benapilot
Active Member
EARTHQUAKE!!
A 7.0 earthquake epicenter less than 30 miles away hit our area yesterday morning. The stand and aquarium fared well, however water was sloshed out, got into an extension cord and tripped the GFCI. Unfortunately, I was out of town and wasn’t able to talk my wife though troubleshooting to get my Apex back online- power was out for 6+ hours even if I could figure out what happened.
So my tank sat without heat or water movement for a good 24 hours. I lost a lot. Flame angel, hippo tang, a clown, cardinal, my hearty Royal Gramma, Glenny the Blenny, banded coral shrimp, a slew of snails and urchins, spiny sea serpent, a couple anemones. Time will tell on the corals.
I cleaned out most of the carnage and have everything up and running again, but it’s got that old sea harbor smell to it. Hopefully in time things will start to settle out and I won’t lose any more livestock. Temperature is slowly rising now that the heaters are back online.
Any suggestions on my next steps? Would this be considered a tank crash?
I’ll be waiting a while before replacing any livestock to make sure things are stable again.
To put a positive spin on this, I’m thankful my diy stand withstood the quake (see my tank build in my sig). Also I’ve been wanting to do some reaquascaping and thin out the livestock- especially my anemones.
WARNING: some images may be disturbing to women and children...
A 7.0 earthquake epicenter less than 30 miles away hit our area yesterday morning. The stand and aquarium fared well, however water was sloshed out, got into an extension cord and tripped the GFCI. Unfortunately, I was out of town and wasn’t able to talk my wife though troubleshooting to get my Apex back online- power was out for 6+ hours even if I could figure out what happened.
So my tank sat without heat or water movement for a good 24 hours. I lost a lot. Flame angel, hippo tang, a clown, cardinal, my hearty Royal Gramma, Glenny the Blenny, banded coral shrimp, a slew of snails and urchins, spiny sea serpent, a couple anemones. Time will tell on the corals.
I cleaned out most of the carnage and have everything up and running again, but it’s got that old sea harbor smell to it. Hopefully in time things will start to settle out and I won’t lose any more livestock. Temperature is slowly rising now that the heaters are back online.
Any suggestions on my next steps? Would this be considered a tank crash?
I’ll be waiting a while before replacing any livestock to make sure things are stable again.
To put a positive spin on this, I’m thankful my diy stand withstood the quake (see my tank build in my sig). Also I’ve been wanting to do some reaquascaping and thin out the livestock- especially my anemones.
WARNING: some images may be disturbing to women and children...
