The Importance of a Check List!
Well, almost learned a really hard lesson today. Learned a hard enough one though.
I managed to leave my ATO unplugged last night. Needless to say, today was a busy one, and i didnt make it down stairs until 8pm tonight.
My main return was running dry (didnt seize though), and my salinity was up a couple points. I managed to lose my GIANT colony of German Blue Digi, a very large colony of Tru Blu Slimer, and a few others started RTNing on me.
Im keeping my hopes up that they pull through, and a fragged beyond the dieing areas. All my LPS looks fine, except for my dads frag of the Dragon Skins, one polyp managed to get chowed down by some crap lobo when the flow was low from the return not hammering it.
Thank God, i have a ton of extra water always ready for top off. I added it slowly, but who knows what else im going to lose.
I sure took this as a warning to MAKE A CHECK LIST for me go over before i leave the tank if i have been doing any work on it.
What a dumb rookie mistake. But i guess it happens to the best of us.
Time will tell how much this mistake is going to cause me. Between a balast going down, and now this...im ready for this week to be over....and to hit the lottery.
Well, almost learned a really hard lesson today. Learned a hard enough one though.
I managed to leave my ATO unplugged last night. Needless to say, today was a busy one, and i didnt make it down stairs until 8pm tonight.
My main return was running dry (didnt seize though), and my salinity was up a couple points. I managed to lose my GIANT colony of German Blue Digi, a very large colony of Tru Blu Slimer, and a few others started RTNing on me.
Im keeping my hopes up that they pull through, and a fragged beyond the dieing areas. All my LPS looks fine, except for my dads frag of the Dragon Skins, one polyp managed to get chowed down by some crap lobo when the flow was low from the return not hammering it.
Thank God, i have a ton of extra water always ready for top off. I added it slowly, but who knows what else im going to lose.
I sure took this as a warning to MAKE A CHECK LIST for me go over before i leave the tank if i have been doing any work on it.
What a dumb rookie mistake. But i guess it happens to the best of us.
Time will tell how much this mistake is going to cause me. Between a balast going down, and now this...im ready for this week to be over....and to hit the lottery.