Mystery LEAK!

Last night at 4am someone was knocking on my door. It was the maintence people. My 1st thought is WTF are they doing here and WTF is goig on?? I open the door and she said the person down stairs (my new place is an apartment) has a leak and we have to get in to see where it coming from. So Im thinking to myself right now...Are all my fish tanks ok??? I tell her I am going to make sure my wife is ok for you all to come in. So I go quickly and make sure all my tanks are ok and the wife is perpaird for them to come check out our bathroom and sinks. THIS IS 4 in the F'n morning must I remind you. SO After I see everything is good I got get the 2 maintenence people tell them to come have a look. They came in for a quick 2 mins maybe not even that and said that they did no see anything and they think that it might be coming from the place across from us. Ok cool smell ya later I am going back to sleep.

Well on my way back to sleep I noticed my 40 gal in my bedroom was a lot louder then when I went to sleep. When I say louder I mean I could hear the filter water hitting the top harder then normal...as if there was less water in the tank. Turned on the light and noticed the water level was atleast 3" lower then when I went to sleep. So I checked the tank and the wood for any sign of wet and did not see any. I got a buckett real fast filled it up with water & gave it a shot of prime and filled up the tank a little so It was not to loud and I could go back to sleep. Well when I wok up this morning.....same thing! Was about 3" low. About 3-4 gals of water in 4 hours. A total of about 8 Gallons on about 8 hours.

Checked the stand , tank, and even the floor around the tank nothing.

However I did notice some drops coming down the wall..like off the filter. THen I noticed the floor was wet under the stand. So I drained the tank and moved it to check the floor where the stand was sitting. SOAKED!. Somehow water is leaking but not from the tank. I am almost sure it is the filter leaking little by little.

As I was typing this the maintence people came back...said the leak stopped. I asked where the water was coming and the place they describe is where my tank was sitting!!! WTF!!! Almost just got busted!!!

Do you think its my filter??? How come nothing else besides the floor is wet? ANy opinions? Thoughts?

I've had this happen, too. For some reason the filter was resting at a slight angle to the back. If the filter media got too backed up with bacteria and detritus, the water would leak out of the top of the filter. The only wet spots were the floor and one corner of the filter where the water was coming over the top.

To fix this, just put some cardboard between the bottom of the filter and the back of the tank to adjust the angle to the front. Works like a charm.

what kind of filter?

unknown wrote:

I've had this happen, too. For some reason the filter was resting at a slight angle to the back. If the filter media got too backed up with bacteria and detritus, the water would leak out of the top of the filter. The only wet spots were the floor and one corner of the filter where the water was coming over the top.

To fix this, just put some cardboard between the bottom of the filter and the back of the tank to adjust the angle to the front. Works like a charm.

I think you are correct. I noticed when I got this filter it had a bad tilt to it. I will clean up my mess and try again

It's the Aquaclear 110

i agree with that too, i had a aqclear 110 before and the little tilt leg they have is not accurate, that fix should be able to work just fine..

Yup Ive had that issue as well, they have a little thingy you can add on if it didn't come with one but cardboard works just fine.

yeap cardboard or thin Styrofoam used on my tilting HOB filters also.

Moved it to a new location. Re did the water and filter. Everything is good to go!

Very nice!!

I'd be a pissed off neighbor LOL !!!

Might need to get a new Filter or silicone it.