water under tank.

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rallysman

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Ok, I had a bad morning. I woke up and found my magfloat stuck in my overflow, and the pump had pumped enough water to start overflowing the tank. Luckily the pump is ok, and it wasnt much water, but some did manage to seep under the tank.

The stand has a solid plywood top, and I can see (in the bare spots) where water has accumulated enough to make the bottom of the tank look hazy. How can I dry this out? I cant tear it down and move it easily, its a 265. There isnt a gap that I can blow air through, but evidently there is enough of a gap that some water seeped through. I'm stuck....I dont know what to do.
 
rallysman said:
Ok, I had a bad morning. I woke up and found my magfloat stuck in my overflow, and the pump had pumped enough water to start overflowing the tank. Luckily the pump is ok, and it wasnt much water, but some did manage to seep under the tank.

The stand has a solid plywood top, and I can see (in the bare spots) where water has accumulated enough to make the bottom of the tank look hazy. How can I dry this out? I cant tear it down and move it easily, its a 265. There isnt a gap that I can blow air through, but evidently there is enough of a gap that some water seeped through. I'm stuck....I dont know what to do.
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I'm thinking if there was enough of a gap for the water to get under there than maybe you could suck it out with a shop vac?just a thought.GOOD LUCK
 
I've looked all around it, there isnt a gap anywhere:( I think the water just leeched through the top layer of the plywood.

I'm rushing on getting my 300 setup so maybe I can just move all of the fish and tear the 265 down
 
rottbo said:
could you drill a couple small whole in the top of the stand from the bottom and then i would just keep a fan blowing upwards at the holes... should help out
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I've thought about that, I'm just soooo nervous about hitting the glass
I might try it anyway.....That is a real nail biter
 
rottbo said:
just set the depth of the drill with a piece of tape on the bit and go very slow with the plastic frame on the bottom of the tank you should have about 5/8" clearance
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That is a good idea, I have done that before drilling body panels on cars. Why didnt I think of that?!

is it a lot of water??? i wouldn't drill it... if it breaks then the problem will start to get bigger. i'll leave it and use a fan to blow air... and vac it up. aside from that... i'll stay away from possibly making more problems
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There is no gap for the air to flow through. Its there. I'm pretty sure that it is just what seeped through the wood.
 
rottbo said:
just set the depth of the drill with a piece of tape on the bit and go very slow with the plastic frame on the bottom of the tank you should have about 5/8" clearance
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This was my initial thought... But how much water came out of the tank? IT very well could hold till your 300 is ready.. My suggestion would be empty it as if you were doing a huge water change pull the tank off and dry it with your fish in containers.. Then fill it back up :)
 
Tongue33 said:
This was my initial thought... But how much water came out of the tank? IT very well could hold till your 300 is ready.. My suggestion would be empty it as if you were doing a huge water change pull the tank off and dry it with your fish in containers.. Then fill it back up :)
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I've done that once. I dont want to move the 24" aro unless absolutly necessary. It doesnt like nets very much LOL...
besides, I think it would take a day or 2 to get the wood dried out:( There isnt a lot of water, but its enough to make me worry long term.
I'll try to get a pic.
 
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