Most of us that have been in the hobby for a while have experienced or know someone who has experienced major and minor tank crashes. The term "Crash" is fairly broad, so for this question I will narrow it down to an event where let's say 90% of livestock was lost. Most of the time a tank crash occurs due to equipment failure, lack of or poor maintenance, bacterial bloom, sickness, additive overdose, harmful chemical exposure, and a variety of other factors some of which can be outside of the hobbyist's control. What thing(s) abruptly caused or built up over time to cause a catastrophic event in your system that quickly rendered the tank incapable of sustaining life?
And:
*In hindsight were there any warning signs leading up to the event?
*Did a tank crash affect the way you've maintained your tank moving forward?
*Are there any fail safes or backups that were inspired by an event such as this?
*Do you have a plan in place to act quickly when or if it happens again?
I had my own run in with this about 2 years ago. For me it was caused by a long period of time away from the tank/hobby with very little maintenance being done. Then, when I got back into it, rigorous and abrupt maintenance was done in an attempt to make up for almost a year of neglect. A lot of mistakes were made and the system had to be started over from scratch...It was very enlightening for me and I took it as a learning experience. I have since been curious about other's experience and what they do to try to avoid this unfortunate element of the hobby.
And:
*In hindsight were there any warning signs leading up to the event?
*Did a tank crash affect the way you've maintained your tank moving forward?
*Are there any fail safes or backups that were inspired by an event such as this?
*Do you have a plan in place to act quickly when or if it happens again?
I had my own run in with this about 2 years ago. For me it was caused by a long period of time away from the tank/hobby with very little maintenance being done. Then, when I got back into it, rigorous and abrupt maintenance was done in an attempt to make up for almost a year of neglect. A lot of mistakes were made and the system had to be started over from scratch...It was very enlightening for me and I took it as a learning experience. I have since been curious about other's experience and what they do to try to avoid this unfortunate element of the hobby.