So. Its Called Big Dog Reefs. But What most people don’t know is that there Actually is a Dog!
So the other day I’m woken up at 4am by barking. Its dark, my eyes are glued closed by that funk that grows magically over night. Then I hear it. Its that sound that can only be identified by a Saltwater Reefer as Holy crap! my pump is running dry! Its the same noise that Superman must hear from outer space when Louise Lane is in trouble.
So I run out of the bedroom and down the hall and into the living room when I notice that thing that every father fears. Smoke. Crap, now its not a dry pump, the Damn House Is ON FIRE! I grab a extinguisher and run for the fish room. I pass Tubby who is still barking(Mostly because the smell offends him nose and the sound has disturbed him beauty sleep). I round the corner and throw the switch to turn on the lights. The Atinics flare to life and I find myself in Blue Smokiness Hell. There is no fire(yet)((Thank God)). But I begin looking around. I find that a surge Protector has gone ABOVE AND BEYOND the call of duty.
Later, After the smoke has died down and the room(and the house) is(are) no longer in danger, I bring in a arson specialist (Me, and not really) . My bio pellet reactor blew an O ring. The huge amount of pressure thats moving thru my system then exited in an arc that would set records in the Hammer throw event, and landed directly into the surge protector. Which is almost 10 feet away, and 4 feet higher. This then fried everything that was within 2 plugs of my protein skimmers plug. Yes. It fried the main reserc pump for my skimmer. Also lost 3 Hydors too.
Moral of the story? Stuff Happens? Get good surge protectors? Make sure you have drip loops?
I say its: Have a good Dog!