Heat Disaster - Chiller Pump failed!

[samsfishnchips]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7834857#post7834857 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by opie
Thanks for the support guys... a few corals are totally bleached but I can see polyps on some of them. I'll just give it some time and hopefully they will recover.
Cheers!

good sign,

all I need to hear now its that my piece is one of the them and were in business...

sam

 

[opie]

Actually, your piece was in a relatively sheltered area and is as bushy as ever with no worries at all. Let me know when you want to pick it up.
Cheers!

 

[opie]

Well more corals have died over the past few days - so I think I might be scaling back for a while to regroup for a pure SPS tank.
Here are some pics:

 

[opie]

My prize undata is also about to be fragged to stop the losses

 

[concept3]

ouch- that was unbearable to see. Glad to see you'll still be in the game though!

STICK ON!

 

[samsfishnchips]

man that sucks, though things were going to pull through,

sam

 

[steve68]

yeah that does suck Opie hang in there.
having my own heat spike a couple of weeks ago & watching my
SPS bleach & rtn i all most want to just do LPS zoos & softies,
& now im treating for red bugs again i think this is the last straw
for me if the red bugs come back no more SPS 4 me.

 

[PnoyReefeR]

wow.... hang in there and when you are ready let me know I have some sps for yah... goodluck

 

[Phyl]

Whoah. How sad. Sorry about the losses.

 

[opie]

I am thinking about breaking down the tank and starting from scratch again. The only problem is where to house my fish in the mean time since I am so attached to them - I can't bear to let them go

 

[ericp351]

I was just going to sell my drop in cyclone chiller cause I got a new one. The new one is a remote mount so I now pump the water to the chiller. After seeing your pics and hearing this sad story I am keeping my old chiller and setting the controller at 82. If the pump fails on my primary chiller the second one will kick on. This may sound a little insane to some people but there is no possible way I can afford to start this all over again (time or money).

Eric...

 

[opie]

A very good idea.
I work in IT and a big part of what I do is Disaster recovery - which is why I had a backup pump. I didnt think hot standby would be required but looks like that's what I will need.

 

[ericp351]

Opie,
I am sorry that it was your unfortunate disaster that has given me this opportunity to avoid a potential problem. Unfortunately this is only one of a whole host of problems that can take our tanks inhabitants from us.

Eric...

 

[Dom_P]

Opie,

That sucks!

Please tell me that pic wasn't the superman monti

 

[opie]

It was...

 

[blange3]

Hey Opie,

I was looking at the pix again and I bet that LPS will come back. If you want I have an LPS only tank going and I can work on nursing it for you if you breakdown the tank.