Tank Crashes

Carson. · #1 06-17-2021, 02:03 AM

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

Wretch · #2 06-17-2021, 04:19 AM

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.

Carson. · #3 06-17-2021, 05:48 AM

BRS claims thats one of the most common causes of tank crashes. Heater failure in general

toxic111 · #4 06-17-2021, 01:45 PM

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.

Carson. · #5 06-17-2021, 06:51 PM

Thats a shame, how old was the tank? I've never used an aquarium controller, have you considered using or since purchased one?

H2o2 · #6 06-17-2021, 11:33 PM

Heater blew up and can’t remember the name something Pro and it took me out

Carson. · #7 06-18-2021, 01:23 AM

How old was the heater?

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