Tank overflow- snails

[edruben]

So today things ended well, fed the fish enjoyed looking at the coral and was chilling watching tv. Suddenly water flow from the tank sounded a bit weird but I ignored it. After a while noticed the pump running dry, since bubbles are foaming. Open cabinet noticed return sump has no water. Check around tank no water.

That's when I realized the piping must be clogged. After hours try to plunge whatever that is stuck out I took a brave decision to remove the return pipe. And there as I guessed it was a couple of snails waiting to be rescued.

After spending almost 3+hours fixing the problem moping the floor etc, I found it amusing that a 1 dollar snail could cause such catostrophic of an event.

Anyways I learnt my lesson though be it the hardway. I got rid of all the tiny turban snails and put a mashed netting on the return pipe. Hope no one else had to go trough this??

Damn snails, I am having lala for dinner just for the heck of it tonight,...

[Firestarter]

Return pipe? Or do you mean the pipe that goes down to the tank?

Yes it has happened to other reefers that I know of, a single turbo snail lodged nicely to the opening of the pipe.

[tropic]

Having two downpipe is a bonus incase one pipe play stunt like this... Sent from my Android using Tapatalk2

[Evolutionz]

woah, luckily i read this.. guess will have to find some sort of netting that can be fitted in my overflow box and yet will not clog due to detritus.. maybe egg crates?

[tropic]

Those wiremesh size (like those at diy shop selling in rolls) would be good.the holes good enouggh for water to flow also. Sent from my Android using Tapatalk2

[DeadmanZ]

Bro Evolutionz.. If u need the mesh.. Drop me a sms.. U got my no.

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[edruben]

fiestarter its the piping that brings the water back to the sump.

actually this happened once or twice but i managed to shut the water and the back flow cleared the clog. but this time it got jammed in the elbow bend of the pipe.

[iskay]

fiestarter its the piping that brings the water back to the sump.

This pipe is the overflow pipe. Return pipe is the one that brings water back into the display tank.

It is recommended that the overflow be as wide as possible and covered with mesh to prevent things from lodging into the pipe.

[edruben]

iskay, thanks. i got the pipes all mashed up . hope this doesn't happen to anybody else. also was lucky i had some silicon glue on the day.

[Evolutionz]

will this work? i use eggcrate cut to size and fit in.. perfect fit.. if hole still to big, i can use those media netting and net it up..

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