Help! Leaking sump

[Tuna Melt]

Hi there hope you all are having a better evening than me! My Redsea reefer 170 sump is leaking through what I think is a small flaw in the seam. I’ve had it for about 2 years. I have a good idea of where it is but am not positive. It’s a slow drip leak, not a gushing river. Maybe a few cups a day.

Is there any way to temporarily fix it until I can get a new sump? Ideally I would avoid draining the whole thing since it’s a Tuesday evening and save that project for the weekend?

 

[LOZReefer]

........ Kidding ....... Sorta...

 

[Dread Pirate Dave]

Hi there hope you all are having a better evening than me! My Redsea reefer 170 sump is leaking through what I think is a small flaw in the seam. I’ve had it for about 2 years. I have a good idea of where it is but am not positive. It’s a slow drip leak, not a gushing river. Maybe a few cups a day.

Is there any way to temporarily fix it until I can get a new sump? Ideally I would avoid draining the whole thing since it’s a Tuesday evening and save that project for the weekend?

Some 2 part epoxy putty would seal it up.

 

[Tuna Melt]

Some 2 part epoxy putty would seal it up.

Hmmm interesting I do have some on hand is this reliable for bottom corner? Need to get to the weekend ideally

 

[dedragon]

unplug the sump for now and run it with just wavemakers and heater in the tank. if dosing move the lines to the display if possible and near high flow

 

[Dread Pirate Dave]

Hmmm interesting I do have some on hand is this reliable for bottom corner? Need to get to the weekend ideally

I have used it to patch pvc drain pipes, in a pinch. How well it'll do on glass, I do not know.

 

[dedragon]

if you rent an apartment in nyc like me, and esp above floor 1, i wouldnt run the risk

 

[Tuna Melt]

if you rent an apartment in nyc like me, and esp above floor 1, i wouldnt run the risk

Floor 7! It’s a very small leak. My fiancé got home today and said there was about 2 cups of water on the floor. I also have a leak detector. I was thinking of draining it, applying coral gum, refilling. And ordering a new sump next day shipping to install over the weekend. But not terribly confident at the moment.

 

[dedragon]

unless there is something super crucial down there, moving the heaters to the tank and running it for the week really isnt terrible. just make sure you have good surface agitation.
are you running anything other than a protein skimmer and the filter mat?

 

[dedragon]

but uk my landlord already hates me enough so maybe im just paranoid lol

 

[Tuna Melt]

unless there is something super crucial down there, moving the heaters to the tank and running it for the week really isnt terrible. just make sure you have good surface agitation.
are you running anything other than a protein skimmer and the filter mat?

Disregard the salt creep. I actually have a lot done here but individually nothing is super critical (skimmer, dosing, algae scrubber, C02 scrubber, heaters, and ATO). The real problem is I just came back from from a two week vacation to terrible news that the scrubber pump died (shame on me for deferring maintenance) and melted 1.5weeks of turf algae in a day. Caused N cycle to explode and P to pop as you’d expect. Sadly I lost some critters that have been with me for 1.5yrs plus. So long story short I’m scared of further destabilization.

Here it was in all its glory, figured someone should see it since now the sky is falling.

 

[dedragon]

dang that definitely sucks but it happens to all of us at some point. i stopped running my scrubber because it kept getting too much water inside. just think of it as making some space for some new critters. sometimes heaters break, magnets rust, we try to control it to the best of our abilities but we cant catch everything. it will bounce back

 

[Tuna Melt]

dang that definitely sucks but it happens to all of us at some point. i stopped running my scrubber because it kept getting too much water inside. just think of it as making some space for some new critters. sometimes heaters break, magnets rust, we try to control it to the best of our abilities but we cant catch everything. it will bounce back

Thanks for the kind words :)

 

[dedragon]

you may be able to fit a 20 gallon high or 15 gallon tank from petco into the stand if you really wanted to keep it running. ik petco union sq is open til 9 maybe one is near you. just another option. edit* i see the tank size now so probably a 10 gallon is the only thing that will fit in there

 

[Tuna Melt]

For context here is the leak, it takes a few minutes for this ledge to build a thin layer of water

 

[dedragon]

how much space is under the tank? you know what sump you are trying to replace it with?

 

[Tuna Melt]

how much space is under the tank? you know what sump you are trying to replace it with?

I was going to try and order the exact same one, not positive but I think you can, just for simplicity/ease

 

[dedragon]

can you? ive never seen red sea sumps for sale. they should at least give you a discount. sumps shouldnt leak after only 2 years