I've heard stories. i've red threads on it but it's kinda like getting hit b a car-it's screwed up to hear about it happening to other people,and you sympathize...but you NEVER really think it's going to happen to you!
Ok,i'll start as the beginning. I just went out of town this week.Unbeknownst to anyone on M.R. i have been slowly and painstakingly setting up one of my wish tanks. a 90gallon acrylic tank that i bought off an MR member. i made a pact to do it right and then post it. i crossed my T's and dotted my eyes.lol. i didn't have a Rodi unit so i purchased R.O water (i'm known for using treated tap water) deep healthy sandbed,CUC,Params were great. Fish in even a few corals. and the icing was a purple tip Sebae Anenome,with my black clarkii clown actually hosting!!i've been a Noob for a while and was reallly coming into my own of being pretty good at this(no expert,i'm honest)
i've had a 55 running for a few months and had my 90 set up for a month now. I planned to unveil this week. I was excited!!
So i asked my brother who has tank sat in the past with no issue to do so again. he agreed,a few instructions and i was off. now m brother had to leave town due to work and he asked my other brother to take over for him. This is where the fun came in. i returned to a slightly cloudy water tank but no issues. i did a water change. simple.i've seen my tank slightly overfed before. next day i noticed all of the fish breathing heavy. Panting. i figured ammonia due to over feeding. i test,not really any spike but to be safe i of my Salt and do a bigger change 25 gallons and treat the tank. next day seems ok,but still labored breathing i use the last of my salt 50% change and treat the tank clean swap out carbon you name it. the Anenome looks fine. next morning everything is dead.even the aptasia detached from the rock and tried to walk away and died on the sandbed. All the fish looked stiff and not just dead. i know it was the Anenome. i finally learned from my brother he never turned the lights onand just periodically tossed food in. clearly the anenome became stressed and poisoned the tank. i caught on too late,like a rookie.
so Long story long i lost my entire tank livestock,fish,coral even the shrimp and crabs. the only thing that survived was three candy canes i brought from Skene. my first three frags ever.my famous(not really) Kenyii forest is even withering.
I know this is part of the hobby,but who knows how many hundreds of dollars wiped out really does give one pause. I guess i'll eventually go to the marketplace and find someone selling 90gallons or so salt cheap and get some water and slowly start the climb back from oblivion.
Nuclear fallout...My tank has literally been sent back to the stone age....or rock age i guess.lol Hopefully i'm a lesson to noobs and experts alike. You can never know it all but leave as little room for screw-up as possible. Good luck with your tanks!
Ok,i'll start as the beginning. I just went out of town this week.Unbeknownst to anyone on M.R. i have been slowly and painstakingly setting up one of my wish tanks. a 90gallon acrylic tank that i bought off an MR member. i made a pact to do it right and then post it. i crossed my T's and dotted my eyes.lol. i didn't have a Rodi unit so i purchased R.O water (i'm known for using treated tap water) deep healthy sandbed,CUC,Params were great. Fish in even a few corals. and the icing was a purple tip Sebae Anenome,with my black clarkii clown actually hosting!!i've been a Noob for a while and was reallly coming into my own of being pretty good at this(no expert,i'm honest)
i've had a 55 running for a few months and had my 90 set up for a month now. I planned to unveil this week. I was excited!!
So i asked my brother who has tank sat in the past with no issue to do so again. he agreed,a few instructions and i was off. now m brother had to leave town due to work and he asked my other brother to take over for him. This is where the fun came in. i returned to a slightly cloudy water tank but no issues. i did a water change. simple.i've seen my tank slightly overfed before. next day i noticed all of the fish breathing heavy. Panting. i figured ammonia due to over feeding. i test,not really any spike but to be safe i of my Salt and do a bigger change 25 gallons and treat the tank. next day seems ok,but still labored breathing i use the last of my salt 50% change and treat the tank clean swap out carbon you name it. the Anenome looks fine. next morning everything is dead.even the aptasia detached from the rock and tried to walk away and died on the sandbed. All the fish looked stiff and not just dead. i know it was the Anenome. i finally learned from my brother he never turned the lights onand just periodically tossed food in. clearly the anenome became stressed and poisoned the tank. i caught on too late,like a rookie.
so Long story long i lost my entire tank livestock,fish,coral even the shrimp and crabs. the only thing that survived was three candy canes i brought from Skene. my first three frags ever.my famous(not really) Kenyii forest is even withering.
I know this is part of the hobby,but who knows how many hundreds of dollars wiped out really does give one pause. I guess i'll eventually go to the marketplace and find someone selling 90gallons or so salt cheap and get some water and slowly start the climb back from oblivion.
Nuclear fallout...My tank has literally been sent back to the stone age....or rock age i guess.lol Hopefully i'm a lesson to noobs and experts alike. You can never know it all but leave as little room for screw-up as possible. Good luck with your tanks!
