BenaPilot's 75 Gallon Build

EARTHQUAKE!!

A 7.0 earthquake epicenter less than 30 miles away hit our area yesterday morning. The stand and aquarium fared well, however water was sloshed out, got into an extension cord and tripped the GFCI. Unfortunately, I was out of town and wasn’t able to talk my wife though troubleshooting to get my Apex back online- power was out for 6-ish hours.

So my tank sat without heat or water movement for a good 24 hours. I lost a lot. Flame angel, hippo tang, a clown, cardinal, my hearty Royal Gramma, Glenny the Blenny, banded coral shrimp, a slew of snails and urchins, spiny sea serpent, a couple anemones. Time will tell on the corals. That old sea harbor smell is prominent by the tank.

To put a positive spin on this, I’m thankful my diy stand withstood the quake. Also I’ve been wanting to do some reaquascaping and thin out the livestock- especially my anemones.

WARNING: some images may be disturbing to women and children...

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I know this is an old post and all, but I'm surprised no one commented! I'm glad your tank made it, even if it did short out. Lucky that the GFCI cut power and you didn't end up with a fire.

I'm sort of surprised the tank didn't topple over. I really hope mine fares as well when we have our next earthquake here in Southern California - if all I have to replace is some electronics and turn on my battery air pumps I'd be pretty stoked.
 
It's been almost two years since I've updates this thread!!

The tank bounced back nicely from the earthquake "crash". New fish, some of the corals actually bounced back.
Things are going well! My Zoas are really growing well. I had a purple Stylo doing real well for about 8 months, now not so good... not sure why. My anemones seem to split about every three months! I keep the LFS anemone tank well stocked!

Pic from this morning:
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