Urgent help needed - possible water damage!!

Yash

Yash

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Ok so I just getting my SW tank filled up to start it up ... had the pump going and stuff ... and noticed that the backpack filter was too low down in the tank for the water level to remain high enough ... so I started to disconnect one end of the overflow tank to adjust it and didn't realize that the other end (to which the pump was connected) was still hooked up ... as a result, tank water drained from the tank into the sump and overflowed into my wooden stand and into the carpet under it.

What do I need to do here ... I drained most of the tank and moved it out of the water logged area ... and then using all the towels I had in my apartment, tried to soak up all the water I possibly could out of the carpet.

My concern is ... what kinda damage can this indicident cause to my carpet, and the wooden stand? I'm more concerned about the carpet as I don't want to be all riuned and be faced with damage charges from management. I used soaked fresh water towels to try and rinse out whatever SW I could from the carpet.

Any thoughts/suggestions/warnings/condolences????
 
Yes,
Bro get a carpet cleaner and suck the salt out of the carpet before all the crap you track in sticks to it. That should solve your problem fast and cheap it you get it before it gets stuff ground into it you should be fine. Most carpet is plastic so.... it should be easy to fix.
hth
max
p.s.
GO VOLS WHOOT,WHOOT!
 
I'll probably have to wait until tomorrow to get a carpet cleaner (since all the places are prolly closed by now) ... assuming what you're referring to is one of those steam cleaner thingies that you can rent at UHaul or something?

Anything else I should so until then? As far as damage goes, if I just dry it real good and vacuum it tomorrow for any debri, which I don't see any right now, will that cause any long term damage to the carpet? How about the wooden stand? Will it be ok or will it start to rot slowly? :(

Oh by the way ... I'm not sure if I was clear enough in my previous post ... ALL the water is only in the area that will be under the tank stand ... nothing spilled out into the area around the tank. I'd say I spilt about 5 gallons or so?

Oh yeah ... GO VOLS !!!! Hope we kick some Razorback tails!!
 
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Yeah, it should be fine don't vacuume until you clean. You can just use a wet dry vac and put some fresh water down to dilute or if you are worried get a steamer. The stand should be fine if you dried it off. Hey, fwiw you might consider a renters policy it will cover you for any liability just make sure that they don't exclude water damage from a fish tank.
hth
Max
 
Cool! Thanks for the info bro! Appreciate it!! And yeah, come to think of it ... I do have renters insurance! duh! And I asked them before I got it if it covered water damage due to the fact that I had a fish tank in here ... so I think I should be golden :) Makes me feel much better!
 
Yash said:
Ok so I just getting my SW tank filled up to start it up ... had the pump going and stuff ... and noticed that the backpack filter was too low down in the tank for the water level to remain high enough ... so I started to disconnect one end of the overflow tank to adjust it and didn't realize that the other end (to which the pump was connected) was still hooked up ... as a result, tank water drained from the tank into the sump and overflowed into my wooden stand and into the carpet under it.

What do I need to do here ... I drained most of the tank and moved it out of the water logged area ... and then using all the towels I had in my apartment, tried to soak up all the water I possibly could out of the carpet.

My concern is ... what kinda damage can this indicident cause to my carpet, and the wooden stand? I'm more concerned about the carpet as I don't want to be all riuned and be faced with damage charges from management. I used soaked fresh water towels to try and rinse out whatever SW I could from the carpet.

Any thoughts/suggestions/warnings/condolences????
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im really sorry to here ......but i had this happen to me my 180 gal tank emptyed it self all over the lower part of my house .... insurance company wrote all the floor covering off and replaced it they said the carpet would rott and srink.....
 
Well ... looks like I got it pretty cleaned up ... got a wet-dry vacuum yesterday ... used lots of FW, and carpet cleaner to get the salt out, let it dry real good and put the tank back in place. I'm keeping my fingers crossed at this point that nothing happens. But, looking how the carpet is nylon fibred, I doubt it would cause any damage. If it does, I'll use my insurance at that point for the carpet replacement.

Oh BTW, I finally have my tank going now ... now its just a patient 4-week or so waiting period for it to cycle before I can add the fishies :-)

Regards,
Yash
 
Good job on the cleanup. Sound like you are golden and good to go. One question though. When you cleaned the carpet, did you wait for it to completely dry before setting up the tank? If not I would worry about mold issues which is of course bad for the carpet but more importantly it is bad long term for your health. This is probably a stupid question. Of course you probably waited for the carpet to be completely dry. I would just hate for you to start having health problems because of this.

Marinemom
 
Marinemom - thanks for your concern. Yes, I did indeed wait for it to dry completely before I moved the tank back in place. I used a space heater to dry it off once I was done with the cleanup. So, I think I should be all set :)

Appreciate it!
Yash
 
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