I thought I would just share this experience
So, I have Ich in my 220, too many fish to QT, I,ve had success in the past using Polyp lab medic, so I medicate before lights on ( Just before I leave for work ) UV turned off. I turn UV back on when I get home from work, then off again for second dose after lights out, wait 2hrs UV back on and repeat.
This is were it goes south
This morning my brother in law turns up for breakfast, asked what I was doing, I explained, dosing the tank because I have a parasite in the water column and I need to turn the UV off for a couple of hrs, but I,ve to go work so I cant switch back on until I finish ( 8hr shift ).
Brother in law - " I,ll come back in a few hrs and turn it on for you ! Which plug is it ".
I don,t know about all you other reefers but I'm pretty much OCD about plugs and labelling them what there for.
Now you,ve probably already guessed what's happend, .......... But just a bit more background, I,m carbon dosing to lower No3, have also got 2 Skimmers running and I run a fuge.
I had fitted a new RFG to my return pipe to improve flow, the effect of this was increasing the volume of water back syphon to the sump, ok no problem I thought, I,ll drill a small hole in the return pipe to stop the syphon when I get home from work.
You,ve probably guessed.............. He hit the switch for the return pump !!!! Not the UV
All hell brakes lose, I'm at work, phone call " @×+"$ ×=#@$ =÷/$%" can,t really type the conversation I was a bit angry, communication had broke to the extent I could nt get him to undo what he had done by flicking the switch back on.
I left work, immediately, 15 mile drive home,
Water everywhere, wavemakers splashing, Sump overflowed and looking like a jacuzzi, bubble bath, skimmers going crazy, Wife 100 billion decibels shouting at me, some ot the words she used, well I new I was in trouble!!! It was a mess.
Now I don,t blame my brother in law, he had all good intentions, it's my fault, just the simplest flick of a switch, compounded with new RFG and not drilling a 1/16 hole.
Sorry for the post, but I'm sat here after the big clean up, dealing with the silent treatment and tail between my legs. I love this hobby and hope the wife let's me carry on
Rant over
So, I have Ich in my 220, too many fish to QT, I,ve had success in the past using Polyp lab medic, so I medicate before lights on ( Just before I leave for work ) UV turned off. I turn UV back on when I get home from work, then off again for second dose after lights out, wait 2hrs UV back on and repeat.
This is were it goes south
This morning my brother in law turns up for breakfast, asked what I was doing, I explained, dosing the tank because I have a parasite in the water column and I need to turn the UV off for a couple of hrs, but I,ve to go work so I cant switch back on until I finish ( 8hr shift ).
Brother in law - " I,ll come back in a few hrs and turn it on for you ! Which plug is it ".
I don,t know about all you other reefers but I'm pretty much OCD about plugs and labelling them what there for.
Now you,ve probably already guessed what's happend, .......... But just a bit more background, I,m carbon dosing to lower No3, have also got 2 Skimmers running and I run a fuge.
I had fitted a new RFG to my return pipe to improve flow, the effect of this was increasing the volume of water back syphon to the sump, ok no problem I thought, I,ll drill a small hole in the return pipe to stop the syphon when I get home from work.
You,ve probably guessed.............. He hit the switch for the return pump !!!! Not the UV
All hell brakes lose, I'm at work, phone call " @×+"$ ×=#@$ =÷/$%" can,t really type the conversation I was a bit angry, communication had broke to the extent I could nt get him to undo what he had done by flicking the switch back on.
I left work, immediately, 15 mile drive home,
Water everywhere, wavemakers splashing, Sump overflowed and looking like a jacuzzi, bubble bath, skimmers going crazy, Wife 100 billion decibels shouting at me, some ot the words she used, well I new I was in trouble!!! It was a mess.
Now I don,t blame my brother in law, he had all good intentions, it's my fault, just the simplest flick of a switch, compounded with new RFG and not drilling a 1/16 hole.
Sorry for the post, but I'm sat here after the big clean up, dealing with the silent treatment and tail between my legs. I love this hobby and hope the wife let's me carry on
Rant over