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| View Poll Results: What caused your reef tank crash? | |||
| I'm not really sure |      | 6 | 6.52% | 
| Clam spawning |      | 0 | 0% | 
| Macro algae went sexual |      | 3 | 3.26% | 
| Overheated from hot weather |      | 5 | 5.43% | 
| Faulty heater (hot or cold) |      | 12 | 13.04% | 
| Faulty auto top off |      | 6 | 6.52% | 
| Faulty doser |      | 0 | 0% | 
| Other faulty equipment |      | 6 | 6.52% | 
| I didn't pay enough attention to parameters |      | 15 | 16.30% | 
| I did something stupid |      | 14 | 15.22% | 
| Tank sitter did something stupid |      | 3 | 3.26% | 
| My kids did something to the tank |      | 3 | 3.26% | 
| Tank broke |      | 5 | 5.43% | 
| Toxin within the tank (like maybe fragged large leather) |      | 3 | 3.26% | 
| Toxin outside the tank (like maybe household cleaners) |      | 2 | 2.17% | 
| Prolonged power outage |      | 5 | 5.43% | 
| I was away when the tank crashed |      | 8 | 8.70% | 
| Other |      | 11 | 11.96% | 
| Tank move/transfer |      | 17 | 18.48% | 
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 92. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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|   i havent had a crash yet knock on wood...my time wil come..  this should be an option as well 
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|   The closest I've come to a full tank crash was loosing a few fish in a move in my first year. But I have had a few close calls since then including "Tank sitter did something stupid". 
				__________________ "We shall dive down through black abysses... and in that lair of the Deep Ones we shall dwell amidst wonder and glory forever." - H.P. Lovecraft Old 120gal Tank Journal New 225gal Tank Journal May 2010 TOTM The 10th Annual Prince George Reef Tank Tour | 
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|   Does doing some thing stupid during a move causing your friends tank to crash count?    | 
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|   I'm waiting to see if anyone's children caused a crash. My little guy is very good around the system, though I do threaten him regularly. | 
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|   I had an incident many years ago when my daughter (15 now) was only about 4 or 5.. I was cleaning the canopy and stand of my 120 gallon salt tank, and I was using Murphey's wood/oil soap (the canopy and stand were oak) and the phone rang.. I ran and answered it and the moment my back was turned, my daughter poured the soapy water straight into my sump.. I watched in horror as immediately the oil soap was pumped into the tank.. The water immediately turned white.. It was freaky and awful!! I did a massive water change immediately, and let the sump do the rest (I was glad to have bio-balls back then to rinse off instead of live rock in the sump!) the sump was so powerful, that unbelievably I lost NOTHING! Unbelievable huh?   I wish I could say the same about my other crash.. I may add that one another day.. Don't want to talk about it right now  lol  | 
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|   Your post reminded me of my soap incident | 
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|   Don't forget rotten carbon   
				__________________ I'm not 'fallow' you must be talking about my tank! | 
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|   Quote: 
 Toddlers and preschoolers can be such monkeys! It's a good thing that they're so darn adorable (most of the time). My three-year-old is well behaved around our system, for the most part. | 
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|   Ohhh, I did forget about that.  So many things can go wrong it's hard to think of them all while making a poll!   I guess that falls into "other". | 
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