mr86mister
Saltaholic
:sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1::sad1: Oh man, I'm so sorry. Just reading it made my heart sink. Please keep us updated on everything. I'm sure there is a line up of us that are willing to donate frags to your loss.
Pisces' addiction
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pisces4u
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Thanks all.
After mixing water, doing water changes, and picking shiny floating bits from the water for 12 hours, it looks like 100% loss on Acros and most of my montis. Torches and frogspawn have all their color and flesh, but I know they can rapidly decline without notice. Chalices could go either way, both are showing skeleton points through the flesh. Zoa's and mushrooms all made it to different tanks.
All fish have survived amazingly and we transferred the two clowns and goby to the mushroom tank.
Since my entire frag tank is unaffected, I'm going to use the swap next week as a restart opportunity. While cleaning the tank, I took out all the rock and my new stack looks 100x better and inspired me to restart a collection.
After mixing water, doing water changes, and picking shiny floating bits from the water for 12 hours, it looks like 100% loss on Acros and most of my montis. Torches and frogspawn have all their color and flesh, but I know they can rapidly decline without notice. Chalices could go either way, both are showing skeleton points through the flesh. Zoa's and mushrooms all made it to different tanks.
All fish have survived amazingly and we transferred the two clowns and goby to the mushroom tank.
Since my entire frag tank is unaffected, I'm going to use the swap next week as a restart opportunity. While cleaning the tank, I took out all the rock and my new stack looks 100x better and inspired me to restart a collection.
block head
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ugh!!!! that sucks.stupid heaters. really sorry about your loss. LMK if there is anything i can help with.
jdoenumber2
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If there is anything i can do to help. Pm me.
pisces4u
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Thanks for all the well wishes and offer of help from everyone.
Tank is pretty much barren now, i took out all the white SPS skeletons and dead snails. We were able to save all the fish and softies.
While cleaning and doing water changes, I created a rock stack that I've been thinking of for a while but couldn't since all my acros were glued to the rocks.
I like the new stack a lot more, it feels like a natural reef.
The problem now is I'm not sure if the rock is salvageable or if something in the heater could have leached copper or heavy metals. I can sell and trade my frags to begin anew, but I dread the possibility of needing 60lbs+ of LR.
I spoke to customer support at Marineland and the answering operator sounded like she's heard this before. She said I can file a claim by sending a letter with before/after pics, a write-up on my system and maintenance, and a signed appraisal of my losses from a shop owner. And then wait 4 weeks...
Tank is pretty much barren now, i took out all the white SPS skeletons and dead snails. We were able to save all the fish and softies.
While cleaning and doing water changes, I created a rock stack that I've been thinking of for a while but couldn't since all my acros were glued to the rocks.
I like the new stack a lot more, it feels like a natural reef.
The problem now is I'm not sure if the rock is salvageable or if something in the heater could have leached copper or heavy metals. I can sell and trade my frags to begin anew, but I dread the possibility of needing 60lbs+ of LR.
I spoke to customer support at Marineland and the answering operator sounded like she's heard this before. She said I can file a claim by sending a letter with before/after pics, a write-up on my system and maintenance, and a signed appraisal of my losses from a shop owner. And then wait 4 weeks...
puter
Active member
Ugh, how disheartening...
Heater problems are one of the most vexing, ongoing problems in this hobby. It seems like we all have these little time-bombs in our tanks that will inevitably fail... it's just a matter of when.
Unfortunately, there seem to be very few practical alternatives aside from having multiple tanks.
Hopefully, this forced opportunity to "begin anew" will pay rewards down the road after the pain of the moment has long passed...
Heater problems are one of the most vexing, ongoing problems in this hobby. It seems like we all have these little time-bombs in our tanks that will inevitably fail... it's just a matter of when.
Unfortunately, there seem to be very few practical alternatives aside from having multiple tanks.
Hopefully, this forced opportunity to "begin anew" will pay rewards down the road after the pain of the moment has long passed...
pisces4u
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For those who were interested, Marineland informed me I could file a claim by sending in the defective heater with a write-up on my system information, maintenance schedule, heater use and installation as well as before and after pictures, and a lost livestock appraisal signed by a saltwater specialty store owner. They will test the broken heater for 2-4 weeks and get back to me about compensation.
