huzzy Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Ok then, I'm starting to think aliens ← Hmmmm.....i dont even believe in aliens.....but i cant think of another explanation. Its juts like in the movie signs......the aliens hate water......maybe they plan on invading later in the week and dont want any weapons of mass drenching available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwboy53 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hmmmm.....i dont even believe in aliens.....but i cant think of another explanation. Its juts like in the movie signs......the aliens hate water......maybe they plan on invading later in the week and dont want any weapons of mass drenching available? We're doooooooooooooooomed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkap Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 The tank is on floor baords, but are the floorboards mounted on a concrete foundation? With the heat we've had lately and the drying of the ground, the foundation may have developed cracks resulting in a way for the water to escape. Unless it's an older house that is just floorboards above the ground - are you able to get under the house, ie. any muddy patches under where the tank is? Any cracks where your walls meet the floor for water to drain out of. But that still doesn't explain how the water got out of the tank in the first place... Can the high temperatures of late effect the silicon on your tank, working along with the water pressure (although 180L isn't huge) of the tank to create a temporary leak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardb0iled Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Was there any power outages during the time the tank water mysteriously dissapeared? If there are no leaks in the tank or filter plumbing, and aliens werent involved then it could possibly have been a back syphoning incident? Is there anything that could have syphoned the water under power outage conditions or similar? Just throwing some ideas/theories around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novafishy Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I think if you could get a pic of the setup and surrounding area, maybe we can spot something odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcher Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 OK, this must be it. Was there any bush fires nearby???? I'm thinking "Elvis" the heavy lift fire fighting tanker/chopper stationed at Bankstown airport dropped it's pickup snorkle through an open window or door and sucked up the water. Yep that's it, mystery solved. I don't know why anyone hasn't thought of this before now! glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardb0iled Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I'm thinking "Elvis" the heavy lift fire fighting tanker/chopper stationed at Bankstown airport dropped it's pickup snorkle through an open window or door and sucked up the water. ← ..that makes a lot more sense the alien theory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 wee wEEed off Mrs theory > Elvis theory > Aliens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaZ Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 If it had happened on 24/12 we could have suspected a thirsty reindeer maybe Where do you keep your air pump? Above or below the water line? In a blackout the water in your tank can syphon back down the air line if you keep your pump under the tank, and having floorboards means the water might have somehow drained down under the house. Apart from Elvis, Aliens or Reindeer I cannot think of any other way this could happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 someone in your house doesn't like fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patto Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Where do you keep your air pump? Above or below the water line? In a blackout the water in your tank can syphon back down the air line if you keep your pump under the tank, and having floorboards means the water might have somehow drained down under the house. Would also explain why the tank isn't loosing any water now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipsqeek Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 The air pump has one way valves on it, to prevent that sort of thing during a blackout. The house is raised 1 meter off the ground. I crawled under the other day to look at the dirt under it. Dry. Iduno. weird. pips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzzy Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Pips, Can you take some photos. also, becareful checking out under your house.....aliens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I don't think that aliens would fly thousands of light years to get here and then decide , hey why don't we mess with this humans mind by emptying his fish tank of water while his asleep I think you just got thirsty while sleep walking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeyBoyR Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Yes, did you need to urinate for an hour straight the day after by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6C1 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 This is mind bogling. I believe in ghosts. I would move out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 It's the MATRIX The water isn't real, it is a program and was deleted accidently hahahahaahahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 I don't think that aliens would fly thousands of light years to get here and then decide , hey why don't we mess with this humans mind by emptying his fish tank of water while his asleep ← According to The Guide, that is exactly something they might do for a laugh! Speaking of ghosts, the previous occupant of a house I used to live in was haunting the place. Doors slam shut with no wind whatsoever, shower wet when we get home even though no-one used it & the taps didn't leak. We figured because he died in his sleep & didn't know he was dead, sixth sense style! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wui39 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 How long did it take you to move out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6C1 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Some ghosts are friendly. But man.. imagine the thought of someone watching you 24/7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 lived there for 4 1/2 years, he wasn't scary, just odd. Plus I didn't sleep in the room he died in so I wasn't too worried, that was my mother in law's problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormboy Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 The LFS I work in once had a similar experience except we know why the tank emptied. A shelf collapsed and the above-tank filter moved to the left. hence the outlet was now over the floor not the tank. Throughout the night the pump steadily emptied the 1500L tank. When we came in the next morning the tank was empty but the floor was dry. We staff have decided to never mention the incident again just in case who/whatever forgot to make the floor wet realises the mistake and 1500L comes through the roof when we aren't expecting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-1000 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Are you sure it isnt possible that somebody emptied it ? I cant think of any other logical reason!?!?!? G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipsqeek Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 Talk about resurrecting an old thread. Since then I still havent come up with an explanation as to why and how the water had emptied out. Though a few months later, the brace that goes from the middle front to the back broke away from its silicon. I gave the tank away to a member here. I have a replacement tank, and must say, nothing like this has happened since. I still think about how it all happened to this day. In fact everytime I do a water change. pipsqeek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdog013 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 your wife emptied out while u were sleeping, or perhaps you sleep walk and emptied it out yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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