What is the definition of a tank crash?

StirCrazy · #1 03-06-2011, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Doug

Wow Steve. What sad looking pics.

ya that was when my heater stuck on in the tamp tank while I was removing the sand out of the main tank. I put everything back int he tank hoping it would make it but nothing did.

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Originally Posted by Wayne

Um Steve, thank you for the definition... Wow, I have heard stories of the buckets... Its something totally different to see

ya the blue bucket is a 8 gal bucket and the greyish black one is a 20 gal bucket so they are bigger than they look in the pic. to give you an idea the mili in the second bucket pic was almost 20" accross.

Steve

Wayne · #2 03-06-2011, 06:32 PM

Steve did your fish make it?

fishytime · #3 03-07-2011, 02:21 AM

Really sorry to read about your fishues Wayne

......I dont think technically speaking you are having a crash, its more of an event.......I dont know what is worse......slowly losing stuff over a period of days or weeks, not being able to figure out whats going on.......or losing everything all at once, like Steve and myself......

how bout this one........

from this

to this.....in about 36 hours (thats a large coleman extreme cooler, about 5" deep)

Wayne · #4 03-07-2011, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

Really sorry to read about your fishues Wayne

......I dont think technically speaking you are having a crash, its more of an event.......I dont know what is worse......slowly losing stuff over a period of days or weeks, not being able to figure out whats going on.......or losing everything all at once, like Steve and myself......

Yeah thats the thing with not knowing! I think it might be the dead mexican snails (found one shell) or maybe the dead clam, or maybe the brass fitting, or the RO water, or maybe its something on my skin...

So many things that can go wrong on such a sensitive system... Sorry for your loss, certainly makes me realise that I am somewhat lucky. At least some softies and my fish will survive, plus my other tanks arn't plumbed into this one so they are still good.

StirCrazy · #5 03-07-2011, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Wayne

Steve did your fish make it?

ya they were in a different tank and between a couple people and the LFS, I think they are all still doing fine.

Steve

Wayne · #6 03-07-2011, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy

ya they were in a different tank and between a couple people and the LFS, I think they are all still doing fine.

Steve

Thats makes it a little bit better, at least its not a total write off then. Always try to put a positive spin on things.

Honestly though if this tank crashes completly I will be taking some off, till I move into a house in a year or so.

matinbc · #7 03-08-2011, 01:08 AM

Holy boys, your making me sad with all the death. On a positive note My 250w black stealth heater was on its way out the other day and came home to a tank temp of 90degrees!!!!

I grabbed the heater and just about burned my hands. I now have a Ti one and it works great and holds the temp more accuratly.

Made me go ahead and clean all my power heads as well cause I was afraid of any possibility of a tank nuke. I cant wait to find a chiller...

Sorry about your loss, I hope that we find out what it is so we can learn from it.

BlueWorldAquatic · #8 03-08-2011, 01:19 AM

just a few quick ?'s Forgive me if I missed seeing them in this thread.

What salt are you using?
RO water, filtered or purchased?

Ken

Wayne · #9 03-08-2011, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueWorldAquatic

just a few quick ?'s Forgive me if I missed seeing them in this thread.

What salt are you using?
RO water, filtered or purchased?

Ken

I have been using Instant Ocean since I started the tank I have been slowly switching to Instant Ocean Reef Crystals since January. I was using RO/DI for a few months now with my own RO system which is a newer system with new filters.