TOTM at Reef Central gone due to power loss!

[heuerfan]

Can't believe this guy didn't have a backup for a tank like that, very, very sad.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=893606

Here's pics of how his tank used to look like. He had an amazing collection of corals and fish that i personally drooled over, so sad.......
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-03/totm/index.php

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Wow

 

[drunktank]

for some1 who lives in cali where black outs are somewhat common, u'd think he'd havae some sort of generator to protect such a large investment

 

[Deanos]

That's sad to hear, but we have guys in our own backyard with total/near total livestock losses.

 

[cali_reef]

I know Hugo personally and it does not surprise me he does not have a contingency plan for his tank in a event of a power outage(which was very common during the years I lived in socal).

It is sad to see all the hard work gone away like that.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

i don't know how i would feel if i was him. that is very sad. i would have had a generator or something. he must feel even more terrible knowing that he could have prevented the whole thing.

 

[Falco]

How can you invest so much into a tank and not have a backup?? That was a beautiful tank, what a tradgic loss!!

-Chris

 

[heuerfan]

That's sad to hear, but we have guys in our own backyard with total/near total livestock losses.

I hear you, just couldn't believe a TOTM would not have any back up plans. Just a reminder to us all, have a plan of action.

 

[marrone]

If I recall correctly it's not the first TOTM to go down because of an electric outage.

Unfortunally some people will never learn.

 

[charile1]

What is TOTM?

 

[Falco]

What is TOTM?

RC does the Tank Of The Month.

 

[Zoous]

That's a damn shame. What a gorgeous tank. He invested so much time and money and now it's gone. He should have invested in a generator.

 

[jiggy]

how can you lose ALL of your sps in 2 days. these corals endure so much more while being shipped here from the areas where they r collected. at least a week without light and shoddy water conditions.

 

[heuerfan]

how can you lose ALL of your sps in 2 days. these corals endure so much more while being shipped here from the areas where they r collected. at least a week without light and shoddy water conditions.

Probbaly no oxygen, no heat, chiller, sudden changes, etc...

 

[marrone]

The combination of the lack of oxygen, high temps, and the increase in ammonia, as well as other things breaking down in the tank, will led to conditions where corals will start to bleach or just melt away. Once things start to die it just starts the ball rolling and makes the tank even worst.

Actually a lot of corals die or are damaged during shipping.

 

[cali_reef]

Probbaly no oxygen, no heat, chiller, sudden changes, etc...

I would say no chiller was the main killer, the air temperature in SOCAL last week was in the three digits. Water movement and lack of oxygen are other reasons stuff died.

 

[PalmTree]

Man I really feel for him. Its hard enough to watch a 2 gallon nano crash but 300 gallons?:sad2: I remember seeing his TOTM on RC and I was amazed. Back up plans are something we always say we will get around to until it's too late. I think it is part of human nature. IT's purchasing something that you can not immediatly enjoy or look at. Hope he pulls through.

 

[joe]

Some fish also could have died first from the no oxygen and high heat, and naturally the water conditioons went down from there,

 

[DEEPWATER]

so sad ,but what a shumck not having a back up plan