So i just set up a 125 in my apartment with a fluval 305 a hangon 30gal filter and a hangon rated for 125 gal. I hook em up and about a month after its hooked up i notice the carpet about a foot infront of the left front corner of the tank. I thot it was nothing cuz we have a dog and thot she had an accident so i soaked it up.
a week later the same spot is soaked. I call maintence since were on the bottom floor and the water drainage pip is right outside that wall of that room i figured water was leaking in or seeping up throuhg the concrete.
I start looking around the tank and while im looking in the cabinet under it i hear the drip drip drip of water. my heart plumbits (sp). I push my way further into the cabinet and look up and the hangon filter was leaking. The carpet where the water was hitting it was pink and had holes in it. The floor of the room was slightly slanted so the water had been running under the carpet and didnt really show up until after a month.
i took off the filter quickly and soaked up the water with towels, luckily there wasnt to much damage. no wonder i had been loosing so much water from the tank, i thought it was just evaporation because our apartment is so hot.
needless to say, before setting up a tank dont just check the tank, check your filters too.
a week later the same spot is soaked. I call maintence since were on the bottom floor and the water drainage pip is right outside that wall of that room i figured water was leaking in or seeping up throuhg the concrete.
I start looking around the tank and while im looking in the cabinet under it i hear the drip drip drip of water. my heart plumbits (sp). I push my way further into the cabinet and look up and the hangon filter was leaking. The carpet where the water was hitting it was pink and had holes in it. The floor of the room was slightly slanted so the water had been running under the carpet and didnt really show up until after a month.
i took off the filter quickly and soaked up the water with towels, luckily there wasnt to much damage. no wonder i had been loosing so much water from the tank, i thought it was just evaporation because our apartment is so hot.
needless to say, before setting up a tank dont just check the tank, check your filters too.
