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Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeff Iverson Dec 28, 2011. 10 Replies

I woke up this morning and was half ready for work when, I walked into my aquaponics room and found the carpet saturated with water, the pump to my knowleadge so far had been running for an excessive…Continue

Flood and drain, indoor seedlings

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jonathan Farrand Apr 3, 2011. 3 Replies

 This Is a video of our recently finished aquaponics system pending some modifications along the way.  If you have any questions please post them.Will post more photos after the seedlings become…Continue

 

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Jeff Iverson replied to Jeff Iverson's discussion Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !
"Well the sump was just for more water volume. I have some small guards around the drains and roots have not been a problem. The hope was to have small fish in the smaller tank and move them into the big tank. . Ah how great things always appear on…"
Dec 28, 2011
RupertofOZ replied to Jeff Iverson's discussion Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !
"Ok. I think I get it... you appear to be pumping into the beds... in an ebb & flow style... where the drains appears to be from a (screened) bottom drains... which became blocked... which then would obviously overflow quite rapidly, especially…"
Dec 28, 2011
Jeff Iverson replied to Jeff Iverson's discussion Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !
"This was my first system, I made all of the design flaws and have learned MUCH. Here is a link to my photobucket. I always intended to write a long post regarding the entire building process and many detailed pictures but have not found the time.. I…"
Dec 28, 2011
RupertofOZ replied to Jeff Iverson's discussion Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !
"I'm lost as to the design of this system, and how with a timer employed it could "overflow"... A time based system with grow beds draining via an overflow standpipe... should merely have resulted in minimal water being lost from any…"
Dec 28, 2011
Chi Ma replied to Jeff Iverson's discussion Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !
"Can you possibly put your pump up higher in the water thereby limiting how low you can pump the water? Just a thought. "
Dec 28, 2011
Jeff Iverson replied to Jeff Iverson's discussion Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !
"After more testing and observations.. It appears both drains where clogged.. and this lead to the entire grow bed to be filled the the brim.. I did not really even consider this because this there is a 12 inch glass box on top of the 4 inch grow…"
Dec 28, 2011
Yusuf Mario Germino replied to Jeff Iverson's discussion Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !
"thank God! it could have been worse.. you live in the 3rd floor of an old apartment with amazingly poor waterproofing between floors..... each event leads to a higher learning to make things work for the better.... good luck..."
Dec 28, 2011
TCLynx replied to Jeff Iverson's discussion Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !
"I don't know what to tell you about the ballast. Yea, I would get the little pump hooked up to circulate the water through the little bed and keep your fish comfortable and some of your bacteria going while you make repairs and adjustments for…"
Dec 28, 2011
Jeff Iverson replied to Jeff Iverson's discussion Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !
"I forgot the details of the fish. I have 5 full sized tilapia. The drains where designed that way. I have run the pump for an hour before to test the beds ability to drain. In this case either the glass cracked or the silicon seal failed because of…"
Dec 28, 2011
TCLynx replied to Jeff Iverson's discussion Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !
"Don't feed the fish, and make sure they have plenty of air and as much water as you can reasonably get to them.  Can you rig up the pump to filter the water through the "shallow bed" while you work on cleaning up and getting the…"
Dec 28, 2011
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Massive water leak overnight! How to save my fish, system, and carpet.. !

I woke up this morning and was half ready for work when, I walked into my aquaponics room and found the carpet saturated with water, the pump to my knowleadge so far had been running for an excessive amount of time. I am guessing the timer somehow shorted out and stayed stuck on flood.. otherwise the grow bed was clogged and the overflow was not enough because the seal on my tall growbed(mistake #1 a home made addition onto a growing tray with glass siliconed onto it.. was running fine for 9…See More
Dec 28, 2011
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Jeff Iverson commented on Christopher Meunier's group Midwest Aquaponics
"Hello, I am looking for some tilipia or really any kind of fish (perferably small) I am in the west part of the twin cities.  Let me know If you have any extra for sale of free!  Can travel.   -Jeff"
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At 7:27pm on December 16, 2010, Sylvia Bernstein said…

Welcome Jeff,

 

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