Wet Floor Project

[saltyair]

Well didn't think it could happen. My return hose somehow came off my return pump. Only lost 20 gallons but every thing was soaked.
Got lucky must have just happened before I got home.

what do people use to secure the return hose?

 

[Cliff]

Welcome to the club

 

[Cliff]

If out of the water I use stainless stainless hose clamps

 

[saltyair]

If out of the water I use stainless stainless hose clamps

How about in the water?

 

[Cliff]

What type of hose is it?

 

[unibob]

Zip tie. Heat tubing/hose up a bit so the tie wrap makes a bit of a groove.


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[TORX]

You can get plastic hose clamps as pictured below. I use zipties to secure hoses on reactors, but I have a ziptie gun that gets them good and tight before cutting the excess off flush. I know my dollar store sells the hose clamps. I personally do not have a hose connected to my return pump, screw on fittings with PVC plumbing.

 

[reefgeek]

This is the reason I hard plumb my return, use an adapter to go from threaded to slip fit and then hard pvc or flex pvc from there on. If your return only has barbed fittings then I would look at getting a new return, imagine the cost if your sump had been drained, you could have a burnt out skimmer and heater and depending on how long you were away before noticing, a very cold display tank.

 

[saltyair]

[QUOTix ="unibob, post: 177071, member: 133"]Zip tie. Heat tubing/hose up a bit so the tie wrap makes a bit of a groove.


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That is what I had and did again.

 

[saltyair]

This is the reason I hard plumb my return, use an adapter to go from threaded to slip fit and then hard pvc or flex pvc from there on. If your return only has barbed fittings then I would look at getting a new return, imagine the cost if your sump had been drained, you could have a burnt out skimmer and heater and depending on how long you were away before noticing, a very cold display tank.

Thanks for the advice makes sense. I will look into the plumbing this weekend

 

[theyangman]

I have a barbed fitting and clear vynil hose. I have never had an issue.

 

[saltyair]

I have a barbed fitting and clear vynil hose. I have never had an issue.

thanks i will look into hard plumbing and see if I can insure it never happens again.
on a positive note i did my monthly WC and got everything cleaned up and back to normal before the wife got home lol.

"Oh just a little maintenance accident i had to clean up"

her biggest fear is a pool of water on the floor

 

[theyangman]

get a shop vac. Worth every penny.

 

[scubasteve]

get a shop vac. Worth every penny.

you got that right 15 gallons squeegee clean in 30 min came handy for me

 

[saltyair]

That is what I used

 

[J_T]

You can get plastic hose clamps as pictured below. I use zipties to secure hoses on reactors, but I have a ziptie gun that gets them good and tight before cutting the excess off flush. I know my dollar store sells the hose clamps. I personally do not have a hose connected to my return pump, screw on fittings with PVC plumbing.

These,




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[Jewel]

I hard plumb every time But as a rule, When you have a fish tank, you'll have a leak every time at some point. Bin there a few times.

 

[saltyair]

Tried to hard plumb the return and it just didn't work to many elbows. But will be building a full return system instead of retrofitting.

 

[Jewel]

Flex spa is the way to go these days, It's readily available, fairly cheap, bendable, Forget those elbows they just slow the flow.