Patzig
welp, that didn't work..
Thought I would share my accident. Today I set up a new skimmer. I had a HOB skimmer and bought a new "sit in the sump" skimmer. On my new skimmer it had a very long air tube that ties back to the pump (like all skimmers do). When I set it up I figured I would throw the air tube over the back side of the tank so it wouldn't fall into the water, thus not receiving any air. I had also plugged my skimmer into my timer that controls my lights, needless to say that at 8 PM when my lights shut off so did my skimmer, and it actually created a backwards siphon, pulling water out the back of my tank through the air tube. My tank is on the second story and I was in the kitchen on the first story. So my roommate comes home and informs me that there is water leaking from my room on the outside of the apartment. I of course in shear fear run upstairs to find that my tank had self siphoned about 2-3 gallons of water. Luckily we caught it before there was too much damage.
Needless to say, the properties and physics of water should be fully understood before setting up a tank. Any tubes or plumbing sitting outside of the tank can cause potential damage. Good lesson learned today...
Needless to say, the properties and physics of water should be fully understood before setting up a tank. Any tubes or plumbing sitting outside of the tank can cause potential damage. Good lesson learned today...
