- Location
- Brooklyn
Hey MR
Wanted to share a near disaster I experienced the other day in hopes of helping fellow reefers avoid the same issue. I have a HOB overflow that I glued some gsp on months ago. I did this so I could enjoy the gsp and not worry about it taking over my rock work. The coral is very healthy and growing well. Too well. I noticed the coral growing into the teeth of my overflow, but didn't pay too much attention. I figured the water flow would increase through the teeth where the gsp was not growing. WRONG! My overflow was not keeping up with the return, as a result the water level in the DT increased, and the return section of my sump decreased as a result my ato was pumping water into the sump. Water started to pour over the side of the DT. Luckily I was home when this happened and I was able to avoid a complete disaster. So for the first time since I started this system I had an overflow failure, but I attribute it to my ignorance in maintaining it. I ended up trimming back the gsp below the overflow teeth and all is back to normal. My next build will be reef ready, however I feel the same thing would have happened. Anyone else have experience with this or glue coral onto their overflow?
Wanted to share a near disaster I experienced the other day in hopes of helping fellow reefers avoid the same issue. I have a HOB overflow that I glued some gsp on months ago. I did this so I could enjoy the gsp and not worry about it taking over my rock work. The coral is very healthy and growing well. Too well. I noticed the coral growing into the teeth of my overflow, but didn't pay too much attention. I figured the water flow would increase through the teeth where the gsp was not growing. WRONG! My overflow was not keeping up with the return, as a result the water level in the DT increased, and the return section of my sump decreased as a result my ato was pumping water into the sump. Water started to pour over the side of the DT. Luckily I was home when this happened and I was able to avoid a complete disaster. So for the first time since I started this system I had an overflow failure, but I attribute it to my ignorance in maintaining it. I ended up trimming back the gsp below the overflow teeth and all is back to normal. My next build will be reef ready, however I feel the same thing would have happened. Anyone else have experience with this or glue coral onto their overflow?
