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View Poll Results: What caused your tank crash(es)? (Select all that apply) | |||
Heater failure (on position) | 9 | 25.00% | |
Heater failure (off position) | 0 | 0% | |
Pump failure | 5 | 13.89% | |
Chemical failure (e.g. alk swing, chemical imbalance, extreme level of nutrients) | 11 | 30.56% | |
Livestock failure (e.g. excretion of toxin from dead organism, pollution caused by organism) | 8 | 22.22% | |
Contamination (e.g. introduction of pollutant—soap, sunscreen, oil, rust etc.) | 5 | 13.89% | |
Other | 10 | 27.78% | |
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Tank Crashes
Ever experienced a tank crash, what caused it?
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Once, had a tank that was 6 years old. I stop doing water changes once i notice i didn't need to. It when on for another 5 or 6 years or so. Then one day the light die. I didnt have a replacement or the money for a used one at the time. Used a table lamp for a week before i get a replacement but that was too late...
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Thats a real shame. All the coral died, what were you keeping? Did everything else do okay, like the fish? Im gonna go do a water change, thanks
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I have had a heater explode and leak nasty crap into the tank killing most everything. I also have lost power for a week and had a tank die off.
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BRS claims thats one of the most common causes of tank crashes. Heater failure in general
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The only crash I had was due to a heater failure of some sort. Heater separated & caused the GFI plug to trip. I was away from the house for a long weekend... temp in the tank was down to around 60F.
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Thats a shame, how old was the tank? I've never used an aquarium controller, have you considered using or since purchased one?
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Heater blew up and can’t remember the name something Pro and it took me out
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How old was the heater?
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It was only a couple years old but they put out a recall on them and that was a few years ago now
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