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    I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

    Well gang.. here is my call to all.

    I had a disaster occur for me this weekend doing a water change.  My mom called me in the middle of filling my largest tank, and because of this I was distracted long enough to over flow it.  Problem.. my floor needs to be dried out and since my tank has a wet dry and a raised stand alot of water went below the tank where I cannot get to the water.  I really dont want to have a rotten floor mat etc.

    I need the assistance of at least 4-5 strong people -- this is a commercial grade 110 extra tall that is INCREDIBLY heavy.  It will have to be emptied out, fish caught etc... and all material removed inside.. then the stand will need lifted on gliders (does anyone have any I can borrow ?)

    I own a carpet cleaner so cleaning and drying out the carpet will not be hard.  Then return everything back to where it was..   While everything is out of the stand I am going to get some silicone glue and ensure that if I ever have this happen again the water stays in the stand and not back on to the floor.  (this was a bad mistake on my part.

    Please send me PM's letting me know if can come and assist me.   I am going to want to start this around noon with hopes I can be done with tear down, move and setup in 6-8 hours.

    Thanks
    Jesper

    What fish do Jesper have
    180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
    110     Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
    58 S. Decorus
    "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher
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  • #2
    Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th

    jesper- just put a couple of fans in there(move Air) for a week and don't worry about it. maybe clean the cpt around the tank. extract as much water as you can. spray some enzymes (benifical bacteria). they will eat the stuff that makes the smell. your carpet is toast anyway. it was ruined after the first 24 hrs. if you move that tank you might as well go ahead and have a new tile floor installed.... just trying to save you a bunch of work.  call me...john
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    • #3
      Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th

      That area of the house is where I want to install some sort of hardwood flooring in there..
      I need to get money to do that..  and right now its not something I have a ton of...  
      I hope with a job change this year I can make enough extra money that I can bring myself out of debt completely and then I can invest in hardwood flooring for the living room, tile for the computer, kitchen, and all the bathroom / wash rooms :)  Keeping carpet everywhere else..

      I got a fan running there but I dont know if this is going to be enough.  I know the carpet is ruined, but I hope within a year that this issue will be completely resolved by installing a completely new floor in that room.   I know I am going to do it before I install a 6ft tank in there in the other corner..

      The problem lies in the fact I cannot get into the area underneath the tank at all.. remember its all sitting on a platform which I cannot get under..  This is why I am looking to move it..  The carpet can stay ruined.. I just dont want it to rot

      What fish do Jesper have
      180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
      110       Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
      58 S. Decorus
      "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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      • #4
        Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

        After a couple of phone calls I have decided to cancel this idea..  Problem will be fixed another time when I replace the floor completely with a tile floor.

        What fish do Jesper have
        180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
        110         Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
        58 S. Decorus
        "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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        • #5
          Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

          can you drill holes in the 4 corners in the bottom,make a funnel from posterboard for the fan to blow in 1 hole out circulate out the others, whenyou finish leave the holes open or get some rubber freeze plugs/with nuts from autozone and plugem up.

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          • #6
            Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

            I wouldn't worry about it.  I did a rather spectacular job of overflowing my 150 right before I was leaving for a trip... bad as in I noticed it when water was running down the driveway

            Anyway, about 1/4 of the carpet in that room was saturated, and there was standing water through the kitchen & eating area, the laundry room (luckily each of these rooms are tiled), then running out through the garage.  I just took a shop vac and pulled as much water up as I could, then left fans on while I was out of town, and the carpet seems fine.  When I moved my tank a few weeks ago, it had REALLY compressed the carpet, and I don't think any significant water would get in there when it's so compressed anyway.

            Just for the comic value, to show how I can screw things up on a grand scale....
            No, that's not the car leaking..... that's my house leaking     :?

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            • #7
              Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

              More pics of the beast inside the garage as well as the one on the trailer!
              700g Mini-Monster tank

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              • #8
                Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

                +1 for more pics of the cars

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                • #9
                  Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

                  Great... I've been on here all of one day, and am already taking threads off topic  :?

                  I don't know if I have any more of the Camaro... that one isn't mine, but it lives at my house and I take care of it  :)

                  The one on the trailer is my 70 Cutlass.  I flooded my house right before I left to go to some Oldsmobile national races in Ohio and Kentucky.

                  Here's my 70 at Norwalk


                  I also have a '69 Cutlass convertible ( and two dogs who love the cars, and take advantage of any door left open)


                  and this one is 'under construction'.  It's a 70 Olds F-85, but the motor's pretty similar to my gray car's (just slightly lower compression), plus it has a Richmond 5 speed, and some nice susp stuff on it.
                  Behold, the F-bomb


                  notice the theme?  

                  and I have a truck too

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                  • #10
                    Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

                    F'ing Sweet!!!!

                    I just got cable so I have been glued to the Speed Channel..... Then I have friends who have started driving their old schools and now this...




                    Makes me wanna go and finish up the project that should have been done long time ago.
                    700g Mini-Monster tank

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                    • #11
                      Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

                      liljack.. i would.. but the issue is that I dont have much space..  but I talked to a few people who know what happen and said install fans to dry it out.. and that is about as good as its going to get until I get time to replace the carpet with tile.   I have decided to install either tile or a "fake" wood floor.. ie it looks like the real thing but reality its 10 times stronger and looks identical to wood.

                      I am hoping within the year to do this to my house.

                      Oldsgirl !!!! NICE CARS !!!!  and your truck isnt to shabby either..  we have several car nuts (and mechanics on here) -- eklikewhoa, Cesar etc.... so I know there will be people who will be more than happy to talk cars to you too :)

                      PS welcome to HFB

                      What fish do Jesper have
                      180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
                      110                       Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
                      58 S. Decorus
                      "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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                      • #12
                        Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

                        Thanks for the comments, I appreciate it, and I think it's funny to come to a fish site to talk about cars

                        As for the flooring, I'd leave it and see if it's ok.  if it's not (or if down the line you just want to change it) I'd say go with the ceramic tile that looks like wood.  I think any kind of wood around water is asking for trouble. I had pergo floors in the kitchen of my condo, and they woudl swell on the edges if any water sat on them.  I have the wood looking ceramic tile in the kitchen and laundry room of my house, and I love it.

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                        • #13
                          Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

                          Originally posted by Oldsgirl";p="
                          Thanks for the comments, I appreciate it, and I think it's funny to come to a fish site to talk about cars
                          You would be surprised about the non fish subjects we talk around here.  
                          PLECOS SUCK!

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                          • #14
                            Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

                            Originally posted by Zulaab";p="
                            I have decided to install either tile or a "fake" wood floor.. ie it looks like the real thing but reality its 10 times stronger and looks identical to wood.
                            That's what I've got and I love it. I think you'll feel the same once you get it installed.
                            Experiencing an aquatic renaissance!

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                            • #15
                              Re: I need help Saturday Jan 10th -- cancelled

                              Originally posted by jeebus";p="
                              Originally posted by Zulaab";p="
                              I have decided to install either tile or a "fake" wood floor.. ie it looks like the real thing but reality its 10 times stronger and looks identical to wood.
                              That's what I've got and I love it. I think you'll feel the same once you get it installed.
                              how about cleaning?

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