Zinda
Community Member
In the 3 months I've had my 110 gallon tank, I've already had 2 spills of, let's say, over 1.5 gallons of water. Given that the tank is on hardwood, that can do some damage. One of them was contained in a quite large custom tray I have built, but then I need to get the water out.
So, I'm looking for quick and simple ways to soak up a ton of water.
I thought "water absorbing" technology had come a long way, but it seems very hard to find products that start thin, can absorb huge water and then get thrown away.
I started with a Pig product which are thin blue mats. Turn out each one only absorbs a surprisingly small amount of water, like 1/10 of a gallon.
After researching what I finally understand are called "sorbent" products, it appears that they come in a few standard forms and, unless you just want to scatter a dust over everything (and try to clean it up later), the most absorbent kind are the "pillows" as far I can tell. The best I've found are this one from ULine that does 1.75 gallon per pillow and this one from Pig that does 2 gallon per pillow. The problem is they are *really* expensive. Like ~10$ per pillow.
Outside of grabbing all the towels in the closet, what products are people using for emergency spill cleanup?
So, I'm looking for quick and simple ways to soak up a ton of water.
I thought "water absorbing" technology had come a long way, but it seems very hard to find products that start thin, can absorb huge water and then get thrown away.
I started with a Pig product which are thin blue mats. Turn out each one only absorbs a surprisingly small amount of water, like 1/10 of a gallon.
After researching what I finally understand are called "sorbent" products, it appears that they come in a few standard forms and, unless you just want to scatter a dust over everything (and try to clean it up later), the most absorbent kind are the "pillows" as far I can tell. The best I've found are this one from ULine that does 1.75 gallon per pillow and this one from Pig that does 2 gallon per pillow. The problem is they are *really* expensive. Like ~10$ per pillow.
Outside of grabbing all the towels in the closet, what products are people using for emergency spill cleanup?
Spill #1: have both ends of a vinyl tube in the tank with a loop of it over the side. Go to the bathroom. Come back and realize one side flopped out due to wave action from the powerhead and has siphoned a surprising amount of water onto the floor.