Here is my before/after collage I am sending as a part of the package. RIP all my beautiful corals.
Here is my before/after collage I am sending as a part of the package. RIP all my beautiful corals.
block head
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i think your photo documentation is solid. i'd expect the worse, and hope for the best. when i called marineland to replace a broken heater,they seemed very willing to replace it.
backdraft79
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Aaron. Im so sry for whats going on. I just now went through and read the whole thread and was so pumped to see such a beautiful tank just to get to the last 24 hours of posts. Good luck, God bless and I hope everything works out. I maybe coming to Rochester this weekend so I you need somthing let me know!
pisces4u
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Just wanted to give Stephen @ the O.C. a BIG thanks for everything he's offered and done with our tank disaster. He definately went far above and beyond the call of any shop owner and proven himself a valuable friend and asset.
Thanks again Stephen!
If anyone hasn't been in recently, definately check it out. He has some amazing acros, huge colorful brains, sick chalices, and his new stack & torch collection in the display tank is amazing.
Thanks again Stephen!
If anyone hasn't been in recently, definately check it out. He has some amazing acros, huge colorful brains, sick chalices, and his new stack & torch collection in the display tank is amazing.
backdraft79
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+1 on Stephen.
pisces4u
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Well, the 50g has "recovered" from what I can tell. Ammonia is gone, nitrates back under 5ppm, skimmer is pulling normal looking stuff again. Picked up half a dozen pieces at the swap that are settling in now.
Now that things have settled down (lol), I decided to jump in on a 10g nano reef contest on another site and started up our 5th tank this morning. Here's a shot of my 10g bonsai nano on the first day.
Now that things have settled down (lol), I decided to jump in on a 10g nano reef contest on another site and started up our 5th tank this morning. Here's a shot of my 10g bonsai nano on the first day.
pisces4u
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Here are some more that I snapped now that my computer is behaving better.
"Jedi Temple" acro. Props to the OC for getting in some really nice stonies recently. Can't capture the true colors yet, but my new Sunpower 6x39w coming in thursday should help!
Reef crest
Reef crest, reef slope, and non-photosynthetic crevasse
Green & blue maxima
Torches
"Jedi Temple" acro. Props to the OC for getting in some really nice stonies recently. Can't capture the true colors yet, but my new Sunpower 6x39w coming in thursday should help!
Reef crest
Reef crest, reef slope, and non-photosynthetic crevasse
Green & blue maxima
Torches
pisces4u
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Well, after the big crash and nearly dropping out of the hobby alltogether, my girlfriend and mother convinced me to stick with it.
Part of my inspiration to stick with it is create a more dramatic aquascape (done), upgrade the light (ATI Sunpower 6x39w came in today), start with larger SPS colonies (see pics above), and deport my girlfriend's favorite fish to make room for ones I like. Since we recently started up a 37g hex for her mushrooms, we also took the opportunity of the tank crash to move the clowns and gobies over, as well as turn in our demonic 6 line.
Now, I only have 3 green chromis in the tank so I've been on the lookout for some really nice fish. I picked up this Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse (I think) last night and boy, is it gorgeous! It has a little fin damage, but I think it'll grow back.
Now, I just wish I could figure how to get good clear pics of fish with a point-and-shoot digital camera. I've been shooting the corals with the <SCN> setting on <underwater> with -2 exposure and no flash. I can't seem to focus on moving fish with this approach, anyone have any advice?
Part of my inspiration to stick with it is create a more dramatic aquascape (done), upgrade the light (ATI Sunpower 6x39w came in today), start with larger SPS colonies (see pics above), and deport my girlfriend's favorite fish to make room for ones I like. Since we recently started up a 37g hex for her mushrooms, we also took the opportunity of the tank crash to move the clowns and gobies over, as well as turn in our demonic 6 line.
Now, I only have 3 green chromis in the tank so I've been on the lookout for some really nice fish. I picked up this Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse (I think) last night and boy, is it gorgeous! It has a little fin damage, but I think it'll grow back.
Now, I just wish I could figure how to get good clear pics of fish with a point-and-shoot digital camera. I've been shooting the corals with the <SCN> setting on <underwater> with -2 exposure and no flash. I can't seem to focus on moving fish with this approach, anyone have any advice?
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