Never leave the water running...

[Lunchbucket]

i fill a 5 gal water jug. and place it in a 15gal rubbermaid tub...good thing the other day it overflowed into the tub about a gallon. the floor is the laudry room so it wouldn't be that bad. try the rubbermaid tub or the sink

later
Lunchbucket

 

[Anonymous]

And especially don't use a 55 gallon rubbermaid trashcan that buckles when it gets full at 3. a.m. in the morning.

Glenn

 

[DaktariEd]

LOL!

I usually use the sink, but hurt my back a week ago and didn't want to chance it.

Fortunately it was on a tile floor, just a couple of gallons. Mop and bucket close by...

Next time I follow my own rules!

 

[Anonymous]

especially if you don't own a shop vac...

 

[jdeets]

Been there, done that, many times. After I top-off the tank and feed, I usually put the 5-gallon jug on the kitchen floor and run a hose from the RO/DI faucet into the jug. Then I come to reefs.org to check posts, and by the time I'm done, I've got a lake in the kitchen. I think I've probably done that 5 times, and still counting...

 

[DaktariEd]

Just a helpful bit of advice...

Never leave the water filter running unattended into a bucket on the kitchen floor when you're tired...at night...and you get distracted...sigh...it makes a mess....

 

[Anonymous]

If you're at risk, then put the bucket in the sink when you fill it... Problem solved!

 

[danmhippo]

Got a kid that loves wading in water?

Hope your vinyl floor doesn't get ruined.