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03-14-2009, 08:11 PM
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Tank Nuke
Well i think I may have just nuked my tank. Mixed up a fresh batch of kalk in my ato before heading out the door this morning to watch my daughters rugby game. I guess my ato must have gone off before the kalk had settled out and it got pumped into the tank. Got home and the tank looks like milk. Everything is coated in white dust, visibility is about 2 inches, Corals have turned to white slimy balls of snot and sixline wrasse is dead. Dont know who else is dead yet or if the corals are going to survive. Clowns are the only ones I can find as they are still trying to host in thier very unhappy frogspawn. And to top it all off I have to leave for a family funeral in about 1/2 hour. AAArgh, not going to be a good day.
 
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03-14-2009, 09:17 PM
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Nuked tank
i'm 100% with you for your dismay over simple equipment failures that could wipe out a setup that would have taken anyone countless hours of loving labor to establish. it is this mistrust of equipment reliability that have held me to the stage where i am now, manual dosing, kalk drip, water topoff and perimeter testings. labour intensive many of you might say but what better excuse you can give yourself to fiddle around and to maintain high interest in your tanks.
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03-15-2009, 12:17 AM
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That sucks, hopefully some stuff survives.
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03-15-2009, 05:40 AM
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Well so far it looks like the rest of the fish have survived. Water has mostly cleared up now. The corals i dont know yet. They slimed up really bad and its all covered in Kalk dust.
Rocks and everything are all white. Looks like it snowed in there. Hopefully everything else pulls through.
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03-15-2009, 02:19 PM
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Sorry about your issues. How do things look today?
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694
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03-15-2009, 04:05 PM
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Awww man, I'm sorry to hear that. So frustrating when equipment doesn't work the way you want it to
 How are things looking today??
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