I just got up a few minutes ago. Last night I was watching some tv down in the basement where my tanks are. I look over at my 265 gallon Marineland RR that is a FW community tank, and there is no water movement. It has a wet dry filter with an external Little Giant pump. Turns out the pump is locked up and too hot to touch.
No problem, I have a Pan World 100px-x left over from my reef return pump redo that is a great replacement. I set about swapping out at 1 am., and this requires a bit of tugging/pulling on the vinyl tubing/barb fittings on the return assembly that goes to the bulkheads under the tank. Water starts leaking out from the return bulkheads, so I have this bad pump and two leaking bulkheads in the middle of the night.
This tank has been sitting untouched, plumbing-wise, for about 3 years. Turns out ALL the bulkheads, 4 for the intake returns, and the two on the wet/dry, were actually loose, and I tightly hand tightened them myself when I set up and plumbed the tank three years ago.
My only guess is that over time maybe the gasket shrinks or something? Not that much vibration in the tank to account for it.
Anyways, after disassembling, cleaning, and reinstalling the leakers (thought they were cracked at first), all is back to normal.
If your bulkheads have been in place a while, you might want to check them for tightness. I'm checking my 240 gallon FW RR tank this afternoon. It is even older than my 265.
I finally got to bed about 5 am.
Dave
No problem, I have a Pan World 100px-x left over from my reef return pump redo that is a great replacement. I set about swapping out at 1 am., and this requires a bit of tugging/pulling on the vinyl tubing/barb fittings on the return assembly that goes to the bulkheads under the tank. Water starts leaking out from the return bulkheads, so I have this bad pump and two leaking bulkheads in the middle of the night.
This tank has been sitting untouched, plumbing-wise, for about 3 years. Turns out ALL the bulkheads, 4 for the intake returns, and the two on the wet/dry, were actually loose, and I tightly hand tightened them myself when I set up and plumbed the tank three years ago.
My only guess is that over time maybe the gasket shrinks or something? Not that much vibration in the tank to account for it.
Anyways, after disassembling, cleaning, and reinstalling the leakers (thought they were cracked at first), all is back to normal.
If your bulkheads have been in place a while, you might want to check them for tightness. I'm checking my 240 gallon FW RR tank this afternoon. It is even older than my 265.
I finally got to bed about 5 am.
Dave
