Hitch08
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A message popped up on my phone that there was water detected in the stand under my tank. It is...was... a 120 Marineland. I have not figured out from where the water was leaking, but I think it was probably coming from a seam along the bottom. It was not pouring out, more of a constant drip, most of it was ending up in the 40g sump. Some water was coming out of the back.
What a heart breaker.
Started this journey in late 2014. Built my own stand (I'm wondering if that played a role), canopy, made a sump from a 40g breeder, bought rock from TBS, etc. I was moving quite slowly with the tank. Last year, things didn't move forward all that much because my wife had some medical issues. I ended up with some cyano. Over the winter and into this year, I got it humming along. Was dosing vinegar and the nitrates and phosphates were basically zero. The relatively few corals that I have looked great. Trumpet coral was growing new heads. My green Stylophora was growing in every direction. My leathers and soft corals looked great. My clown pair were protecting their eggs. On Sunday, I bought some more corals from my LFS. So much for all of that.
The fish are now in the sump. I put the rock with the eggs on it in there as well, the clowns are still protecting them. I moved the various corals into my QT. It's small. All of the rock is now in what was previously my mixing container - a 32 g Brute trash can. Both tanks and the Brute have heaters and power heads running in them. Temps are good, but that's probably the only thing that's good.
Anyway, it seems that the best path forward is for me to give as much of my livestock to my LFS as possible. He's a good guy and I think he'll take the stuff and maybe even hold some of it for me.
However, I don't know where to go from here. As noted above, I don't know if my stand played a role. I was as meticulous as I could be in building it. Near the end, I had a friend who does finish carpentry come over and check it out with me. One end was a little low, which we fixed. As a result, I'm a bit skeptical that's the cause. But, who knows?
Any thoughts/comments/suggestions would be appreciated.
Bummed.
What a heart breaker.
Started this journey in late 2014. Built my own stand (I'm wondering if that played a role), canopy, made a sump from a 40g breeder, bought rock from TBS, etc. I was moving quite slowly with the tank. Last year, things didn't move forward all that much because my wife had some medical issues. I ended up with some cyano. Over the winter and into this year, I got it humming along. Was dosing vinegar and the nitrates and phosphates were basically zero. The relatively few corals that I have looked great. Trumpet coral was growing new heads. My green Stylophora was growing in every direction. My leathers and soft corals looked great. My clown pair were protecting their eggs. On Sunday, I bought some more corals from my LFS. So much for all of that.
The fish are now in the sump. I put the rock with the eggs on it in there as well, the clowns are still protecting them. I moved the various corals into my QT. It's small. All of the rock is now in what was previously my mixing container - a 32 g Brute trash can. Both tanks and the Brute have heaters and power heads running in them. Temps are good, but that's probably the only thing that's good.
Anyway, it seems that the best path forward is for me to give as much of my livestock to my LFS as possible. He's a good guy and I think he'll take the stuff and maybe even hold some of it for me.
However, I don't know where to go from here. As noted above, I don't know if my stand played a role. I was as meticulous as I could be in building it. Near the end, I had a friend who does finish carpentry come over and check it out with me. One end was a little low, which we fixed. As a result, I'm a bit skeptical that's the cause. But, who knows?
Any thoughts/comments/suggestions would be appreciated.
Bummed.
