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Old 02-14-2011, 03:16 PM
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I am very sorry to hear. Hope thing will turn around better for you

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How can this happen? don't you have heating at your work? It should not have dropped so low that it would kill everything.

My aquarium temperature is at 76F. Was at 74F for a long time and everything was doing great. The room temperature is 72F and that would not have killed anything in my tank. Even if I would keep the house at 70F it would not kill my fish and corals.

How can an aquarium inside a house could be stone cold unless there is electricity outage?

And then you put the new fish with your existing fish without quarantine, another disaster waiting to happen. I surely hope it does not carry any disease like velvet.

I am really puzzled...
Maybe not just the temperature, the lack of oxygen also kill
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Old 02-14-2011, 03:48 PM
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Lack of oxygen and cold was the main factor imo, this tank is at my shop which traditionally doesn't stay as warm as a house. The main issue is that at the shop there is always a day or two that it is closed and therefore not monitored. The "powerbar" is electronic which is the main culprit, had it been a cheapo push button type it all would have been ok. Instead of switching back on when the power did come on, it stayed off for some stupid reason...guess where the powerbar is now? On a more positive note it does appear that some of the corals have survived, will know more when I get home from work today,,as near as I can figure the power was out for just over 24 hours...way too long for a reef tank. I still have my 140g and I may set up the 34g at my house but for now it will stay down.
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Old 02-14-2011, 04:11 PM
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so sorry to hear
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Old 02-14-2011, 04:29 PM
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Hey Darryl

Sorry to hear. It's a real shame. That 34g was looking real sweet last time I saw it & I know how much you hate losing a single fish never mind a tank full.

Let me know if you need a hand or if there's any hardware or livestock you need and if I've got it, it's yours.

Will be a shame not to have a reef at the shop. Customers seemed to love it & you get to look at your nano-reef all day at work & then your main reef when you get home.

I guess being out the Valley we need to be doubly careful when it comes to power outs & have some sort of backup in place.

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Old 02-14-2011, 04:55 PM
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I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. Hopefully you are able to rescue some more critters from the loss.

Unfortunately when systems are set up at places of employment where people aren't there everyday, crap like this can happen. I am coming up on my 2 year anniversary when my tank crashed at work because my skimmer overflowed onto the floor causing so much water to escape that it stopped my return pump from cycling the water and my MH's cooked my tank. I have just about got my tank as full again as it was back then, but the smell and sight of a cooked tank is something I will never forget. That being said, I love having a tank at work that can take your mind off of things. Customers seem to really like it as well.
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Old 02-14-2011, 05:08 PM
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Sorry to hear about this, we had a power outage on the weekend for about 6 hours and I know that I was thankful that my UPS's kept both my tanks going fine. I could barely sleep worrying about it though.
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Old 02-14-2011, 07:52 PM
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Thanks for the kind offer Viv, I will most likely go back to the drawing board and replumb and set this tank up again, but at home, You know I want to thank all the "Canreef" people for their kind words. Viv was right I hate losing any fish, let alone a whole tank, my customers did love this tank and actually used to bring their kids around to see it, but ultimately it boils down to where I can best take care of the fish and corals etc. Its not at my shop! I have had a couple of minor scares before but nothing ever like this. So today I have been cleaning up,found a couple more snails that made it{tough little buggers} and will be taking the tank home. I was trying to see the name of the sh**ty power bar but I can't see a name. I got it off ebay a few years back as it had a supposed good reputation. Will go to basic timers from now on.
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