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View Poll Results: What caused your reef tank crash?
I'm not really sure 6 6.52%
Clam spawning 0 0%
Macro algae went sexual 3 3.26%
Overheated from hot weather 5 5.43%
Faulty heater (hot or cold) 12 13.04%
Faulty auto top off 6 6.52%
Faulty doser 0 0%
Other faulty equipment 6 6.52%
I didn't pay enough attention to parameters 15 16.30%
I did something stupid 14 15.22%
Tank sitter did something stupid 3 3.26%
My kids did something to the tank 3 3.26%
Tank broke 5 5.43%
Toxin within the tank (like maybe fragged large leather) 3 3.26%
Toxin outside the tank (like maybe household cleaners) 2 2.17%
Prolonged power outage 5 5.43%
I was away when the tank crashed 8 8.70%
Other 11 11.96%
Tank move/transfer 17 18.48%
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Old 08-03-2012, 10:05 PM
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i havent had a crash yet knock on wood...my time wil come..

this should be an option as well
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The closest I've come to a full tank crash was loosing a few fish in a move in my first year. But I have had a few close calls since then including "Tank sitter did something stupid".
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Does doing some thing stupid during a move causing your friends tank to crash count?
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I'm waiting to see if anyone's children caused a crash. My little guy is very good around the system, though I do threaten him regularly.
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I'm waiting to see if anyone's children caused a crash. My little guy is very good around the system, though I do threaten him regularly.
Well, I am sure I am not the only one. If you look through my threads, you'll find the baby shampoo incident
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I had an incident many years ago when my daughter (15 now) was only about 4 or 5.. I was cleaning the canopy and stand of my 120 gallon salt tank, and I was using Murphey's wood/oil soap (the canopy and stand were oak) and the phone rang.. I ran and answered it and the moment my back was turned, my daughter poured the soapy water straight into my sump.. I watched in horror as immediately the oil soap was pumped into the tank.. The water immediately turned white.. It was freaky and awful!! I did a massive water change immediately, and let the sump do the rest (I was glad to have bio-balls back then to rinse off instead of live rock in the sump!) the sump was so powerful, that unbelievably I lost NOTHING! Unbelievable huh?
I wish I could say the same about my other crash.. I may add that one another day.. Don't want to talk about it right now lol
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Well, I am sure I am not the only one. If you look through my threads, you'll find the baby shampoo incident
Your post reminded me of my soap incident
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Don't forget rotten carbon
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Well, I am sure I am not the only one. If you look through my threads, you'll find the baby shampoo incident
I just read it: and the couple of other incidents that were shared in your thread.

Toddlers and preschoolers can be such monkeys! It's a good thing that they're so darn adorable (most of the time). My three-year-old is well behaved around our system, for the most part.
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Ohhh, I did forget about that. So many things can go wrong it's hard to think of them all while making a poll! I guess that falls into "other".
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