Not so great update
Here's the tank back in January
Here's the tank today
Keep in mind this is an unintentional reset.
As some of you know I'm building a bigger sump. So last night I'm looking under the DT to plan some plumbing changes and noticed some water in the stand. Took some time to find where it was coming from, and unfortunately it turns out not to be a plumbing issue.
There is a hole in the seam just above the bottom trim.
Here's a video link
This is what I found on the inside. Dimples in the silicone. They were below the sand so I think the sand was keeping it from spewing. It only started to pour out once I dug around.
I had my wife hold a towel against it while I drained the tank. Luckily I have a spare drum so I could save the water.
Also lucky I have many heaters and powerheads.
I transfered all the LR and coral I want to keep into a couple tubs.
The fish are in the 20g QT. Another lucky situation. I just finished putting our yellow coris back in the DT last Saturday after putting him through a round of Furan-2 and Kanaplex.
They are going into the 36g bowfront tomorrow night.
Yet another lucky situation. I almost sold this tank once but thought I'd better keep it for this kind of situation.
Then I'm putting all the coral I want to keep into the 20g
Aqueon and J&L are doing an amazing job of getting the warranty situation taken care of.
Looks like it may be a couple weeks before the new tank arrives. Doesn't matter as I'm going to redo and tidy up a lot of stuff.
So looking at this from a positive perspective, now I have a chance to get rid of corals I don't want, clean up some algae issues and do a re-scape.
Plus I can now pull the tank away from the wall a few inches more. This way I'll be able to use a Mag Float on the back instead of a Kent scraper.
On the negative side, I missed a day of work due to being up too late last night. I'll have to steam clean some carpet and wash out a bucket of old sand.
As for losses so far all fish and inverts are alive, but looks like I'll lose our hammer colony. The favia and candy cane colonies aren't looking too happy either. I'll know more in the next couple days.