l8nite's amateur tip of the day: don't multi-task during water changes.

**l8nite** · 10-03-2012, 06:02 AM

Was doing a water change on my 10G tank into a 5G bucket... got distracted in the other room trying to also get my daughter to bed.

Came back to find a lot of water on my carpeted floor... woops!

**akdylpickles** · 10-03-2012, 06:06 AM

Happens to all of us at least once in our fish keeping career, just hope you don't be like me and walk into 2 inches of standing wAter in a room :P

tobystanton · 10-03-2012, 07:08 AM

The opposite of this always happens to me, I have an outside fish room and I keep leaving the hose inside the tank to fill it up, I come back and its overflowing and my lights short circuit >.<

Diana · 10-03-2012, 01:33 PM

Been there... done that. More than once.

I have done inadvertent 100% water changes, and overfilled tanks and buckets. My very old house floor is mostly hardwood, and the water leaks through pretty well!

BreakingBread · 10-07-2012, 11:28 AM

I left rodi on once and left for the day. I ended up flooding the apartment kitchen below me

I felt so bad.

**l8nite** · 10-07-2012, 04:08 PM

D'oh!

Mahawka · 10-07-2012, 06:16 PM

Word !

Knotyoureality · 10-07-2012, 07:59 PM

Trying to do tank maintenance while cooking also generally leads to disaster, especially if you use your cookware/bowls etc for handling plants stuff as well.

I've set fire to kitchen towels, had pasta boil over or go dry and even once laid a piping hot salmon filet on a tray of hornwort I was pulling rams horn snail from. My attention was on the filling tank and I forgot the matching dish of lemon-zested dill was on the *other* end of the counter!

10-03-2012, 06:02 AM	#1
l8nite Zombie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 682	l8nite's amateur tip of the day: don't multi-task during water changes. Was doing a water change on my 10G tank into a 5G bucket... got distracted in the other room trying to also get my daughter to bed. Came back to find a lot of water on my carpeted floor... woops! __________________ HANdS: 110G Community, 10G Fry Containment Unit, 7.5G ADA Bettascape, 2.3G Moss Recovery Unit, 2G Fluval Spec

10-03-2012, 06:06 AM	#2
akdylpickles Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Alaska Posts: 495	Happens to all of us at least once in our fish keeping career, just hope you don't be like me and walk into 2 inches of standing wAter in a room :P __________________ Aks 90 glallon emersed

10-07-2012, 11:28 AM	#5
BreakingBread Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Mass. Posts: 58	I left rodi on once and left for the day. I ended up flooding the apartment kitchen below me I felt so bad. __________________ sump pimp #19

10-07-2012, 04:08 PM	#6
l8nite Zombie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 682	D'oh! __________________ HANdS: 110G Community, 10G Fry Containment Unit, 7.5G ADA Bettascape, 2.3G Moss Recovery Unit, 2G Fluval Spec

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10-03-2012, 07:08 AM	#3
tobystanton Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/83%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: honolulu Posts: 314	The opposite of this always happens to me, I have an outside fish room and I keep leaving the hose inside the tank to fill it up, I come back and its overflowing and my lights short circuit >.<

10-03-2012, 01:33 PM	#4
Diana Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Contra Costa CA Posts: 5,083	Been there... done that. More than once. I have done inadvertent 100% water changes, and overfilled tanks and buckets. My very old house floor is mostly hardwood, and the water leaks through pretty well!

10-07-2012, 06:16 PM	#7
Mahawka Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 82	Word !

10-07-2012, 07:59 PM	#8
Knotyoureality Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 739	Trying to do tank maintenance while cooking also generally leads to disaster, especially if you use your cookware/bowls etc for handling plants stuff as well. I've set fire to kitchen towels, had pasta boil over or go dry and even once laid a piping hot salmon filet on a tray of hornwort I was pulling rams horn snail from. My attention was on the filling tank and I forgot the matching dish of lemon-zested dill was on the other end of the counter!