BLAMO!%!#$!*! Now what?

[Gr8KarmaSF]

BLAMO!#%!&!$*!

You look over and your largest tank is leaking in the lower back corner!

What do you do now?

* This thread is meant to give people something to think about in case of such an emergency, which happens more often than you think!

 

[BIGMONSTER]

is you tank leaking??

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

is you tank leaking??

Nope, wouldnt be on MFK right now if it was!

 

[Gee]

Get a bucket.

Maybe more than one.

Start bailing.

 

[BIGMONSTER]

yeah thank god GR8 you scared me
many many buvkets and a powerhead
second tank

 

[David R]

I'd grab my big pile of plastic bins and start syphoning water and catching fish. Then hurry my slack ass up with the 160g thats been sitting empty in the garage for weeks!!

Oh, I'd turn the power off at the wall first!!

 

[Tongue33]

This is what I did.. lucky I always have a spare on hand....

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36973

 

[dmopar74]

grab the 200g bin in the backyard.

 

[proaquatics]

panic and run around in circles until i can focus then start draining the water into coolers then transfer fish into the coolers with air pumps and heaters.then fix that leak if possible if not then on the phone the next morn. doin price comparing through all the lfs.

 

[islander671]

I have a largish external pump hard plumbed into my 265 and 210 that is activated by a push button switch and valves to drain either one or both tanks. its set to drain the tanks to the height of the tallest fish, and can be adjust to drain the rest of the water once the fish have been moved.