Have you ever called into work SICK bc of a major tank issue?

cnye · Sep 23, 2020

Have left early due to power outage - no one at home to kick on the battery backup I have. Still haven’t got a better solution yet

FishStixx2 · Sep 23, 2020

ReefHomieJon said:
Called off because my child was sick. And sick it was, a nem had walked into a powerhead and at 4am I walk out my bedroom and see a white tank. My jaw dropped and I INSTANTLY called in like $450 today or crash a $8k system -__- no LFS even opened til like 10am so I had to hit Walmart to get super cheap Walmart pet section ammonia remover just to go out swingin cuz I wasn’t even sure the tank would make it until 10.
@fishguy242 knows what I’m talkin bout Lol

450 a day! man I wish I made half that!

NewCaliCaptives · Sep 23, 2020

Took an hour break many times to receive coral shipments, and MANY MANY MANY times to receive reptile shipments

vetteguy53081 · Sep 23, 2020

Saltyreef said:
Does waiting for the fedex guy to drop off coral count???

I think ive stayed home a few times so i could get shipments out

saturn13 · Sep 23, 2020

skimjim said:
Plz tell your story...

yup to make emergency water changes because something was seriously wrong and to avoid the wifey at the same time who just doesn't get reefing.

WIReefer · Sep 23, 2020

Used a sick day not too long ago due to a power outage had to feed the generator with fuel.

Bfragale · Sep 23, 2020

Me and my wife have our own business. I do this all the time. She hates it! Doesn’t have to be a major issue either. ... but the tank it in the office so.... she gets me anyways lol

vetteguy53081 · Sep 23, 2020

Twice I can remember:

My 360g leaking on a saturday and I tried to seal it the quick way and couldnt stop it and took off til Tuesday

Setting up the 660g. . . . Took off a couple of days to assure the tank was buttoned up and ready for transfer from the 360g

booth2010 · Sep 23, 2020

I selected no but I did leave work 2 hours early once, I was basically done with my important stuff, because I woke up that morning to my 125g Cichlid tank being so cloudy you couldn’t see the back of the tank. The filter had stopped working sometime overnight but I wasn’t going to miss all day because of it. Of course by the time I got home the filters issue had resolved itself and the tank was 80% clear. That weekend I took filter apart, cleaned everything and replaced all media (minus bio of course).

Saltdaddy · Sep 23, 2020

Yes. I had a 250 gallon tank I loved this tank. I woke up to water on the floor. Called in and had the joy of tare down that tank, buy a new tank that day and set up. One of my longest days and must stressful too. Not fun.

NewCaliCaptives · Sep 23, 2020

Saltdaddy said:
Yes. I had a 250 gallon tank I loved this tank. I woke up to water on the floor. Called in and had the joy of tare down that tank, buy a new tank that day and set up. One of my longest days and must stressful too. Not fun.

Wow all in one day! That’s nuts man

ReefHomieJon · Sep 23, 2020

FishStixx2 said:
450 a day! man I wish I made half that!

Lol that was 8 months ago. Got a raise since then lol but I live in CALIFORNIA everything is unnecessarily expensive so it don’t stretch that far

rwreef · Sep 23, 2020

Yes, left RODI on all night and float switch wasn't working.... not a fun morning.

KWT · Sep 23, 2020

No I never called in. However I would have, but I retired before I got my tanks

JCOLE · Sep 23, 2020

Thankfully not because of emergencies but definitely for coral shipments. Luckily I can work from home if needed so I dont know if that technically counts.

Seanb1 · Sep 23, 2020

No but id imagine there will be a day when i tell my boss that i gotta split because my tank texted me.

Reef GE · Sep 23, 2020

yesterday! My sump pump crashed in the AM and I spent a good part of the day searching for another. I live in eastern Europe in a country where there are very few dealers for these things. Found a cheap Chinese return pump yesterday and will order a Sicce asap. The Chinese pump will be a backup. I work from home so didn’t have to call in work, but it bothered me all day that I had to give up a day of work.