dippin61
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So, my tank has been doing really good over the last few months. just bought some frags from joel the other day as well. Things been coloring up nicely and going real smooth. I was getting excited over my tank again.
Well yesterday, somehow the bracket for my fan, to keep the tank cool, that was hanging over my sump broke, and the fan fell into the sump. I couldnt get to it for probably an hour or so, but it it did trip my gfci, but, when i reset it, i didnt know the fan was in the sump, it came on and didnt reset right away, so who knows how long it took to trip the first time. But i noticed right away something was wrong and found my fan laying in the sump.
anyways, by the time i got the fan out, it had already started to rust. long story short, just about everything in my tank is dead or dying. Fish seem ok, but my zoa's, and all my sps are on their way out. my chesterfield didnt even make it thorugh the night. It completely RTN'd already. My oregon tort is horrible looking, my superman danae is dead, my stylo's are on the way out, the Upscales LE hispida is dead, both frags, and my milles are done for.
dunno if it was the current that ran though the tank, or oils from the fan, or some of the rust got into the water, but the outcome is sad. Since i dont have the money to start over, i'll most likely be breaking my tank down, and we'll just have my wifes FOWLR now.
Im at work now, and wont be able to tend to the tank until 6 or 7 tonight. I surmise, that by then everything will already be dead. Something in the water is killing stuff fast. although all my snails, fish, and even my porcelain crab look ok. but every coral looks bad. The zoas still wont open, mushrooms are shriveled. my brand new bright pink cap, looks to be holding on, but we'll see. the new valida frag i got is done for, the trumpet i just got also looks really deflated, a new monti digitata is holding on so far, but doesnt look good. so if the softies make it til tonight, ill prolly just throw them in my wifes tank. At least i got her new T5's for christmas.
i did a water change, and put extra carbon in, but its not helping. The water is getting cloudy as well.
man i cant believe this. my algae problems were almost completely cleared up, tank was doing really good, had a nice big GC to spend at upscales this weekend. but i cant blame anyone but myself. i made 2 huge mistakes.
1. Having the fan the way i did over my sump.
2. Using a 120v fan.
Just thought I'd vent.
Well yesterday, somehow the bracket for my fan, to keep the tank cool, that was hanging over my sump broke, and the fan fell into the sump. I couldnt get to it for probably an hour or so, but it it did trip my gfci, but, when i reset it, i didnt know the fan was in the sump, it came on and didnt reset right away, so who knows how long it took to trip the first time. But i noticed right away something was wrong and found my fan laying in the sump.
anyways, by the time i got the fan out, it had already started to rust. long story short, just about everything in my tank is dead or dying. Fish seem ok, but my zoa's, and all my sps are on their way out. my chesterfield didnt even make it thorugh the night. It completely RTN'd already. My oregon tort is horrible looking, my superman danae is dead, my stylo's are on the way out, the Upscales LE hispida is dead, both frags, and my milles are done for.
dunno if it was the current that ran though the tank, or oils from the fan, or some of the rust got into the water, but the outcome is sad. Since i dont have the money to start over, i'll most likely be breaking my tank down, and we'll just have my wifes FOWLR now.
Im at work now, and wont be able to tend to the tank until 6 or 7 tonight. I surmise, that by then everything will already be dead. Something in the water is killing stuff fast. although all my snails, fish, and even my porcelain crab look ok. but every coral looks bad. The zoas still wont open, mushrooms are shriveled. my brand new bright pink cap, looks to be holding on, but we'll see. the new valida frag i got is done for, the trumpet i just got also looks really deflated, a new monti digitata is holding on so far, but doesnt look good. so if the softies make it til tonight, ill prolly just throw them in my wifes tank. At least i got her new T5's for christmas.
i did a water change, and put extra carbon in, but its not helping. The water is getting cloudy as well.
man i cant believe this. my algae problems were almost completely cleared up, tank was doing really good, had a nice big GC to spend at upscales this weekend. but i cant blame anyone but myself. i made 2 huge mistakes.
1. Having the fan the way i did over my sump.
2. Using a 120v fan.
Just thought I'd vent.
