Polo reef disaster . . . OMG

[vetteguy53081]

Many have seen and know of Polo Reef's 10,000 gallon system

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CXN1MzntS/

 

[TankYou]

Dont have face book, what’s it say

 

[Cdub925]

Many have seen and know of Polo Reef's 10,000 gallon system

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CXN1MzntS/

I’ve never seen or heard of this before but it looks like a museum. He’s literally standing in the tank spraying his coral with a hose he’s a human freakin sprinkler. I was ticked when my 180 broke a seal and let half the water this dude literally lost 10 thousand gallons that’s insane

 

[vetteguy53081]

Dont have face book, what’s it say

polo_reef

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Major Catastrophic Chain Of Events A Million To One Chances ! l !! We Lost Over 10k Gallons Very Quickly In Middle Of The Night. We Will Keep You Posted As We Assess The Damage !!

Edit: Here at Polo Reef we have fail safes, alarms in place and a computer that Andrew likes to call “Skynet”. More info on what happened to come as soon as we take care of what’s most important at the moment, the corals and fish not only in the 17k aquarium but every system that is connected to the 17k. - The Polo Reef Team.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

If i had to guess... a valve was left open and pumped all night.

I've done that with my 22k pool and felt silly for doing such a bone headed move.

 

[mfinn]

If i had to guess... a valve was left open and pumped all night.

I've done that with my 22k pool and felt silly for doing such a bone headed move.

I saw a video that said a pump and valve failed and back syphoned 10k worth of water.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

I saw a video that said a pump and valve failed and back syphoned 10k worth of water.

Hmmm. Someone might get fired for that...

 

[Reefer Matt]

That is terrible.

 

[Cdub925]

Many have seen and know of Polo Reef's 10,000 gallon system

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CXN1MzntS/

I’ve never seen or heard of this before but it looks like a museum. He’s literally standing in the tank spraying his coral with a hose he’s a human freakin sprinkler. I was ticked when my 180 broke a seal and let half the water this dude literally lost 10 thousand gallons that’s insane

Where’s that located and is it all private or store front or? I’d pay to go look at that tank before this happened. Hey congrats on winning that contests beautiful picture.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Where’s that located and is it all private or store front or? I’d pay to go look at that tank before this happened. Hey congrats on winning that contests beautiful picture.

Thank you and its Privately owned. 17,000 gallon system and he's dealing with it right now

polo_reef

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Major Catastrophic Chain Of Events A Million To One Chances ! l !! We Lost Over 10k Gallons Very Quickly In Middle Of The Night. We Will Keep You Posted As We Assess The Damage !!

Edit: Here at Polo Reef we have fail safes, alarms in place and a computer that Andrew likes to call “Skynet”. More info on what happened to come as soon as we take care of what’s most important at the moment, the corals and fish not only in the 17k aquarium but every system that is connected to the 17k. - The Polo Reef Team.

 

[vetteguy53081]

If i had to guess... a valve was left open and pumped all night.

I've done that with my 22k pool and felt silly for doing such a bone headed move.

yes

 

[vetteguy53081]

I saw a video that said a pump and valve failed and back syphoned 10k worth of water.

That's correct.... I have no words for what happened

 

[mfinn]

That's correct.... I have no words for what happened

The loss of a lifetimes worth of work is hard to imagine. Maybe not all of it, but from what I heard on his wifes video the whole top of the reef is dead.
Hopefully some of it will come back, but major colonies are lost.

 

[Cdub925]

Where’s that located and is it all private or store front or? I’d pay to go look at that tank before this happened. Hey congrats on winning that contests beautiful picture.

Thank you and its Privately owned. 17,000 gallon system and he's dealing with it right now

polo_reef

Edited•3h
Major Catastrophic Chain Of Events A Million To One Chances ! l !! We Lost Over 10k Gallons Very Quickly In Middle Of The Night. We Will Keep You Posted As We Assess The Damage !!

Edit: Here at Polo Reef we have fail safes, alarms in place and a computer that Andrew likes to call “Skynet”. More info on what happened to come as soon as we take care of what’s most important at the moment, the corals and fish not only in the 17k aquarium but every system that is connected to the 17k. - The Polo Reef Team.

I just watched a docu clip on you tube all about how it started and pics of the build and stuff absolutely insane and one of the coolest things ever praying for him and all the livestock

 

[W31Olds]

Really sad to see this happen. Such a beautiful Tank with a lot of rare fish.

 

[KrisReef]

I can't imagine trying to find salt mix and RODI during this emergency. Trying to frag colonies and move them down lower, or into other systems, calling local stores and reefers to help out isn't much of a workable option for small systems in most cases. First Chuck Norris and now this. It's been a challenging week for certain.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

OH NO! i dont have facebook either, but this sounds so awful. im so sorry!

 

[FrugalReeferJon]

Yikes. I’m sure Andrew will bounce back from this.

 

[MasterClassReefs]

Yikes. I’m sure Andrew will bounce back from this.

I hope he keeps his spirits up and his reef recovers quickly. The scale of loss is stomach turning.

 

[Garf]

As a prior Quality Manager I would express the anagram F.M.E.A. I've no idea of Andrews professional crew but for god's sake.