acesfull44
Valuable Member
Well, I feel like one of the most useless individuals on the planet right now. I have had some issues, as most of us have in getting started, as my tank is only been up since Sept 2014. Lost my Magnificent, which my LFS was never able to help me understand why or what happened earlier this year, but kept my chin up, and got back on track with successfully adding a Atlantic Blue, a Yellow and Chocolate Tang, and 3 Disbar Anthias to my already existing happy family of 2 carpenter wrasse, a midas blenny with a TON of charachter, and a cardinal. I was also able to start keeping some really nice Acro frags, about 20 of them when I upgraded to an 8 bulb ATI fixture, with which I could not be more happy with!
Fast forward to last Friday, I leave with my wife and daughter to Indy for a soccer tourney, oh by the way I acclimated 4 more REALLY NICE frags from the live sale @CherryCorals who worked with me on some DOA issues right before I left, and left my house, dogs, and tankmates to my sister in law for the weekend. We had some storms roll through, and as of Saturday, things seem to be fine. I get a call Sunday morning, right before the girls championship soccer game, and she is histerical and crying because she sees a bunch of dead fish, the lights were not on, and the pumps were not working. SO, as it turns out sometime between 12 on Sat and 12 on Sun, the power had went out, which cost me 7 of my 10 fish, and ALL of my acro frags which are ghost white! She was unable to be of much help, so after getting home later Sunday, I did a 30g water change after removing all the fish, and changed out the carbon and filter pads/socks. IT GETS BETTER, as she mentioned there was water on the floor, and in the midst of being unbelievably aggravated and distraught, it did not dawn on me as to how there was water on my floor. Welp, I found out what that was, as my sump has a leak, and is managing to place nice puddles of water on my floor as we speak! My LFS friend is trying to rework his schedule to come help me change out my sump later today (I hope it makes it that long) as I continue to think how great things are for me and this hobby right now.
Whats really frustrating personally is I got a batter backup for xmas that I have manged to let sit in a box and not hook up as of yet! Anyway, as I have vented WAY longer than I planned, I guess the good news was the girls won their division in Indy, but I have lost some GREAT tank mates that I feel AWFUL about, as well as a ton of really great Acros, so I am unsure how much longer I will be continuing in the hobby that I had so much hope for, not to mention a TON OF MONEY invested in!
Fast forward to last Friday, I leave with my wife and daughter to Indy for a soccer tourney, oh by the way I acclimated 4 more REALLY NICE frags from the live sale @CherryCorals who worked with me on some DOA issues right before I left, and left my house, dogs, and tankmates to my sister in law for the weekend. We had some storms roll through, and as of Saturday, things seem to be fine. I get a call Sunday morning, right before the girls championship soccer game, and she is histerical and crying because she sees a bunch of dead fish, the lights were not on, and the pumps were not working. SO, as it turns out sometime between 12 on Sat and 12 on Sun, the power had went out, which cost me 7 of my 10 fish, and ALL of my acro frags which are ghost white! She was unable to be of much help, so after getting home later Sunday, I did a 30g water change after removing all the fish, and changed out the carbon and filter pads/socks. IT GETS BETTER, as she mentioned there was water on the floor, and in the midst of being unbelievably aggravated and distraught, it did not dawn on me as to how there was water on my floor. Welp, I found out what that was, as my sump has a leak, and is managing to place nice puddles of water on my floor as we speak! My LFS friend is trying to rework his schedule to come help me change out my sump later today (I hope it makes it that long) as I continue to think how great things are for me and this hobby right now.
Whats really frustrating personally is I got a batter backup for xmas that I have manged to let sit in a box and not hook up as of yet! Anyway, as I have vented WAY longer than I planned, I guess the good news was the girls won their division in Indy, but I have lost some GREAT tank mates that I feel AWFUL about, as well as a ton of really great Acros, so I am unsure how much longer I will be continuing in the hobby that I had so much hope for, not to mention a TON OF MONEY invested in!
