A 99°F disaster....

CookieJar

Premium Member
It happened to my tank last night- a malfuncting thermostat made the furnace run all day, making my place 104F which caused the tank to heat up to 99F. Needless to say, about everything is dead except two clownfish, a damselfish and some hermits. I'm very bummed about this, not just the loss of $$$, but more so that the beautiful creatures I enjoyed have been killed, and to replace them means more harvesting from the oceans. Ugh. I'll really be looking forward to the BAR frag swap in Feb. :thumbsup:

My question is should I take out all the dead corals, and remove the rocks to scrape them of the dead/ decaying critters and put the rocks back in so I can reuse them when I upgrade to my larger tank? I'd like to salvage the rocks, even if they've reverted back into 'base' rock. I figure I'll be making plenty of water changes to keep the remaining critters alive.
 
I would dunk and swirl the rocks in a bucket to remove any necrotic tissue, do a major water, and see what pops up. I had a heat issue with a tank a few years ago, all of the zoanthids made it, even though the tank got over 100 degrees.
 
Sorry to hear your loss.

Let me know if you need help, once you have everything stabilized again. I'm willing to donate some corals: orange monti digi and green pocillopora

I'm in Mountain View too.
 
I'm the owner of the condo and I installed a new thermostat 1 year ago, so renters insurance isn't applicable. The lesson learned is don't buy a cheap thermostat!

I'll do the dunk & swirl and hope for survivors.

Naughty- thanks for the offer, I'll take you up on it once I get my 180 up & running.
 
Didn't you guy feel hot? Sorry about your lost.. I don't have nice expensive stuff. If you ever need Kenya tree and GSP. I have a forest of them. :D
 
I'm sure they felt pretty hot considering how hot it was.
But Sorry about what happened.
 
haha, I wish I felt hot so I could turn it off. I was at work and the furnace was cooking away all day with nobody home.

Survivors so far:
2 Clownfish
Damsel
Blenny
Hermits
Snails
Tube worms
Urchin

Signs of life:
GSP
Mushrooms
Buttom polyps
Aptasia #$@%!
 
WOW that sucks.... I left a heater on once and baked my place, Killed my hamsters.

I still feel bad to this day.

See if your home owners insurance will cover it.

Good luck from MARS
 
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First off - sorry for your loss. :(

I seriously doubt home owners insurance or renter insurance will cover loss of livestock. They might cover equipment damage - but usually live stock.

Also - I personally wouldn't make a claim against home owners insurance. Some insurance will cancel you in a heartbeat for a single claim. Also - if you ever try to find new home owners insurance, it might be a PIA because you have a claim.
 
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