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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%
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Old 08-03-2012, 08:06 PM
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Only ever had a partial crash from switching tanks and not planning for enough new water.
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Old 08-03-2012, 08:07 PM
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Ohhh, I forgot tank transfers...that's a common killer too. Dangit. You can't mod the poll can you Brad?
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Ohhh, I forgot tank transfers...that's a common killer too. Dangit. You can't mod the poll can you Brad?
Looks like I can. Added moves/transfers
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Old 08-03-2012, 08:26 PM
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Awesome, thanks Brad!!
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I answered in two categories....I did something stupid while transferring/moving the tank
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Don't forget rotten carbon
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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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I got caught in the bad batch of instant ocean that came out a few years ago(2003). Painful experience.
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Ya ready for my list?
1. First encounter with velvet, killed everything but I was green and didnt even notice it
2. Tank broke
3. Ex-GF killed my 2 large volitans, mini crash as 100% fish died
4. Land lord poisoned tank with ant spray
5. Hair algea took over so I shut down, put corals in another tank and heater cooked that tank
6. Mom overdosed Alk/VSV
7. And just recently I lost a bunch of very rare expensive fish due to a combo of moving stress, bad infestations and suspected bad meds
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Old 08-11-2012, 02:18 AM
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Painted the hole up stairs and killed all my clams and some of my corals.
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