Tank NUked by storm

[Mike]

I woke up Yesterday to a foul smell eminating from the basement and when I went down I discovered all the fish had died and fouled the water and the Acropora had mostly melted away. Pretty bummed out to put it mildly. Today I am going to run a bypass so the things that lived (chalice corals) can be maintained while I empty and clean the big tank. I am puttting in an auto transfer generator in the next two weeks. I anticipate teh estimate this week and hope to have it in next week. I will never ever ever have a tank again (especially one loaded with fish) without one. I slept through the storm and woke up to a disaster.

[MUCHO REEF]

Wow Mike, I'm so sorry. You have had more bad luck, GEESH. You don't deserve this my friend. Hang tough and keep the faith.

Mucho Reef

[Rabidgoose]

I'm sorry for your loss Mike.

[jimsflies]

Sorry to hear about this Mike. Where you not home when the power was out? Or did it happen that fast while you slept? Seems like you'd have a few hours to potentially respond before total catastrophe?

[Mike]

Sorry to hear about this Mike. Where you not home when the power was out? Or did it happen that fast while you slept? Seems like you'd have a few hours to potentially respond before total catastrophe?

I think it was the size of the fish and potentially the bacterial load that accelerated the process. I have never had so many fish and never so many large ones. I woke up at 7am (later than normal because no alarm clock) for work and the tank was melting away.

[pjr]

I think it was the size of the fish and potentially the bacterial load that accelerated the process....

Do you think probiotics had any factor in such a quick degradation of the oxygen?

[Mike]

PAt,

It is hard to say that it would not have done the same thing wihout it. I had some pretty large fish that likely consumed a lot of oxygen as well. I still plan on running my system on a bacterial driven method.

I blame myself for being so foolish as to not have had a stand by generator installed. I have been on the fence for a few years and thought how many other things I could get with the roughly 3500.00 one would cost. That power outage cost me that and then some. I am literally sick about it (not so much the cost) but losing my fish. Some people think it is silly to get attached to something like a fish but I really loved mine.

[Tom@HaslettMI]

So sorry to hear about your losses. I'm not an SPS guy but I'd gladly share anything else I have that you're interested in.

Tom

[Mike]

He cchalices dont even show signs of stress

[Manoj's Reef]

Sorry to heart that Mike, dont loose hope.

How about this , I will hook you yup with a SPS pack to help you start again.