Dang! Big boy sprung a leak!

[J-P]

The top half of my 500 is officially leaking. Not a HUGE leak but enough to be annoying.

I have the repair equipment ready but I have to shut it down for 48 hours.

Things I have on hand to spare:
2 x aquaclear 50s
1 x aquaclear 90
1 x large sponge filter.

I have a feeling that this is not enough to keep 1 koi, 1 comet, 2 fancy goldfish, a huge pleco and a small angel from having an ammonia bloom correct?

I could possibly re-home the angel and the pleco with the Tiger Barbs that are in QT at the moment...

any thoughts?

[J-P]

just some extra details... ambient tank temp (after putting the glass on last night) is a scorching 86.

I did a water change last night, I just shut off the heaters and I think I will do another before I power down the main pump.

I don't know why the heaters didn't click off when the temp rose so quickly.

[xrayjeeper83]

Man that sucks, but you need the answer the questions above in red (LOL)

Hope you get it fixed quick and dont lose to much

[J-P]

I am not loosing too much ... it is the 48 hour wait time I am worried about.


Think of a 2.5 day power out. My smallest pumps and filters will hold up but it may not be enough. The benefit I have is that I can do a water change, with a power out I can not.

The other concern is the O2 levels in the tank. I would like to keep the lights on for the plants and the O2, but that will heat up the tank also and deplete it at this point.

Thus I am a little perplexed.

[xrayjeeper83]

frozen jugs? keep the temps down

[J-P]

well I started the pumps back up ... so far no leaks.. and no fatalities.

I have a feeling the extreme heat over the last few days cause some seals to expand a bit and opened up a small (tiny) hole in the down drain from the top tank.

A big sigh of relief

[xrayjeeper83]

Glad to hear you had no loses. Oh and that you got it fixed

[Brandon8521]

Off Topic-J-P what is that pic you have as your Avatar from?

[J-P]

actually I forgot ... it was on my phone as a screen background....

I think it was a character from one of the Fantastic 4 movies or something along those lines...

[xrayjeeper83]

I think thats the silver surfer from the second one isnt it

[J-P]

possibly .. I'm pretty sure it is from one of the comic re-make movies

[pufferpuggirl]

I'm glad to hear you got it all sorted J-P and that you didn't have any losses, always good to hear a happy ending.

[Brandon8521]

actually I forgot ... it was on my phone as a screen background....

I think it was a character from one of the Fantastic 4 movies or something along those lines...

Ahh ok. It looks cool. Im glad you tank ordeal is over. Are you still going to hook up the 3 layer salty tank?

[J-P]

DOH!! it is still leaking!!

But yes I am going to do the 3 layer salty eventually

[Brandon8521]

Is the leak high enough to where you dont have to completely drain the tank?