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07-21-2008, 01:17 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Woodhaven, Mi Age: 21
Posts: 134
|  Holy $hi7!!!!!!!!
WTF?!?!
My Marineland Eclipse 12gal saltwater tank BROKE!!!!!
LITERALLY BROKE! 
I've had this tank set up now for a little over 8 months now and had a very nice set up going on. Ah, the beginning...
My tank was cycled first with 3 tiny hermit crabs
(not to mention the stow aways hiding in my live rock, glass anemone, peacock freatherdusters, bristle worms, amphipods  )
I eventually added 3 peppermint shrimp to the tank to rid my pride and joy of those nasty glass anemone.
{ Shrimp=>  <=Anemone}
After the risk of my fishies dying from the anemone, i slowly added 4 pretty little damsels. My Horrible Discovery...
I walked into my dining room to gaze upon my wonderous (yet tiny) undersea playground....then i saw it....not a knick...not a scratch...
You know that grotesque thing that happens to a window when a rock hits it.... 
Yeah...that delicate crackle pattern.... Conclusion...
I dont know how it happened.....
I dont know what to do....
All i know is I feel SICK! | 
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07-21-2008, 01:25 PM
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| | Bikers are a dying breed!
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Get everything in the biggest bowl you can find. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 Parameters My 265 Gal. Tank Thread   | |
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07-21-2008, 01:31 PM
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| | Flame Angel
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
Posts: 1,531
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+1 to what Otty said, get it all in something solid that you can trust, just rinse it with RO water first
Good time to look at an upgrade to a bigger tank or real nano
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24G JBJ Nano, 20# Live Sand, 20# Live Rock
Rose BTA, Xenia, Shrooms, Green Candy Cane, multiple types of zoas and palys
Blue/Green Chromis, 2x Black & White Percs, Dragon Goby, Six Line Wrasse
90g DSA - D.O.B. 11-4-08
ASM G2 skimmer, mag18 return, MRC CR1 CA Reactor, Phos Reactor, Tek 8x54 T5HO
130# Live rock, 100# Live sand | |
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07-21-2008, 01:33 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Woodhaven, Mi Age: 21
Posts: 134
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whats RO water???? | |
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07-21-2008, 01:41 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Myerstown, PA Age: 21
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reverse osmosis, its a method of taking normal water and filtering it into pure water free of impurities/additives...with a small tank you probably dont have one setup nor do I, I make topoff/cleaning water by adding Prime to tap water and also adding PH buffer to it, or the LFS can sell you some Im sure...you can use a big bucket or storage container to put your water/creatures/LR in, just make sure to turn it over with a power head and also keep light on them how ever long its on now during the day...I'd ugrade to a larger nano like a 24 or 28 gallon cube...
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...AGA 46 gal. bowfront, coralife 192watt aqualight, koralia 4, aqua c remora w/maxijet 1200 and surface skim box,200watt heater, 40 pounds black aragonite reef sand, 50 lbs. LR...cycling at the moment...
...12 gal. Nano-Cube, heavily modded, becoming a QT/Hospital tank for the new 46 | |
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07-21-2008, 02:11 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mesa AZ Age: 31
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be thankful that it was a 12 gallon and not a 125 gallon i had a 125 and a bulk head broke and thousands of dollars worth of fish and coral went back to the pet store | |
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07-21-2008, 02:29 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Woodhaven, Mi Age: 21
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hackem688  be thankful that it was a 12 gallon and not a 125 gallon i had a 125 and a bulk head broke and thousands of dollars worth of fish and coral went back to the pet store | OOH! Yeah, i sure am glad! Im so sorry that happened to you! You know how i feel only 10X the upset and dissapointment! | |
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07-21-2008, 02:34 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Originally Posted by swagger87 OOH! Yeah, i sure am glad! Im so sorry that happened to you! You know how i feel only 10X the upset and dissapointment! | When it happens to you....does not matter what size it is...still sucks! Sorry to hear about your loss. Were you able to take your livestock into the fish store until you get everything figured out?  | |
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07-21-2008, 02:40 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Man that sucks... Sorry to hear.... _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, rainford goby, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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07-21-2008, 02:42 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Woodhaven, Mi Age: 21
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I ran and got another tank, same tank, only diff is its less expensive and the filter is for fresh water. I put on my old hood put in my old filter.
I figured i was due for a water change anyway, so i started to mix the old water with new water i had pre-made. i then began to slowly mix the new(er) water with the old tank water to acclimate the fishies.
Now im trying to slowly transfer my LR and some of the crushed coral along with new live caribbean aragonite....
now i suppose its a matter of getting the fishies ready. | |
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