Do you un-plug hardware when working in the tank?

I'm just curious as to how many people actually do this when sticking their hands in the water.

Thanks.

 

Not me.

 

Me either.

 

I do on my 30 gallon because my hand displaces enough water to make it overflow. I un-plug my lights especially when I take my canopy off so I can make sure to put it somewhere safe and not on the floor next to me.

 

Not me.

I find when you turn something off is when it never turns back on

J

 

I live life on the edge also... never unplug anything ;D

Oh and J i totally agree with you on that one

Marc.

 

Usually just my lights to take them off the tank and rest them on the floor. Oh yes, if i'm working on the powerheads, alot of the time I will unplug them because, more than once I had water flowing out of my powerhead only to land on the floor or all over the side of my tank. You really don't need to unplug anything. It's not like you are working with sharp/moving parts.

 

Not usually, so far only once... I wish I wouldn't have..... Last week I unplugged my sump pump and the other end syphoned water back directly on top of my power strip.
Wife giglled at the rising smoke and called me stupid....
I say,... lesson learned.

 

I was trying to put a valve in the return line and had to cut it... in case anyone cared to know why the syphon spilled over onto my power strip..

 

only time is when im changing stuff in the tank...any all i do is unplug the lights and move them...sadly my tank is not deep so its hard to get my arm in