Anything bad ever happen to you

[JedClampett]

Any bad reefer stories, such as a total tank crash, or a flood

 

[trickyrich]

Had a snail go into overflow box and plug drain no back up I was closing the door behind me on my way to work when I thought I heard s Change the sound of the water sure enough it was over flowing into the floor burnt out my reef controller and almost my hydra 52 but I lucked out all this trouble in a matter of seconds .. Added a filter pad around overflow no more snail problems

 

[JedClampett]

Oh that's bad

 

[Merck]

IF ANY BODY KNOWS THE 2 NURSE SHARKS IN FINTASTIC STORE N.C. I BOUGHT THEM ENOUGHT SAID.:(
TWO YEARS AGO I HADE A TANK CATCH ON FIRE! FIVE YEARS AGO I LOST MY REEF TANK & ALL MY FISH.
AND THAT ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

 

[trickyrich]

Dang

 

[Wiz]

2 years in I lost thousands by turning off the ac for a camping weekend. Came back on monday to fish soup. Only surviver was a purple tube nem.
About 6 years in I lost everything again this time to a two week power outage. Own an $800 generator now. Lol
And lastly dinos. Just dinos. Freekin dinos.
Anyhow better days right. :-)

 

[Paul B]

Last year I had to crawl under my tank which is under the stairs in a long skinny closet. I forgot what I was looking for but as I was squeezed into that tight place and started to back out. I hit the 3/4" valve on the bottom of my skimmer completely breaking it off. My 5' tall DIY skimmer is a HOB so it is just hanging on the back of the 100 gallon tank. Water was shooting out of the broken valve extreamly fast. I was not in a position to do much so I stuck my finger in the hole. No one was home and I had nothing near me to stick in the hole to stop the water. The tank was emptying on my carpet in my finished basement. I saw a bucket and was able to reach it with my foot. I dragged it over and put it under the valve and removed my finger and ran to my workshop to get a stick to plug up the hole. It worked fairly well and allowed me to stop the pump feeding the skimmer. I lost about 10 gallons of water on my rug.
You can see the valve on the bottom of the skimmer here