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Pismo's 1.5g 'Miracle Baby'....


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The Pico flooded while I was gone... :(

 

 

The ATO got stuck ON somehow.

It pumped 1.5g's of freshwater tthru my 1g Pico.... :scarry:

I cant, for the life of me, figure out HOW it happened.

I have no snails, nor anything else that could have depressed the ato switch.

 

I think that my PITA MotherInLaw (the "tank/ baby-sitter"),

wasn't watching my 4 yr. old and HE did it...

 

(she would NEVER admit that...) <_<

 

her story goes: "I came home and there was water everywhere.....

 

That's it... <_<

 

 

oh well... an accident is just a chance to rebuild... :rolleyes:

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did anything survive the sg swing?

 

My mini-carpet, Grape monti cap, and MOST ofmy zoas are in BAD shape...

But, they'll prolly make it.

Others were not as fortunate. :(

 

 

Im going to M.A.X. for mah B-day, in April, so I might start the 9.5g up again.

 

That way, it can be my Mini-Max Tank.... (all MAX stuff) ;)

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Well, you could always start over and join the Pico Methodology Contest. :)

The rules are pretty loose over there.

 

That IS true..... :scratcheshead:

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Sorry to hear that...did you have a snail guard on the float sensor for the top-off? (hypothetically if it wasn't the kid)

 

No... I really didnt.

 

but,

 

I haz no snails, fish, or inverts.... so I dunno?

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then that makes no sense, so it must have been what you though it was :(

I'm kinda paranoid about snail-guards now since I'm getting ready to stock my tank soon...

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Had the same thing happen to me once.

Add a timer to the next one. Brinks makes a digital timer that works down to the minute.

That way the ATO only has power for a enough time to fill and not enough to over fill. I have mine set at 2 min. Also make sure your fill line from the pump is well above the water line cause if it gets submerged it will create a siphon on you.

 

Sorry to hear about the tank :(

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