- Joined
- Oct 29, 2013
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- 190
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- Location
- Surfside Beach
- What state or country do you live in
- South Carolina
Well the good news is I am all set with calcium reactor refills for some time. The bad news is it came at the expense of 98% of the contents of my well established frag tank. I had asked my son to keep an eye on the water level in the sump given my surgery. Seems that he would judge it by ear and not by eye. So when he didnot hear water splashing from the reef devil skimmer, he assumed the level was alright when it wasn't. Chris was over when we discovered this and the fact that the titanium tube heater was spent from exposure, not just black but had a small hole in it. Neither of us had seen that before. Quickly replaced it with a spare and all seemed good. Tank later found all cloudy and discovered that a maxi jet cord had been laying on the heater and it was burned through but still working! NOTE to self that I need to get that circuit on a gfci.
I couldn't tell if it was the electric shock or copper burning up that caused the dive. Had the kid load a sock with carbon and a couple of water changes. Everything is toast though except a couple of softies and cyphasteras. My dilemma now is whe the to dump the whole system, sand, rock,and all, and replace and cycle, or try and slowly reintroduce stuff. Think I am going to do the later as I am not in a position physically to do the do over. I put in some sacrificial pocci and Monti so we will see what happens.
I also for some reason had my copps blue tort colony just totally tank out of the blue. When it rain it pours. Time to hit divers den.
I couldn't tell if it was the electric shock or copper burning up that caused the dive. Had the kid load a sock with carbon and a couple of water changes. Everything is toast though except a couple of softies and cyphasteras. My dilemma now is whe the to dump the whole system, sand, rock,and all, and replace and cycle, or try and slowly reintroduce stuff. Think I am going to do the later as I am not in a position physically to do the do over. I put in some sacrificial pocci and Monti so we will see what happens.
I also for some reason had my copps blue tort colony just totally tank out of the blue. When it rain it pours. Time to hit divers den.
