March TOTM Crashes!

[PelagicMagic]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7826462#post7826462 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefshadow
WTH?????? What is wrong with you? So because he may have made a profit off all his hard work, you figure that it's ok that his tank crashed? Perhaps you think that all his original colonies were free, and so he shouldn't profit off of them? Maybe you think he was paying someone else to do all the hard work and research it takes to run a tank like that?

One of the best sps keepers I know makes a living off of his tank now, I am GLAD for him, and go to his store whenever I can.

If people are crazy enough to bid up to 400 bucks, more power to Snipersps.

Perhaps you are jealous?

Again another quick tempered person who jumps right in.

If you will read the previous posts your questions will be answered.

My comment was based on the fact that a frag's sole value depended on totm on RC. Thats all I said. I never said its ok his tank crashed which is a terrible thing to say. I never said it was wrong to sell them at extremely high values. Please read the posts before making comments.

And yes more power to him.


Now lets stay on topic, this is getting old

 

[reefshadow]

I did read the posts. Why even bring up the ebay thing on a thread ABOUT HIS CRASHING TANK?? What's the point? It is so totally irrelevant I find myself struggling to figure out why you would even bring it up.

And yes I do get quick tempered when it comes to something like this. It's terrible.

 

[whiteshark]

Hugo is REALLY sad about this. In another thread he said

"My heart is really broken rigt now, i am fealing really bad iam cryng always when i see some picts of my tank cause i cant bolive is like this is a dream."

Plz. dont make him feel worse with these other "price hiking" accusations...

 

[PelagicMagic]

good point. Now lets drop it

 

[JRod]

Just think how many other reefers have lost their tanks. All those that were the guys you and I are that would never make the TOTM. From the nano to the big, there has to be ALOT of loss out there. So to finger Hugo is to finger ever other guy that has made a profit. Supply and Demand people.
Now is not the time to point fingers, as a community we have all felt a loss to our tanks and you KNOW how it feels. Imagine the whole thing. Give it a rest people, Hugo is NOT the only one grieving here, there are alot more and that is where this thread should stay!

 

[Coral Dilema]

I am very sorry for your loss. I had a pretty severe crash also back in march, right after my (ex)wife moved out. All of my fish and a few of my corals survived. I lost everything in the sandbed and all of my bristleworms. Anyway, when you get your tank back up and running drop me a line and I'll send you some frags of what I have. Reefers helping Reefers, because who else will?

 

[PelagicMagic]

I would like to apologize for asking that question that got out of hand with some short tempered members. I feel very bad for upsetting everyone and I also wish the best to Hugo. In no way did I point a finger at Hugo for any sales or related activities. I just wanted to know who was benefiting off his success as TOTM. I feel really bad for Hugo for his Fish loss as well as his coral loss because I know some people become deeply attached to their fish for their different personalities.

 

[Tat2demon]

I dont care what he tried to save the tank, or if he sells frags.

What I want to know is if anyone has heard from him and if he plans to rebuild?

Personally I think I would call it quits after losing that tank but hopefully he is able to stick with it and recover.

Best of luck to ya snipersps.

 

[DocG]

I can't imagine how he feels right now. When I got into the hobby (5 years ago, the tank was 5 months old) I had a tank crash. I was new to the hobby and didn't have nearly the setup he did. I was able to save 2 fish a juvenile emperor (now a fully transitioned adult) and a flame hawkfish. Both of these fish are still alive and both of these fish are why I am still in the hobby today.

I still get quite upset thinking about that crash.

I have always known that now that I have a large system I need a generator for it. My battery operated air pump just ain't gonna cut it any more. I would think about it for a while and then just conveniently put it to the back of my mind. I knew that I was playing with fire but "it could never happen to me."

It is really sad that it takes a disaster of this magnitude on a tank that I looked up to as being the gold standard of SPS tanks to make me get off my rear-end and just buy the stupid generator.

So I went to Wal-Mart tonight and got myself a generator. I plan to get this thing built and tested ASAP.

 

[whiteshark]

Hugo has been doing some posting in the SPS forum. From what I gather, he plans on starting again, with the help of some fellow reefers and frag donations.

 

[MyMonkey]

Terrible loss.

 

[affan]

My condolences to Hugo and his son. FWIW, and I hate to be cynical here, but in snipersps' defense, even generators and the likes are no surefire way of preventing total losses. Hurricane Katrina wiped out my tank last year when we lost power AND water for 27 days. Though the water supply was resumed within a couple of weeks. Even with a Honda driven generator I had, after the first couple of weeks with no power, it got so bad for us that we had to leave everything behind and move in with our relatives 100 miles away until the power came back on. I could not bring myself to do it, but it came down to choosing between proper sustenance for us or the tank. Also, because my wife threatened divorce if we didn't leave

 

[snipersps]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7828346#post7828346 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tat2demon
I dont care what he tried to save the tank, or if he sells frags.

What I want to know is if anyone has heard from him and if he plans to rebuild?

Personally I think I would call it quits after losing that tank but hopefully he is able to stick with it and recover.

Best of luck to ya snipersps.

hello guys im here i did not read this thread but here iam i noly to you guys that i did not and amn not planing on quiting i will return again and another thing that in reality the negative comments towards me i dont really care or pay attention to them cause its like if there just trash to me so i try to think positive on what happend to my tank some think that every thing for not putting 250 dollars ina generator this happend but in reality i have the generator the one in which i was using in the main pump also one of my neighbors pass me electricity to connect the chiller but the mane reason of my loss was because all the fish died and it provoked the water to go bad lots of nitrate and amonia also tuesday morning i chaged approx. 100 gal. of water in the morning and an other 50 in the afternoon but this was not sufficient because there was a lot of amonia and nitraates and i am really thank ful for those who think positiv in my loss
thank you hugo

 

[affan]

Man, folks here flaming should be ashamed of themselves. Generator or no generator, poor planning or whatever, the bottomline is that a fellow reefer lost something, and by no fault of his own, in which he poured his heart and soul. Not to mention thousands of dollars and intangibles like his time and effort. To even remotely grasp the magnitude of this tragedy is beyond thought. On a positive note, however, we're going to look forward to him returning and retaining and hopefully surpassing the glory of his old tank.

 

[Sports Girl]

Well said, affan. Best of luck to you, Snipersps. I'm sure we'll be seeing you on TOTM again soon.