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11-12-2009, 04:22 PM
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One of the main reasons you have a sump is to help eliminate floods.
Your sump has to be big enough to be able to absorb the excess water in the system when the power goes off. The amount of water to be absorbed is the excess water in the water level above the overflow and the water in the lines to and from the sump. The tank can also syphon down to the level of the inlet nozzle you can help offset the amount of syphon water by having a small hole in the nozzle that will allow air into the nozzle line to break the syphon. You have check the system from time to time to ensure that the sump is still able to absorb the excess water without overflowing into a flooded room. Both the nozzle and the air hole have a tendency to clog with algae over a period of time. Tom R 
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11-13-2009, 12:24 AM
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keep the aquarium outside
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11-13-2009, 02:16 AM
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 I was just gonna say ...dont get into fish.... ... I could tell you about the time I first filled up my 110g to leak test it with the garden hose(I was by myself that day)....lets just say that, a garden hose under pressure coming loose from where you had it wedged, when you go outside to turn it off is a baaaaaad thing
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11-13-2009, 02:29 AM
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I have flooded my basement suite twice, both times I was working out of town.
I have a very patient girlfriend.
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11-13-2009, 01:28 PM
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Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated.
By the way you guys have very nice setups. We had a flood two years ago in the middle of July during a thunderstorm and our sump pump in the basement decided to stop working that day. My wife and I were both at work and 4 inches of water across the basement cost nearly 35K to the insurance to repair and change a lot of the furnitures. That's why I want to try to avoid any more floods as much as possible. I am sure there are lot of people that have had aquariums for years and never had floods. I guess I just want prevent rather than fix things that could have been avoided right from the start. Thanks
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11-14-2009, 09:03 PM
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I woke up to about 40G of water on my floor this morning
 RO/DI water though...left it on overnight and forgot. I still haven't set up a float valve, been putting it off but I will be doing that this weekend now! That doesn't help much but I think if your in the hobby long enough, you end up with some sort of flood, big or small. Try to do a bunch of research and do your best to keep the water in the tanks. Over the years, none of my displays have ever flooded. Actually only ever RO water.
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11-15-2009, 03:03 AM
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Ro/DI water tip:
Buy the 4 gallon blue rectangular pail at walmart($5)- it has a small spout on one end. Put the pail next to the sink. Pt a 18" 2x4 flat on the counter under the pail on far side from sink. When you forget about your RO/DI (which I do all the time) it will just overflow into the sink since the pail is on a slight angle with the spout facing the sink. Negative of this is you only do 4 gallons at a time and then pour into bigger pails- positive is that you don't destroy your house when you forget about it. My 2 cents.
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