Backyard Aquaponics
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I had an issue with my AP system in the basement; My F&D bed poured ~60 gallons of water onto my carpeted basement floor.

This has not reached any of the walls, but it is sopping wet.

Stanley steamer is on their way to help clean up.

Can I get away without breaking down my system?

Any suggestions for cleanup, or how to do it myself in the future if it happens.

The carpet is already trashed, so I'm not concerned with it looking good, but I'm renting, so I can't just pull it up and throw it away.

Let's hope we can save it!

Keeping fingers crossed you can save that carpet!

Any idea what caused the flood? Figure that out and take steps to prevent.

Mine was caused by hydroton (off brand) that floated. They all floated, so the media barrier would lift allowing the media to get into the siphon and clog it, thus not fully engaging or draining. I now remove all floating media first while I wash it. I may use the floaters to top up a grow bed, but make sure the bulk of it sinks.

The flood was purely user error, my biggest mistake yet.

was doing a manual top-off to add a new bed, and maxed out my sump, then my Siphon kicked on, and overflowed the sump.

Some shop vacs are designed to allow you to vacuum up water. Once you get the majority of the water out it's just a mater of drying out the carpeting. You can sometimes rent water based carpet cleaners which would also allow you to clean the carpeting a bit better. Ask the Stanley Steamer person as they might be willing to share some information.

Move it outside!

There weather should be nice there this time of year!