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Losing fish definitely stinks.
I'm going to look at other options for easily turning off the pumps for feeding (other than having to crouch down and unplug them from the power strip - my lower back does not like me doing that on the daily).
You could use those cheap remotely switched outlet adaptors for things like that. We use them for Christmas lights where the alternative is bending down behind the sofa to unplug them every night. You can get grounded (3 prong) ones. Local hardware store will have a few - choose one where the remote unit battery isn't some weird size.
Really sad to hear about your clown, but glad the goby figured it out!
EDIT: here's one:
Heh good luck. Mine is "tidy" in the macro sense (can't see any cord clutter in the room) but when you open the door of the unit I have the stand on, all the cables jump out like snakes on the last day of school.
Re: two outlet - you could put a two way adapter on the single outlet remote, as long as you only want to shut off both pumps together.
You have all this on a GFI right? Like, even more so than normal as it's in your bathroom!
I may have read somewhere that having your tank's life support tied to a GFI outlet is not ideal and that outlet may have been added after final inspection.
I decided I'd rather chill a fish than fry myself so I use one.
Mostly caught up, glad your tank is coming along. Will day that’s the first bathroom tank I’ve seen.
So on the ATO, just throwing out an idea that might be good for you and your husband. Not sure what your light hanger is made of but could it hold a shelf? If so you could go gravity fed ato. They are not fail proof but are very reliable since there is no dependence on pumps and electronic sensors. you could have the container on the shelf ran to a float attached to the tank. Just a thought.
Sorry to hear about your fish death. I lost a Lawnmower Blenny this week, too.I hate fish deaths, but especially hate unexplained fish deaths. Last night I lost my favorite, the orbiculate cardinal. He had eaten well the night before and swam out to say Hi yesterday morning while I was getting ready for work. He seemed happy and healthy, so I was shocked to find him dead yesterday evening.
The yellow clown goby and the lawnmower blenny were out and about swimming around and the corals are flourishing. Other than a little cyanobacteria (and the unexplained death), the tank is chugging right along.
Oh no. I'm sorry for your loss too. They are such characters. Min blends into the rocks so well that he gives me a mini heart attack about every day when he suddenly darts around.Sorry to hear about your fish death. I lost a Lawnmower Blenny this week, too.
Sorry for your loss, glad everything else is doing good.