Collection: Tank Safety

Cover for the Failures You Are Not There For

Most aquarium losses happen while nobody is watching. A return pump stops, a fitting starts weeping onto the cabinet floor, or a parameter drifts between test days. The equipment listed here is bought before any of that happens: it either keeps water moving, tells you something has changed, or shuts the problem off.

What's in This Collection

• Leak detection probes and sensors - for the cabinet base, the sump stand and under carpet.
• Battery back-ups for flow pumps - to keep water moving through a power cut.
• Titanium ground probes - for aquarists earthing the tank water.
• Continuous ammonia and pH alerts - in-tank colour-change indicators that sit between test kits.
• Flood protection and automated water change control.

Setting It Up

• Test every sensor by hand once it is mounted. A leak probe you have never triggered is an assumption rather than a safeguard.
• Put leak sensors where water arrives first, which is usually the low point of the cabinet base and not the back wall.
• Check what each device needs to run. Some report to an aquarium controller, others work standalone.
• Alerts and back-ups do different jobs: one tells you, the other buys time. A tank left alone for days at a stretch usually wants both.

Not sure what to cover first on your system? Email info@jlaquatics.com.