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10-13-2005, 08:41 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Seattle, Wa
Posts: 65
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Help!!! Or Am I Doomed?
So Here's Quite The Dilema...
My Stand With A 55 Collapsed... Lovely.... Breaking The Aquarium And The Sump. Killing Most Of My Stock. Leaving Me With One Ocellaris, One Banded Coral Shrimp, One Blue Leg Hermit, One Snail, And About 3 Lbs Of Unexposed LR... All Dwelling In The Last Five Gallons Left In The Corner Of The Aquarium. Everything Else Was Crushed Or Sitting In The Middle Of My Living Room Or At The Other End Of The Aquarium In Out Of The Water, From What I Was Told, 12 Hours. I Relocated The Water And The Survivors To The El-Crapo Five Gallon That I Had Sitting In The Closet. Threw In A Heater And Small Power Head.
Place Your Bets On How Long The Survivors Will Last.
Or.... Any Suggestions?
Thanks,
Justin
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10-13-2005, 08:45 PM
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Duper Mod !
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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WOW what a mess I hope they pull through.
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10-13-2005, 08:45 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: waukesha, Wisconsin
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I do not know if I want to ask .... what kind of stand was it.
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10-13-2005, 08:46 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Woodstock GA
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I am sorry. I hope everything works out. I had a 55 gallon fish only chemicaly crash. It killed my all my fish. I hated it. all that work down the drain. But time will alow things to get better. Keep Reefin' and good luck!!!!!
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10-13-2005, 08:55 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Seattle, Wa
Posts: 65
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I Made It From Oak About 5 Years Ago. 4x4 Frame... It Seemed Pretty Solid, Or My Construction Skills Suck... I Am Figuring The Latter. So Anywhooooooo.... I Guess It's Time For That 150 I Have Been Dreaming About.
Do You Think Renter's Insurance Will Cover This?
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10-13-2005, 08:56 PM
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Rockin-Roll Mod
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Coal Valley Illinois
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Help!!! Or Am I Doomed? I just dont know what to say i could not even think about what you are going thru, All my best, Very sorry to here that,
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10-13-2005, 08:59 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Plano, TX
Posts: 94
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Sorry to hear that.
I had a similar experience with a 180 gal tank that was given to me ... the guy who gave to me said that it had only a small leak. Well you can guess what happens next. I move it in the house and told my wife its ok honey I'll add some extra silicone (glass) and it should be fine. A few months go by with a very very slight leak. Then one day we come home and there is leteraly a fountain of water coming out of this thing. Lucky for me it was only freshwater.
Needless to say it was hard for me to convince my wife that after I scraped all the old silicone off and re-sealed that it was okay to move back in ... so my best friend wound up with the aquarium ... and it has never leaked since ... sigh ... I miss my old aquarium.  |
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10-13-2005, 08:59 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Seattle, Wa
Posts: 65
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This Is Just Part Of The Learning Curve To Be A Successful Reefer, Right?
Happy Thursday The 13th!!!!
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10-13-2005, 08:59 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: waukesha, Wisconsin
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Hard to say I would give it a try. Time for the 150, thats the way to think.
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10-13-2005, 09:04 PM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
Posts: 16,922
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Sorry to hear that and I think that is a first for me hearing about a tank stand giving out. You think after five years You have nothing to worry about.
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10-13-2005, 09:07 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Seattle, Wa
Posts: 65
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Well Now That I Cleaned It All Up, I Started Looking At The Hardware That I Used, 9x40mm Bolts Weren't Galvanized Or Stainless.... Rusted Through... SNAP! Bang! Boom! Spash!
Let This Be A Lesson For You DIYers
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10-13-2005, 09:41 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: new orleans
Posts: 130
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sorry to hear about your tank, but that 180 sure sounds great!!!
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10-13-2005, 09:46 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Seattle, Wa
Posts: 65
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yeahhhhhhhhhh... *dreaming of it now* but shopping for one sucks
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10-13-2005, 09:49 PM
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Rockin-Roll Mod
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Coal Valley Illinois
Posts: 5,397
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By the way Welcome to T, R. T, Sorry it had to happen on a bad note!
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10-13-2005, 10:02 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by YouFoundUs
Do You Think Renter's Insurance Will Cover This?
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Wonder what your landlord thinks of a 180 after this little (compared to a 180g) leak.  Hope it all works out for ya.
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