can silicone caulk be unsafe?

[Viktor Jarikov]

with a little help from my friends, we will hopefully get to the picture-taking stage ... even if these will be about my basement flooded with 2500 gal of premium-cleanliness fish-tank water and a few big pretty cats hiding under the forced-air heating furnace and water heater ...

[bronzefry]

Oh, we all learn the hard way. It seems to be the only way. If I do it right the first time, it seems to be an accident(i.e.Farlowella breeding by pure accident).

About emptying the tank....does your basement have a bulkhead door or a window that opens? Do you have a pump of some kind or can you borrow one from a friend? A length of tubing?
Amanda

[MatsP]

Oh, we all learn the hard way.

Yup, I'm a "hard way" learner too - at least when it comes to things I actually do. I can post to someone else to use RO water correctly, don't forget to check the KH, etc, etc - I'm sure I've written that sort of thing at least a hundred times. What do _I_ do...? I don't check the KH, and then wonder why the pH is 4.0! KH test shows 0 KH.... No miracle at all... So even when we ACTUALLY know, we think we know better, and then don't do, until we find out the hard way that we didn't know any better after all... ;-(

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Mats

[Viktor Jarikov]

Amanda, what cases do you have on your mind that I have to empty the pond, to fix leaks or smth? Yes, I have three 12-glass-block windows with two sections openable in each. No doors except from the house. I have tubing as well as hard piping. The pond has 2000 gph submersible magnetic pump with a head height of 11 feet - should be able to pump it out if needed. There are two croaks and two sump pumps too in the opposing corners of the basement. There are two brand spanking new Bosch units adored by my better half - washer and dryer in the basement, two dehumidifyers, water heater, and gas furnace, double utility sink with a dedicated pump to get the waste water into the sewer 5 feet up - yeah, I am walking on a bit thin ice... But all the real experience I have got with big stuff is building and running my outside 12,000 gal rubber-liner koi pond, which we have had for 2 years (finished building though only last May) :

[Viktor Jarikov]

a few more

[Viktor Jarikov]

ok, one more

[RIPbiglad]

looks amazing mate

[bronzefry]

with a little help from my friends, we will hopefully get to the picture-taking stage ... even if these will be about my basement flooded with 2500 gal of premium-cleanliness fish-tank water and a few big pretty cats hiding under the forced-air heating furnace and water heater ...

Misinterpreted! Sorry. Really nice pond!!!!!
Amanda

[Viktor Jarikov]

Thank you, guys, much! I think I was bragging/gloating, sorry, shame on me. This is not the time, neither the place for these pics. Amanda, I was just joking about one of the worst possible outcomes of my new endeavor

[bronzefry]

Your neighbors must be proud!
Amanda

[Viktor Jarikov]

Alga, if still interested, you can see the pics at http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 25&t=29488 Things have evolved, hopefully got better since then, but this will give you a gist of "my creation". Best wishes, Viktor