Need some advice..

[Sheol]

As some of you may know, this weekend my tank crashed ( faulty heater). Only my Pomacentrid fish survived. My YT damsel & False perc.
Well, I may soon get my Flame Angel or whatever.
Actually, I just would like to here some advice on recovery & restocking from those who have survived this kind of thing..


Matthew:mixed:

 

[boatbuilder]

First get several smaller heaters!! If one craters at least you still get some heat.
Been there myself but luckily we caught it in time. I now have four 100 watt of different styles and brands. Heaters on e-bay are dirt cheep.
my .02

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Ack!! Bad season for tank crashes. Sorry bud. The only thing that lifted my spirits was to stabilize the tank, and do something. I bought a few small fish, and a few corals. It rekindled my spirits.

 

[flameangel88]

Very sorry to hear that. Back in Sep '07 I lost just about everything during a move that was supposedly 4-6 hours which turned into almost the whole day. By the time I went to acclimate the buckets of fish most were on their last breath. Three weeks later I jumped right back into restocking for a new tank and ordered 6 FAs, PBT and juvie Emperor. A month later I got a pair of Semilarvatus and a juvie BF. Never looked back since and added more and more over time. In the first 6-9 months during each restocking I gradually added more live rocks to balance the system and after almost 2 years I'm now slowly removing some rocks to have more open space but added/upgraded other equipments to compensate.

Good luck with your restocking.

Kevin