Crazy tank leak

[Yani1133]

So i came home yesterday to everyones favorite sight, a giant puddle on the floor and the sound of a dry pump. Upon rushing to check all my plumping everything look perfect and the tank is full of water minus the empty sump. After a half hour of checking everything i gave up and filled the sump and water instantly starts pouring out the top of my display and i hear a jangling in my bulkhead. I then take apart my pvc in my reef ready box and find the craziest thing in my bulkhead. I had two half inch tube worm shells clogging it. Upon inspecting my pvc i found five more still attached that i then decided needed to be removed. Ive never heard of such a thig before, anyone else have a similar experience?

 

[cmantis]

Yikes hope it wasn't my bad luck spreading, just got your message...

Here's your frag btw:

 

[homegrowncichlid]

Had a turbo snail crawl into a 1" pipe where the strainer fell off. Water back logged and overflowed, while the downstream tank was drained to the pump.

 

[ca1ore]

This is a great example of why we really ought to run our reef tanks with a redundant overflow drain. Always should have a screen on an overflow, but even that won't help if tube worms are growing inside the pipe. Sorry for your flood, but fascinating insight.