Tank Overflowed Onto Carpet

[coyemuse]

hey guys... i got distracted for about 30 seconds while refilling my 75 gallon... and it was long enough to overflow my tank... how to i protect the carpet that got wet from getting moldy... I cant exactly take down the 75g very quick, and i cant move it by myself...i used a towel to get some of the water up. and a heater aimed at it for 30 minutes.. i afraid the water will somehow grow mold in the carpet of walls.... help?

 

[coolie]

Best would be to use a de-humidifier. Failing that, all you can do really is use dry towels and tread all your weight on and off of them to bring the water up by capillary action.

 

[Litheon]

Keep the room aerated. Turn on a fan, open some windows if it isnt humid outside. Keep your air circulating.

 

[draxis]

You have to pull back the carpet and then stick a fan under it. The pad under your carpet unless straight to cement will be soaked. Trust me on this, your carpet can be dry but that pad holds a lot depending on thickness. You have to dry that or mold will grow under the carpet. Hopefully its near a corner so you don't have to lift up the entire room.. One time I even used a blow dryer with the carpet held back by a fan to speed it up. I lifted the carpet up with my hands starting at the edge where it sits on the nails. Then I jammed a fan under it which held up the carpet. Then I used the blow dryer because I was no longer holding with my hands, weeeeeee hot! And let the fan run overnight, pad will moist, ran fan through day and wa la. Jam carpet back on nails.

 

[kevingrods]

Coy the same exact thing happen to me, i left a airstone in the tank and the tube hanging outside of the tank, i put a new mag filter in the tank and it some how created a flow through the airstone up the tube dumping 15 gallons of water all over my carpet as well.  I soaked as much up as i could and then i put a fan directly on it for 2 hours.  I am also worried that this may cause some sort of smell or mold,. but i figured i let you know that your not the only one that did this tonight.  It was just one of those night.
 
kevin

 

[draxis]

You guys gota understand how carpet works.  There is a pad underneath 90% of the time!!!! No one is recommending drying that.... and you wont by putting a fan on carpet!