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12/12/2007, 06:14 PM
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What Happened!
I have a 20G nano with a 10g sump. I got home today and the return pump was screaching! I looked at the sump and it was virtually empty. I don't get it. There is a 2.5x3ft area rug under the tank that is wet, but it apparently absorbed all ~7 gallons - there is no water anywhere else! I do mean anywhere, and this is the confusing part, the sides of the tank arn't wet, the stand isn't wet, nothing is wet! There was however sand blown all over the rocks??? What the heck happened. Salinity hasn't changed, so water didn't evaporate...
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12/12/2007, 06:18 PM
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What type of overflow do you have?
Fill the sump back up and you will likely either find you leak... or find no leak at all...... in that case something blocked the overflow.
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12/12/2007, 06:18 PM
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Also, the overflow tube is 100% full, it did not loose siphon.
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12/12/2007, 06:20 PM
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Also, neither the overflow box nor the wall behind the tank are wet and neither have any salt residue on them
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12/12/2007, 10:56 PM
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Well, I had rigged up a aqualift pump to pull air out of the U-tube on the overflow and prevent losing siphon. Guess what, it backfired... Somehow, I knocked the output hose out of the tank and the aqualifter sucked the water right out of the tank, but I didn't loose siphon.
 Apparently that little rug did absorb all 7 gallons and nothing got anywhere else! I didn't want the wet rug to get moldy and/or ruin the hardwood floors, So I moved the tank and replaced it. While I was at it I went out and bought the stand I had always wished I got in the first place, so there was at least a bright side. 
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12/12/2007, 11:02 PM
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Sorry to hear about the tank probelems...on a side note...very cool picture of M 64...did you take it?
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12/13/2007, 12:10 AM
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Thanks Craig. Looking at the positive - new stand
 And yes, I did take the picture last June, through a 6" Newtonian, with a Meade DSI Pro. Unfortunately, I've since moved from Western Ma, to Boston, and I can only reminisce about those nice, clear skies...
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12/13/2007, 12:45 AM
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Ha..I can relate. I have a Ceravolo HD216..8.5" mak-newt. I moved from Northern CA, to Oregon. The scope is useful for 5-6 weeks a year...The other 48 it can be used as a "clothesline".
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12/13/2007, 07:31 AM
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Quote:
 don't ya hate that
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