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| View Poll Results: In consideration of Tank Crashes... | |||
| My tank has suffered a full crash |
   
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20 | 13.33% |
| My tank has suffered a partial crash |
  
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34 | 22.67% |
| My tank has never crashed, but has potential problems |
  
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40 | 26.67% |
| My tank is bullet proof |
  
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16 | 10.67% |
| Crash caused by equipment failure |
  
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21 | 14.00% |
| Crash caused by temperature deviation |
  
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13 | 8.67% |
| Crash caused by electrical failure |
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13 | 8.67% |
| Crash caused by system design flaw |
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7 | 4.67% |
| Crash caused by water chemistry |
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15 | 10.00% |
| Crash caused by low oxygen levels |
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8 | 5.33% |
| Crash caused by disease or parasites |
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15 | 10.00% |
| Crash caused by Old Tank Syndrome |
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2 | 1.33% |
| Crash caused by New Tank Syndrome (rushing it) |
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6 | 4.00% |
| The cause is not listed in this poll |
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13 | 8.67% |
| The crash was completely out of my control |
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9 | 6.00% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 150. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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06-21-2011, 04:41 PM
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two partial crashes, one a SE bulb broke the outer casing and continued to work, irradiating one side of the tank with UV killing 3 fish and a multitude of corals.
Second crash was due to reefer stupidity (not listed, I selected temperature deviation): moving the tank at the end of the day (an all day move) and left the livestock on a cool concrete floor (it didn't feel all that cold at the time) while I took a dinner break. Then put the corals into the tank without matching the temperature. The colonies in the coolest water started to RTN and caused a cascade effect that took 2 weeks of massive waterchanges to get the ammonia down to an acceptable level where it wouldn't cause issues for the rest of the corals. I lost most of my larger colonies, didn't lose any fish though (they were in an insulated cooler).
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