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So I got a call this weekend to come help a fellow reefer that got sick and needed surgery. He was someone who had a small business selling coral out of his garage. I had never been there before but when the call came we need to do whatever we can. When I got there, I found out everything was dead and I believe it had been crashing for a month. The smell was unbelievable. One person had already been working on it for a week and just needed help. So many tanks and so much death. The amount of rock and dead coral was overwhelming. I felt so bad for him. I guess I'm venting at the only place I feel comfortable to get it off of my chest . One thing I took away from this experience is, when we build our systems, we need to take in account that someday it may crash and it may not be us taking things apart to clean everything out. Make sure every part of the system is designed to be taken apart with unions and to be able to close off systems with gate or ball valves. Make sure when you are adding shelving for more tanks there's room to get in and clean. We ended up having to cut so much plumbing it made me feel so bad, but it was the only way to get the stuff out so the smell didn't keep going into the house. I pray that he recovers and can start over.