So I got the dreaded phone call while I was away...

[Myka]

You know the one. "There is water on the floor." Followed by, "The sump is mostly empty, and the water is sloshing around in the tank."

Followed by the even more dreaded "I used RO water to top it back up."

My first thought, "[bad word]! What's the salinity at?" Then, "Where did heck the water come from? Why on earth is the sump empty?"

I got them to test the SG, it was at 1.024 (it dropped from 1.027 ish). Whew! Three points should be ok.

Anyway, I get home and the tank looks ok on first glance, but it's making a racket. So I'm poking around in the sump and notice the skimmer isn't working properly. The ball of chaeto is stuck in the pump inlet.

So...the best idea I have after reading the email I got describing what happened is that for some reason the skimmer fell off the little blocks it's on (to hold it up an inch higher), and being at an angle allowed it to spew water onto the floor through the outlet standpipe. The sloshing in the tank was just the tank sitter's description of the Wavebox I think.

Luckily, little damage (just wet carpet and some soggy flake food and nori). Thankfully all my electrical stuff is raised up just in case of such a situation (and actually outside of the stand), and very happy the spewing standpipe didn't spray the electrical. Livestock is all ok.



Anyone else get the dreaded phone call this holiday??