Well...My Tank Crashed overnight..power outage

Pan · #1 04-09-2008, 12:52 PM

Well i came homew from work tonight to find a missing clown a ghost white clown who lept to his death right before my eyes. A ghost white atlantic tang...a freaking out gobie an my naso seems okay and my powder but damn it my other fish is hiding. Ammonia through the roof...was fine yesterday morning. Doing some water changes hope everyone lives...bloody snails are fine...crap crap crap. Hopefully work will understand when i ask for the night off. Anyone here wanna vouch and say i had to take them to the hospital?
Bloody fish....

ferret · #2 04-09-2008, 01:13 PM

Sorry to hear that, do the best you can to save the remaining livestock

Matt · #3 04-09-2008, 01:14 PM

Oh man, what a nightmare!

Pan · #4 04-09-2008, 01:31 PM

Yeah tell me about it. Did a quick couple of water changes, mix quick super aerate then put it. Normally i would wait but i don't have time, work would not understand. Plus new saltwater is better than bad saltwater. At least in my experience, although i have never had a tank crash like that before...minor problems but not big ones. Naso was getting over ich it seemed, now its flared up. Gobie has calmed down and seems to be back scouring the sand...gonna do a couple more changes just to be safe. Have to make a trip in to the city for more salt at this rate..damn it to hell. Still cannot find one clownfish...don't want to move rocks as the tangs are hiding under there...don't want to stress them more. I love my little percs to...so beautiful...looked like onyx clowns to me. Damn Damn Damn. Thats what i get for having the emergency backup plan only on paper...i should so know better by now.

bassman · #5 04-09-2008, 02:02 PM

Man that really sucks! So sorry to hear that. Is the pit out of your stomach yet?

I came home one day to find my fan had fallen in my tank and it's wasn't GFI so it was still running!
My stomach was in a knot for about a week after that one.

How long was the power off?

Pan · #6 04-09-2008, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bassman

Man that really sucks! So sorry to hear that. Is the pit out of your stomach yet?

I came home one day to find my fan had fallen in my tank and it's wasn't GFI so it was still running!
My stomach was in a knot for about a week after that one.

How long was the power off?

I don't know...i done a bunch of water changes...as many as i feel safe...Ro/Di is down and tapwater isn't the greatest...never really had problems with it before but my RO/DO was better

at this point all i can do is cross my fingers and go to sleep. Have not seen the naso tang in about an hour...that worries me. Gobie seems like he is eating...i hope all is well. If not well...we'll see.

bassman · #7 04-09-2008, 02:53 PM

Do you have any idea what the temperature was when you got home? Do you think it was the colder water that got them or the lack of circulation?