Selling my Brand New Set up

[Blom]

lol it happens. I too am in a condo for now, and I too left the RO running. Flooded the bathroom out, I was just lucky that it didnt flood the people below me out. Lesson learned, fill RO in bathtub!!

[fishoholic]

Flooding happens to everyone in this hobby. Thankfully my tanks are in the basement where I generally could care less if it floods. I have an ATO but needless to say if you turn off the ATO then move the ATO hose out of he sump to clean out a piece of equipment, remember to put the hose back into the tank before plugging the ATO back in I dumped about 10g of water all over the carpet before I realized my stupid mistake

[NanoN00b]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Flooding happens to everyone in this hobby.

Actually... *knocks on wood*

I have not ever had this happen in four years... Mind you, I was previously in a rental apartment with a 29G BioCube, so we both know there isn't a lot of water like some of the larger tanks I see. And everyone will then say four years isn't long enough of a reference point maybe, but it's all I've got in salt.

Best investment is ATO and a laundry sink for smaller tanks (25-50) and ATO (Built-in or otherwise) plus a salt mixing system that I've seen a lot of people build for larger tanks (50G+) IMO. Again, totally personal opinion. This is not including RO, so lets not go into all the other things, I'm talking about this.

I would say keep it also, but that's me. I've lost fish and coral, usually to my own stupidity - and I continue to work on it.

I've found the two most annoying parts of the hobby for me are water changes and monitoring. Any larger tank that goes in at home will include the salt mixing and ATO, plus monitoring of params, like a RKE NET or something... Yeah, I know it's stupid expensive... but in the long run, knowing something is awry with the heater long before you suspect it is worth it to me, same with salinity changes or pH issues.

All in all, I've heard of lots of floods (hundreds reading forums - a number in RL offline) and other problems (I wouldn't recommend a poor quality ATO either) but all in all - I think I love the hobby enough that I would overcome them.

Wait a second... 995?!?! YOU SHOULD SELL EVERYTHING. TO ME. j/k!

[dsaundry]

If I could make a suggestion, as one who has had the 2 worst experiences this year that I have had in 10+ years reefing, I would advise you to hang on to the tank and stuff. You will regret it{selling} after a bit of time. I lost a total of 24 fish and a few corals and I was angry, sick and very frustrated at the hobby and myself. All that said, I went through a cool down and rethink period and my one tank is looking great again and I am even thinking about resetting up the other small one in the near future. This hobby definately has its highs and lows. Take your time, don't be in a hurry to give up, it takes a bit...Don't get too bummed out about it, take it slow and breathe a bit. Hang on to the tank and give it a while and then reset it up. Ato's are great and a must, I have one and they do work. Remember hind-sight is always 20/20 and there isn't anybody on this forum or any other one that hasn't lost something in this hobby that hurts a bunch. I hope you reconsider selling your set-up...but good luck either way.

[Jaro]

If you are still looking to sell, I might want to buy some stuff.

call/text 403-613-3953

[parkinsn]

Just saw this..... Sorry to hear Kelly. You should hang on to your stuff for a later date. Your not getting what you put into it. You will look back on this and laugh, we have all left the RO running. Simple mistake, you dont want to have to start over when you decide to get back in.

[DisneyCoralReef]

Originally Posted by parkinsn

Just saw this..... Sorry to hear Kelly. You should hang on to your stuff for a later date. Your not getting what you put into it. You will look back on this and laugh, we have all left the RO running. Simple mistake, you dont want to have to start over when you decide to get back in.

Oh you're not kidding Scott. I cried for a solid 2 weeks I was so upset. Hubby is saying to get the automatic top off and whatever else is needed to help control those types of issues from happening again. But you're right Scott. It makes me so upset to even think about selling it-that I think we are going to leave it in storage and bring it back out in a few months, at least when the condo is rebuild...

[DisneyCoralReef]

Oh it's killing me. Hubby is more than willing to invest into the tank to make sure we have the bells and whistles to help prevent this from happening again. Its absolutely heart breaking after all the work we've done, and all those who've helped us put it together.

I'm so upset with this whole thing, I honestly cannot get myself to do this. For now, the tank is going to stay in storage until I spend more time at home and I can physically see the tank and stay there with it.

Jaro appreciate your interest. IF I were to still sell it, it would be everything as a whole, not pieces-as per the add description.

[Skimmerking]

you have a great hubby kido leave it and go for it.

Originally Posted by DisneyCoralReef

Oh it's killing me. Hubby is more than willing to invest into the tank to make sure we have the bells and whistles to help prevent this from happening again. Its absolutely heart breaking after all the work we've done, and all those who've helped us put it together.

I'm so upset with this whole thing, I honestly cannot get myself to do this. For now, the tank is going to stay in storage until I spend more time at home and I can physically see the tank and stay there with it.

Jaro appreciate your interest. IF I were to still sell it, it would be everything as a whole, not pieces-as per the add description.

[Bloodasp]

Good for you to decide to try to give it one more shot.