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05-21-2007, 09:28 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: McKinney, Texas
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Returned home from weekend get-a-way to find.....
 Well.......I have read so many sad stories where someone has lost everything in their tank and now it was my turn.............I came home after a overnight trip to Austin to find everything (well almost everything) dead. I only have a small 10 gal tank but it was my first tank......my starter tank and now everything is gone (well almost everything). I guess based on what I came home to that my BTA got sucked up into the power head. When I got home the water was so cloudy that you couldn't see anything inside. The BTA had basically exploded.....I guess. I had my two false percs and a cleaner shrimp that had perished. But the boxer crab was alive..........just barely. I quickly moved him to the hospital tank along with the Frogspawn (not dead but not good) as well as a few blue legged crabs and a few snails. We will see what happens. I am pretty bummed out. I will start over............who knows...........maybe I will upgrade.
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05-21-2007, 09:30 AM
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Saltwater Mom
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ga
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sorry for your loss!
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05-21-2007, 09:36 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Sorry to hear this!
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05-21-2007, 09:39 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2006
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I'm really sorry :-(
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05-21-2007, 09:44 AM
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Montis 'R Us
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Very sorry to hear.
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I can see by todays discussion that there seems to be a gray area between the real world and fantasyland!
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05-21-2007, 09:46 AM
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Keeper of the Reef
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern Indiana
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Sorry for your losses 
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Originally Posted by Mel13anie
I will start over............who knows...........maybe I will upgrade. |
A bigger tank will make you feel better 
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05-21-2007, 10:04 AM
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Usually Confused
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Southern California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ckusnierek
Sorry for your losses
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Definately
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05-21-2007, 10:11 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
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That stinks, I'm sorry to hear it I agree though,.. a bigger tank would be nice
Whiskey
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05-21-2007, 10:14 AM
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Super Moderator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mel13anie
The BTA had basically exploded.....
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Not much you can do when that happens. I hope you salvage as much as you can.
A bigger tank will give you more water volume and room for error but
'exploding BTA's' would be severe with any size tank.
Good luck with the re-start.
Dick
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05-21-2007, 10:37 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Sorry to hear that.Go bigger.
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05-21-2007, 10:47 AM
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I loves me a water change
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Dang, I'm so sorry!
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05-21-2007, 12:37 PM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
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sorry to hear. most anens have this problem. shame when it happens.
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05-21-2007, 12:54 PM
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Rockin-Roll Mod
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Sorry to hear
Brent.
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05-21-2007, 01:26 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: McKinney, Texas
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Good News........Just checked the hospital tank and it looks like the Frog Spawn is doing much better. I am totally surprised......and very happy! I am sure we are not "out of the water" yet.....so to speak.........lol............but it is a good sign. Boxer crab is.......as always......hiding in the rock so I am not sure on his status. |
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05-21-2007, 01:44 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: spartanburg, south carolina
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That's a horrible thing to happen, but the good news is that your tank is small enough that it won't take much to get it back and running again. Good luck with the remaining corals.
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