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shale · 05-09-2008, 07:38 PM

Counting the days until Adam’s home….. any day now……

In the meantime, the tank system has decided to act up. I had dozed off, but thankfully Adam’s roommate and his girlfriend were up watching tv. I had been filling the ATO reservoir (and dozed off) so they turned off the water. Next thing I know, it’s 12:30 and I wake up to a commotion, to find that the sump was overflowing. Ack! The floats for the ATO have been a little squirrelly in the past, but usually the sump level gets too low, rather than too high. I can’t think of how almost overfilling the reservoir would make the high and low floats act up, but has anyone had a similar experience?

Kept an eye on the SG; it got to about 1.023/1.024 (from dumping all that fresh water in the sump… total panic moment) so Adam had me mix up a pitcher of 1.035 and slowly add it in last night. SG is back to 1.025 now, but still planning on trying to do a water change this weekend.

Hey Adam, you coming home to help out soon?

05-09-2008, 07:38 PM	#68 (permalink)
shale Bryozoan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Glenside, PA/Edgewater Park, NJ Posts: 48 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Anselth's 70 Gallon Tech Tank upgrade Counting the days until Adam’s home….. any day now…… In the meantime, the tank system has decided to act up. I had dozed off, but thankfully Adam’s roommate and his girlfriend were up watching tv. I had been filling the ATO reservoir (and dozed off) so they turned off the water. Next thing I know, it’s 12:30 and I wake up to a commotion, to find that the sump was overflowing. Ack! The floats for the ATO have been a little squirrelly in the past, but usually the sump level gets too low, rather than too high. I can’t think of how almost overfilling the reservoir would make the high and low floats act up, but has anyone had a similar experience? Kept an eye on the SG; it got to about 1.023/1.024 (from dumping all that fresh water in the sump… total panic moment) so Adam had me mix up a pitcher of 1.035 and slowly add it in last night. SG is back to 1.025 now, but still planning on trying to do a water change this weekend. Hey Adam, you coming home to help out soon?