Update on my tank and moving to a new place.
I decided to play it safe and set up my Fluval Evo in my brother-in-law's garage; everything seemed normal for the 1st couple of days...until yesterday. Here what I believe happened; the ATO's float valve got stuck, causing the last baffle's water level to drop. When the water level dropped the heater turned itself off (or at least I think it did, because it's working fine now) from overheating. This caused the temperature of the tank to drop to 68-70 degrees . I lost all of my corals. It was devastating to see - I didn't even bother taking pictures, I just took the tank apart...to my surprise, my clownfish and fire shrimp survived - currently in a 5-gallon bucket with a sponge filter.
As for the tank - I'm starting from scratch. I went and bought 15 lbs of Caribsea life rock and 10 lbs of Caribsea pink fiji arag-alive sand . I cleaned everything out of the tank before adding, took apart all of the equipment, and gave it a good scrub, and am now cycling the tank.
I hope my clownfish & fire shrimp will be okay in the bucket for about a week or so.
I decided to play it safe and set up my Fluval Evo in my brother-in-law's garage; everything seemed normal for the 1st couple of days...until yesterday. Here what I believe happened; the ATO's float valve got stuck, causing the last baffle's water level to drop. When the water level dropped the heater turned itself off (or at least I think it did, because it's working fine now) from overheating. This caused the temperature of the tank to drop to 68-70 degrees . I lost all of my corals. It was devastating to see - I didn't even bother taking pictures, I just took the tank apart...to my surprise, my clownfish and fire shrimp survived - currently in a 5-gallon bucket with a sponge filter.
As for the tank - I'm starting from scratch. I went and bought 15 lbs of Caribsea life rock and 10 lbs of Caribsea pink fiji arag-alive sand . I cleaned everything out of the tank before adding, took apart all of the equipment, and gave it a good scrub, and am now cycling the tank.
I hope my clownfish & fire shrimp will be okay in the bucket for about a week or so.