Alfredshouse is gone.....

Abbyreefer · #1 03-16-2009, 10:26 PM

I'm soo sorry to hear. Anything I can do to help, let me know.

alfredshouse · #2 03-16-2009, 10:36 PM

thank you all for your kind words, I could really use them right now. I dont think anyone can do anything for me. However, if anyone has a pump, skimmer or a overflow for sale please let me know. Thanks

Lance · #3 03-16-2009, 10:45 PM

Sad to hear this.

tang daddy · #4 03-16-2009, 11:07 PM

I'm sorry to hear this,

I was wondering tho if there was something that could've taken your fish and inverts all in one night?

The nitrates could've been high and even climbing but isn't it alittle suspicious that everything dropped dead overnight did you add any new live rock to your tank or perhaps changed water?

hockey nut · #5 03-16-2009, 11:12 PM

Sorry to hear about your loss.

mark · #6 03-16-2009, 11:12 PM

Sorry to hear.

I wouldn't blame solely on not having a sump, as having a sump isn't a guarantee of being problem free.

hillegom · #7 03-16-2009, 11:19 PM

Sorry to hear of your loss.
Very suspicious. High nitrates, and your corals are ok? Would not your coarls die before the fish. I hope they do not, but why all the fish?

fkshiu · #8 03-16-2009, 11:43 PM

Exactly how high were your nitrates? Fish can and will survive in much higher levels of nitrates than corals can and nitrates don't usually cause sudden mass deaths.

Secondly, how exactly do you think the FX5 caused the spike?

The most common cause of "death by filter" is if it was left off for a long time which caused everything in there to die. Within the sealed confines of a canister filter like the FX5 you would have had a lot of hydrogen sulfide gas build-up. As a result, when you turn the filter back on, all the nasty H2SO3 will literally cause a monstrous fart from hell which gases everything dead in the tank. Do you detect any rotten egg smells?

Not trying to cross-examine you here, just wondering perhaps there might have been another cause.

RuGlu6 · #9 03-17-2009, 05:01 AM

sorry to hear,
did you have a black cucumber?
same thing happened to me long time ago when black cucumber died.
whiped the whole tank out.
Re overflow i have CPR-90 replica brand new newer used for $50

Purple · #10 03-18-2009, 12:46 AM

So sorry to hear this!