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just came home to find that a breaker blew in my fish room(10 hours no power)-so i've been fishing dead fish out of my big tank.lost my harlequin tusk,kole tang,marine beta,regal angel,possibly my wrasses,and princess parrot.some how my bat fish is fine,and my eels and clown fish.i'll know more on my losses in the morning

That is so harsh. :( Sorry for your losses.

Have been there myself, I really feel for you. Good luck, hope the remaining survivors hang on for you.

:(

Dang Bill, that totally sucks. If you need anything like salt to do water changes, let me know. You have my number.

Anthony

Dude, that sucks! My sympathies!

Sorry to hear that.
Hope its not too bad, been there myself

dead fish
 

thanks-have lots of salt-55 gal already made.looks like i lost my coral beauty as well.looks like a faulty gfci that caused the problem

That happened to me also with a bad GFCI.....I dont run everything on one anymore....come to think of it I dont even run on a GFCI anymore....twitch twitch....but thats another thread story.

another GFI horror story, sorry for your losses Bill. :(

I use a ground probe instead of a GFCI. I've had bad experiences with GFCI plugs and breakers.

Bummer, bad scene. Don't give up on the GFCI thing though, human safety I reckon takes precedence over other mishaps. As suggested, don't run everything on your tank on a single device.

Magic man, you've potentially set yourself up for a different kind of 'experience', and not a good one by running a ground probe only. Don't really think this thread is the place to get into that topic too far, but do a little searching on the interweb & you'll find some info of interest with regard to GFCIs & grounding probes. In most jurisdictions it's against code to have receptacles near water (sinks, tubs, showers, etc.) that are not GFI protected. Perhaps the code doesn't specifically spell out 'aquarium', but it's kind of common sense, no?

Sorry to hear. No GFI here either, when power went out the GFI would have to be reset manually.

I use a grounding probe as well.....and a good pair of rubber shoes. Being an electrician in a past life youd think I would be promoting GFCI but they dont play well with others when it comes to aquariums and the longevity of your fish. Power fails....GFCI needs a manual reset. Some things are on a GFCI but not everything.