Worst weekend ever.

mseepman · #1 08-07-2012, 10:50 PM

Ouch...I feel for you. You're tank is one of the ones I always look for on here and these "Murphy's Law" moments scare the crap out of me. I too travel a lot for work.

ScubaSteve · #2 08-07-2012, 11:43 PM

Ya, all at once. Back in June I discovered at 5 am, 2 hours before my flight to Toronto for a week long business trip, that: my return pump fried, one of my heaters went bonkers and half the switches on my power strip stopped working or welded themselves in the on position. Like, seriously fish tank? Everything was fine the night before when I spent 4 hours cleaning you and making sure everything was OK.

I swear the tank is sentient and knows when I'm busy or going out of town.

asylumdown · #3 08-08-2012, 12:48 AM

I checked the fan on the radion, it was working fine. So then I switched the power supplies and that's what appears to be the problem, another totally functional unit started blinking on and off when I connected it to the problem power supply. I'll call ecotech in the morning.

And yes, there were a few factors at play here. Throwing away 1500 dollars in dead coral is pretty devastating, especially when you know that others probably won't make it.

The only saving grace is that my fish are all OK. I've wanted a Copper Band butterfly for... lord, years? I finally start having success with one and this happens. I nearly had a heart attack. However, he/she has gained weight since I left, and my tuskfish seems to have stopped all forms of aggression towards it.

Now, if I can get through the next few days without a massive ammonia spike I'll be in the clear. Back to square one from a coral point of view, but most things with heartbeats seem ok (most of my snails got nuked).

asylumdown · #4 08-08-2012, 12:52 AM

salinity is up to 1.018... I'm trying to take this slow.

On the upside, on of my fish had a few spots of ich. Those appear to be gone now...

Zoaelite · #5 08-08-2012, 01:42 AM

Adam if you are in need of some freebies to start filling holes let me know, I still have a few things from the main tank that need to go. Denny also just got a majority of my zoas so there are some nice frags over at his place for dirt cheap.

That blows man

, atleast you are able to learn from your mistakes. No more skimmer effluent hoses down the drain ya hear?

reefwars · #6 08-08-2012, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoaelite

Adam if you are in need of some freebies to start filling holes let me know, I still have a few things from the main tank that need to go. Denny also just got a majority of my zoas so there are some nice frags over at his place for dirt cheap.

That blows man

, atleast you are able to learn from your mistakes. No more skimmer effluent hoses down the drain ya hear?

absolutely, pm me ill get you a bunch of stuff to start up again my treat

sorry to hear about your luck man

asylumdown · #7 08-08-2012, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by reefwars

absolutely, pm me ill get you a bunch of stuff to start up again my treat

sorry to hear about your luck man

Thanks for the offer man, are you in Calgary? (I've never heard of Lut Desert before)

asylumdown · #8 08-08-2012, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoaelite

Adam if you are in need of some freebies to start filling holes let me know, I still have a few things from the main tank that need to go. Denny also just got a majority of my zoas so there are some nice frags over at his place for dirt cheap.

That blows man

, atleast you are able to learn from your mistakes. No more skimmer effluent hoses down the drain ya hear?

word man. I should have known better. The double edged sword of a giant cadillac of a skimmer is that it's both capable of draining a small ocean of water, and the collection cup is that much bigger an more disgusting to clean, so no one else wants to!

lockrookie · #9 08-08-2012, 04:38 AM

if only there was such a thing as coral cross.. a disaster relif for the reefers of canada... hope all turns out for you.

Snaz · #10 08-08-2012, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by asylumdown

On the upside, on of my fish had a few spots of ich. Those appear to be gone now...

Could be the calm before the ich storm. Those few spots might have spawned zillions that are now maturing in the sandbed and will emerge with a vengeance shortly. If you fish are stressed now they might be more susceptible to ich, if you have a quarantine tank it might be worth getting it ready if that is how you approach ich. This is a great ich article:P
http://www.reefland.com/forum/marine...ths-facts.html