Figured I should update my disaster thread........
Ballast for Aqualight Pro.....RECEIVED today from J&L! Thanks J&L I really appreciate all the help with getting it from ESU, dealing with them and making sure we got it right away.
Dart Pump for 120g; replacement sent back as it leaked (5 days prior to vacation)......THANKS J&L for the new one and speedy service! NO LEAKS and it is perfect! We left on vacation knowing that tank would be just fine!
Biocube light issue; solved by new bulb I was able to get IN TOWN..ok for us that is a great feat sometimes!
Back from vacation and I gotta say THANKS to "ldzielak" for checking out the issue with the 65g....the house-sitter sort of forgot about that tank, sump ran dry and pump was run dry...was a horrible noise (we weren't home but my Mom got home and checked the noise....it was loud!)....Lee came over, checked it out, got it going enough to work properly and decrease the sound, and now we got a replacement pump from...you guessed it...J&L! Arrived today with the ballast....AGAIN a huge thanks to J&L for all the help and the excellent products and service over the last few weeks.
Other than that the only tragedy while we were gone was the loss of my new Hawaiian Flame Wrasse @ $130.00 boohoo
(I can't say that the house-sitter fed them much as a few skinny tummies were noticed, but water was topped up daily.......) and the loss of the odd acro or SPS frag as it was toppled over onto the sand bed when she got the wrasse out and left that way in the dark.......so they bleached and look poorly! But all in all, I don't have a vacation horror story (thank goodness) and a huge thanks to Shaun and Jim for being on my list of emergency tank contacts!
We got the idea from Cprowler about a tank instruction manual; when he was leaving on extended trips he did a book on caring for his tank for his wife...so we did our own and it really really helped us out! We had a section for each tank with pictures of the fish in the tank (so a head count could be done daily) and special instructions. It helped I think.....as no big problems noted! My husband laughed at me as I am a bit, shall we say "overly zealous" or detailed...or something... about the manual...but hey, no tragedy! And no questions were left for our house-sitter to wonder about!
So all in all things are looking up!