Nikki Casali
October 10th 04, 02:03 AM
The inevitable happened, one of the aquarium hoses popped off and
flooded the room. I was out just 3 hours and returned to my house which
was in total darkness. The aquarium emptied as much water as it could,
but stopped when it reached the filter intake which is a third of the
height of the aquarium down. It must have tripped the fuse box
immediately as the hose connection was right next to a mains plug.
The external filter was out for 1 hour and 20 minutes. I tried turning
the filter back on but the water level wasn't high enough. Then I
decided against that and filled the aquarium back up with fresh water as
fast as possible. I then restarted it and bled a few gallons into a
bucket from the filter to flush out any toxic build-up. Now I wonder how
much bacteria could have survived in the blackout?
Funny thing, 20 gallons exited the aquarium, but I could only manage to
mop up a few litres. The water flooded from the main room which is laid
with ceramic tiles into the next room where there is a bare concrete
floor which will be refloored soon. Is concrete porous enough to absorb
so much water?
Anyway, that satisfies another one of my paranoias about keeping
fishkeeping. All I need now is for the aquarium to spontaneously explode
and that will satisfy all of them..No, no, that's premature, I haven't
had the stuck on heater yet which boils all the fish alive. :-(
Nikki
flooded the room. I was out just 3 hours and returned to my house which
was in total darkness. The aquarium emptied as much water as it could,
but stopped when it reached the filter intake which is a third of the
height of the aquarium down. It must have tripped the fuse box
immediately as the hose connection was right next to a mains plug.
The external filter was out for 1 hour and 20 minutes. I tried turning
the filter back on but the water level wasn't high enough. Then I
decided against that and filled the aquarium back up with fresh water as
fast as possible. I then restarted it and bled a few gallons into a
bucket from the filter to flush out any toxic build-up. Now I wonder how
much bacteria could have survived in the blackout?
Funny thing, 20 gallons exited the aquarium, but I could only manage to
mop up a few litres. The water flooded from the main room which is laid
with ceramic tiles into the next room where there is a bare concrete
floor which will be refloored soon. Is concrete porous enough to absorb
so much water?
Anyway, that satisfies another one of my paranoias about keeping
fishkeeping. All I need now is for the aquarium to spontaneously explode
and that will satisfy all of them..No, no, that's premature, I haven't
had the stuck on heater yet which boils all the fish alive. :-(
Nikki