Stupid Sock Accident

[rtcpenguin]

My 16 gallon nano tank is in the corner of my room, and is right next to my laundry basket. When I go to bed, I usually just take off my socks and throw them into the hamper.

Last night, however, it was completely dark, and when I took off my socks and threw them toward the laundy basket, one of them happened to stretch completely out and land on the edge of the tank--one end about 4 inches in the water, and the other about 2 inches out of the water.

I woke up the next morning to the horrible sound of a powerhead blowing bubbles (it was halfway out of the water). As it turned out, the sock created a siphon, and emptied about 3 gallons of water onto my carpet, and a pile of Maxim magazines below.

Just a warning to all reefers to watch where you throw your socks.

[Entropy]

Ouch... Hopefully you didn't lose any livestock?

[rtcpenguin]

No, the fish/inverts were fine. I guess dirty cotton doesn't affect water chemistry.

It was a pain to soak all the water up though, and it smelled like shi*t.

[doody]

Just be glad the water did'nt land on the pile of hustler mags

[jerm290atlc]

Did the water smell like sh*t or the socks?!!

Thanks for the laugh!

[mightymouse]

that sucks glad to hear everythign is ok though

[rtcpenguin]

I don't know what smelled...maybe a combination of the wet sock and carpet.

[King-Kong]

Originally posted by Entropy
Ouch... Hopefully you didn't lose any livesock ?

fixed.

[Ludwigia73]

If my sock had landed there, it would have created a natural disaster!

[Avian]

haha, thats a good one! ^^^

[Entropy]

Well since you didn't lose any livestock, it is a pretty funny story. Have you moved your laundry basket yet?

[reefpeep2004]

I was waiting for the story to end "and my Dr. Scholls killed all the fish"

Glad to hear they all survived the stinky feet incident

[Northside Reef]

if I did that I would be running carbon for weeks

[marcrothschild]

That is some funny sh%+ DOODY....i JUST LAUGHED MY A$$ OFF

[mhurley]

Hi folks.

We have profanity filters for a reason...Let's keep in mind this is a family friendly forum.

Thanks.

[iCam]

Originally posted by rtcpenguin
It was a pain to soak all the water up though, and it smelled like shi*t.

What a great way to score with the ladies

[freeman.matt]

I remember back in 4th grade someone did a project where they made a water filter out of socks. Stick one end in muddy water, clean water will drip out the other end... good survival skills!

[rtcpenguin]

That raises an interesting question...I wonder if it was salt water that was siphoned out or freshwater. I checked the salinity and it gave me a reading of 1.025 which I matched the replacement water to. That leads me to believe it did indeed siphon salt as well as water.

[Harmonicat]

are the magizines ok?

[Ulric]

Great...now the fish are gonna smell funny.

:-)

[burdundi]

Great story rtcpenguin. I know how you feel though, I've overflowed my 12 gallon before due to a flow switch I set up wrong. OOOPS.

[rtcpenguin]

Originally posted by Harmonicat
are the magizines ok?

Heh. The two on top of the stack were ruined, and 1 on the bottom too. The others are just a little wet on the corner...still readable.

[David Corbett]

That leads me to believe it did indeed siphon salt as well as water.

Wow imagine that............

[rtcpenguin]

Huh?

[melev]

Feel free to forward those issues of Maxim, and I'll see what I can do to restore them. If efforts prove fruitless, I'll ....recycle them.