the damage to replacing the carpet underlay in the adjacent room. The basement only being partially developed defiantly saved a significant amount of work and parts that will need to be replaced.
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Old 07-24-2012, 08:22 PM
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sucks to hear about this, but is there a possibility of setting it up with a manual float valve some how so that if the water is full and no top off is needed, it can't get to the tank? might have to use a PSI relief valve in conjunction which will relieve to a drain if the float is closed and the proflux wants to pump.

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Old 07-24-2012, 10:05 PM
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Ugh...that's about as "worst case scenario" as you can get. Sorry to hear about it.
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