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We had a small electrical fire tonight - I don't have photos of any of it unfortunately, I just didn't think to take them. One or more of my three tanks that were close enough to have caused the problem. I think my blackwater tank sprung a slow leak near the top 2 inches of the water line (it's down two inches but the top of the stand is totally dry which is the weird part) AND my salt water return backed up a little and spilled out instead of into the tank/my overflow box lost siphon and it just flat overflowed. Water spilled down onto the shelf in the middle of the stand where my freshwater hospital lives, but also where my reef electrical lives hung up on the middle support. I learned two things tonight, 1, my stand has a design flaw where water can leak in between boards (I can repair that part) 2. hanging up power strips and control boxes isn't enough if you don't make sure they aren't directly in the way of a leak.
Losses:
2 Skimmers (reef and frag tank)
1 uv sterilizer (reef)
1 powerhead control box (reef and frag, but the powerheads are okay)
1 return pump (reef)
1 fuge light (reef)
1 surface skimmer (blackwater tank)
1 full spectrum freshwater plant light (blackwater tank)
1 quiet flow filter (blackwater tank)
2 coralife timer power strips (reef, frag, and lights for the blackwater, one half melted, the other just totally dead)
Thankfully my dog came and got me when everything started happening and I was able to catch it early before my house ended up on fire. I'm sick on bedrest, so I would have never realized it until smoke alarms started going off without him (he's truly the best boy and got a ton of love and a new rope toy now instead of at christmas)
Guess I know where any money I get for Christmas/birthday, and it's not towards the seahorse tank (T-T)
Losses:
2 Skimmers (reef and frag tank)
1 uv sterilizer (reef)
1 powerhead control box (reef and frag, but the powerheads are okay)
1 return pump (reef)
1 fuge light (reef)
1 surface skimmer (blackwater tank)
1 full spectrum freshwater plant light (blackwater tank)
1 quiet flow filter (blackwater tank)
2 coralife timer power strips (reef, frag, and lights for the blackwater, one half melted, the other just totally dead)
Thankfully my dog came and got me when everything started happening and I was able to catch it early before my house ended up on fire. I'm sick on bedrest, so I would have never realized it until smoke alarms started going off without him (he's truly the best boy and got a ton of love and a new rope toy now instead of at christmas)
Guess I know where any money I get for Christmas/birthday, and it's not towards the seahorse tank (T-T)