Water Changed by Tank

I got home this afternoon and found that a good portion of the water in the aquarium was MISSING!!! I immediately realized that I forgot to remove the flexible tubing connected to gang valve on the back of the tank, and as a result of the CO2 injection this morning, a siphon started and emptied at least 3 gallons of aquarium water onto the floor.



I went to work immediately on cleaning up the mess. Fortunately, most of the water stayed in a small area directly below the aquarium, and I used my Wet/Dry ShopVac to vacuum up as much water as possible. I also used our Bissell Little Green deep cleaner to vacuum up the remnants of the water that the ShopVac couldn't get. After a good hour or so on my knees vacuuming and drying, I was ready to refill the water that my aquarium decided to change out. I quickly mixed some replacement water - this time just treating the water with SeaChem Prime, and added it back to the aquarium.



Right now, it looks as if everything is ok. However, I'm not sure how the plants might react to being exposed as they were for as long as they were. I'll post updates as to the status of the aquarium later this week. (I'm a little surprised that my Visi-Therm submersible heater survived being half out of the water for as long as it probably was exposed.)