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06-06-2008, 01:43 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Originally Posted by Daniel072  Well I woke up this morning and as usual walked down the stairs to see my softie tank blowing air. No alarm really so I went to grab some top off water and when I went to top it off I noticed my 3 chromis laying on the substrate along with my percula clown and orange skunk clown,. My skimmer was going nuts, my corals were mad but still alive and I couldn't figure out what happened. It looked like someone had poured a whole bottle of dish soap in my tank. Upon further investigation I found my pink and black cucumber stuck against a power head. I lost every fish in the tank. Luckily their toxins affect fish and not so much coral or inverts.  | You made someone mad (: I sons did that to a really nice sps and Lps tanks once .. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | 
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06-06-2008, 01:48 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: May 2008
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all I know to do now is run carbon and do water changes | 
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06-06-2008, 02:22 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
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Originally Posted by Daniel072 Well I woke up this morning and as usual walked down the stairs to see my softie tank blowing air. No alarm really so I went to grab some top off water and when I went to top it off I noticed my 3 chromis laying on the substrate along with my percula clown and orange skunk clown,. My skimmer was going nuts, my corals were mad but still alive and I couldn't figure out what happened. It looked like someone had poured a whole bottle of dish soap in my tank. Upon further investigation I found my pink and black cucumber stuck against a power head. I lost every fish in the tank. Luckily their toxins affect fish and not so much coral or inverts. | dang man u should know better. you must always buy the wife something or take her out to dinner after you come back from LFS.
j/k bro, that really sucks. _________ 75gal hex, 2-40w T12 48", odyssea 48" 4x65w PC's w/ lunars, 50lbs LR, 80lbs LS, gold banded maroon clown, dog faced puffer, juvenile blue angel, 2 dominoes, 1-4 stripe damsel, yellow watchman gobie, lawnmower blenny, mano, purple chromis, striped grouper, mexican turbo, astrea and red foot snails, striped, red and blue legged hermit crabs, coral banded shrimp, white and purple bubble coral(very little), red and green mushrooms, orange gorgonian, candycane  Tanks, No Thanks. We Free Dive! | |
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06-06-2008, 02:29 PM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Louis
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I'm sorry to hear of your losses.  _________ Curt  | |
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06-06-2008, 02:32 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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I don't know what to tell you man, other than I am really sorry for ya! and do some large wc's and do run your carbon! bet of luck | |
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06-06-2008, 02:40 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
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Originally Posted by R34dawn I don't know what to tell you man, other than I am really sorry for ya! and do some large wc's and do run your carbon! bet of luck | That's about all that can be done at this point. This is a lesson learned though. I just fed my cleaner shrimp and it was almost like he was laughin cuz there was no competition for food. | |
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06-06-2008, 02:50 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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Originally Posted by Daniel072 That's about all that can be done at this point. This is a lesson learned though. I just fed my cleaner shrimp and it was almost like he was laughin cuz there was no competition for food. | LOL no doubt. why you even feed him for? i am sure there is enough stuff laying around that he can munch on......maybe that's the reason he was laughing thou! | |
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06-06-2008, 02:52 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: May 2008
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LOL because I don't want to lose him as he is one of the original inhabitants of the tank. I also fed kinda hoping that my flame angel was immune to the cucumber toxins and would come out of the rock. | |
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06-06-2008, 02:54 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Holy crap!!! 
Very sorry about losses.
Has to be a very traumatic experience. One I hope never have to encounter.
If was my tank, I would seriously need some hospital time.  _________ 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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Tank Nuked!!!!!!!!!!! 
