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05-19-2008, 04:07 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: rocklin
Posts: 907
|  biggest tragedy!!!!
so one night it reached 93 degrees in my house, so i had a fan blowing on the water and it was totally fine, then my sister took the fan cause she said she was hott, and it was hers (she took it while i was sleeping)
so the heat killed
1. kenya tree
2. 14 heads of hammer coral
3. 4 heads of green frogspawn with purple tips
4. 3 heads of green tipped frogspawn,
5. ricordia
6. misc. zoas.
i spent like $400 on all of this with some rare zoas and such, tubs blues fire/ice, cats eyes, etc.
gone : (
i dont know how i am going to replenish this, with the need of a pump for a return for my sump, and a new skimmer for a 135, its just too much : /
well just thought i would share that, hopefully his doesnt happen to anyone else | 
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05-19-2008, 04:20 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Sorry for your loss nemo, If it was me, your sis would be wearing that fan like a hat. J/K Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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05-19-2008, 04:22 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
Posts: 895
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Family......... _________ 
55gl skimmerless, 80lbs live rock, DIY wavemaker running 3x MJ1200 with hydor deflector.
2 DIY fluidized reactors Carbon & ROWAphos
LIghts- 2x 50/50 atinics T10's , 2x life gro T10's ,
1x20,000K T12, 1x6,000K T10.
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05-19-2008, 04:23 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: alabama
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that sux, period. | |
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05-19-2008, 04:24 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: vancouver, canada
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sorry to hear , im not all that experienced but i can imagine the feeling of a lost investment.
sometimes when my tank gets hot ill grab a bottle and jamm some ice cubes and waterand let it float to help. hope its not a complete loss.
good luck _________ 29 g biocube First tank ever 
25 lbs LR
20 lbs LS
1 oceanic protein skimmer
Filter In Middle Chamber: sponge+bioballs+Seachem biofiltration media+2 bags of activated carbon all under a drip tray.
10,000k power compact
actinic pc
3 moonlight LED
1 domino damsel
1 peppermint shrimp
2 scarlet hermits
3 hermits
3 spiny astria snails
2 turbo snails
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05-19-2008, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: rocklin
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thanks all, yeah the fan is def. staying put and the temp is fine, but i have been having to do 5 gallon water changes every day : / | |
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05-19-2008, 04:38 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Sorry for your losses.... | |
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05-19-2008, 07:27 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Staten Island, NY Age: 30
Posts: 101
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Damn that sucks... I am so glad I put my tank in a relatively small room with its own AC.
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05-19-2008, 07:33 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
Posts: 1,039
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When I lived w/ my parents, my sisters tried so hard to kill my oscars, then my piranahs by putting whatever in the tank. A little bleach here, etc... you have no idea how many back to back water changes I did when my sister fessed up to putting bleach in the oscar tank.
W/M said it best....Family......... _________  | |
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05-19-2008, 07:36 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
Posts: 4,788
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Once again one of those digital temp warning sensors would have been a great investment...
Great insurance for only ~$10-15. (At PetsMart)
Just don't depend on only for determining water temp.
Set alarm to go off at degree or so below low end, and degree or so beyond high end.
I have one in both main and nano. Have had a couple of "warnings" since using, saving me much grief.
Sorry about loss. Know it is emotional as much as financial.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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