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| View Poll Results: What caused your tank crash(es)? (Select all that apply) | |||
| Heater failure (on position) |      | 9 | 25.00% | 
| Heater failure (off position) |      | 0 | 0% | 
| Pump failure |      | 5 | 13.89% | 
| Chemical failure (e.g. alk swing, chemical imbalance, extreme level of nutrients) |      | 11 | 30.56% | 
| Livestock failure (e.g. excretion of toxin from dead organism, pollution caused by organism) |      | 8 | 22.22% | 
| Contamination (e.g. introduction of pollutant—soap, sunscreen, oil, rust etc.) |      | 5 | 13.89% | 
| Other |      | 10 | 27.78% | 
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 36. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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|  Tank Crashes Ever experienced a tank crash, what caused it? | 
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|   Once, had a tank that was 6 years old. I stop doing water changes once i notice i didn't need to. It when on for another 5 or 6  years or so. Then one day the light die. I didnt have a replacement or the money for a used one at the time. Used a table lamp for a week before i get a replacement but that was too late... Sent from my SM-G960W using Tapatalk | 
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|   Thats a real shame. All the coral died, what were you keeping? Did everything else do okay, like the fish? Im gonna go do a water change, thanks | 
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|   I have had a heater explode and leak nasty crap into the tank killing most everything. I also have lost power for a week and had a tank die off. | 
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|   BRS claims thats one of the most common causes of tank crashes. Heater failure in general | 
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|   The only crash I had was due to a heater failure of some sort.  Heater separated & caused the GFI plug to trip.  I was away from the house for a long weekend... temp in the tank was down to around 60F. I think the only thing that survived was a RBTA. | 
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|   Thats a shame, how old was the tank? I've never used an aquarium controller, have you considered using or since purchased one? | 
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|   Heater blew up and can’t remember the name something Pro and it took me out | 
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|   How old was the heater? | 
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|   It was only a couple years old but they put out a recall on them and that was a few years ago now |