Being away calls for bad things to happen

[Marek-S]

Bad things are always happen when we gone , this time was no difrent . While on vacation in Vegas my return pump stopped working , could of lost everything , but lucky me I called Fredro and he saved my day by coming over my house within 25 min and switching the pumps -- so THANK YOU very much brother !!!!
Any time you'll need my help - just call , I'll be at you service

Any one alse have bad story to tell while they away ???--- Let's hear it .

 

[duromega]

nice to hear there was a reefer to the rescue

I been on vacation a few times, but nothing has ever happened to one of my tanks

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

Marek-S how did you know that the pump stopped while away?

 

[pbjelly]

I went out of town for the weekend and a tiny cherry mata anemone that had been happily attached to a rock for more than a year, decided to take a lap around my nano.
It's new home? Right on the stalk of a yellow fiji leather.
I got home just in time to watch my shrimp die and see every coral in the tank lose all of it's zooxanthellae.

 

[Marek-S]

Marek-S how did you know that the pump stopped while away?

I had an older lady staying with my dog while I was away , she noticed that the koralia in my frag tank started making noise - so she called me and step by step while talking to her I figure what happened

 

[duromega]

I went out of town for the weekend and a tiny cherry mata anemone that had been happily attached to a rock for more than a year, decided to take a lap around my nano.
It's new home? Right on the stalk of a yellow fiji leather.
I got home just in time to watch my shrimp die and see every coral in the tank lose all of it's zooxanthellae.

OMG
I'm sorry

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

Thanks. I have been thinking of ways to configure my apex to alert me in the case of a return failure.

 

[Marek-S]

To make things worst I just found out that my royal pencil wrasse is missing - so I started looking around and found him in an overflow box . She looks very stressed out , I'm not sure how long she stayed there - hope she will recover
I guess I need to cover the overflow box somehow - that's the second fish that jumped in there

 

[Marek-S]

Pencil wrasse seems to be ok - eating and active

 

[Gdemos]

Thanks. I have been thinking of ways to configure my apex to alert me in the case of a return failure.

A float switch in the sump. Set it so it makes contact when tank water drains to sump following a pump failure and up she goes. Run the switch wire to controller breakout box and set to notify you by text/email. I learned the hard way.

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

A float switch in the sump. Set it so it makes contact when tank water drains to sump following a pump failure and up she goes. Run the switch wire to controller breakout box and set to notify you by text/email. I learned the hard way.

I have to get a break out box. They are so cheap its silly I dont have one.