Full tank crash

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Hey guys,

Just need to vent!! This is what I care home to after an amazing vacation. A tank full of white!!
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The “caretaker” of my tank put the wrong end of the RO system in my tank and put all the waste water in it. Lost a years worth of SPS growth and about $1000 in fish!! Time to rebuild!! Hope you all are having a better week.
 
Sorry about your misfortune.

May I ask how that happened? Was this person refilling your ato reservoir with the rodi system?
 
Sorry about your misfortune.

May I ask how that happened? Was this person refilling your ato reservoir with the rodi system?

Yeah, she filled my ATO with the waste water and didn’t put salt in (not that, that would have saved anything) just bummed as I was finally getting good growth from the frags. Ironically my Nems survived nitrates over 150. The water must have been like battery acid.
 
Yeah, she filled my ATO with the waste water and didn’t put salt in (not that, that would have saved anything) just bummed as I was finally getting good growth from the frags. Ironically my Nems survived nitrates over 150. The water must have been like battery acid.
I hate to break it to you but putting salt in your ATO will 100% kill everything in your tank over time. Top off needs to be pure water, salt cannot evaporate.
 
Sorry for your losses!! Have you checked your alk? Also do you have an Apex Controller so you can monitor from afar?
 
Hello,

Sorry for the loss, it’s never fun no matter what it is. As negative or bad, sad etc, I would look at it as a learning experience of what not to do. Everyone is different when it comes to personal life and their tanks. Me (myself) I don’t go on vacations simple because I don’t trust anyone. I would trust one person who works st my lfs and that’s it.

My tank is super easy to top off and (no automation) but it’s just easy. Yet to those who don’t have one or only fresh water simply lack the experience and awareness of a tank going bad. I’m sure they (her) didn’t mean to and she may not have known. Yet she could have called and asked also so that’s on her. Again sorry for your loss and some advice is definitely stop adding to salt to your top off water. Top is just pure fresh rodi nothing else.
 
Sorry, I should have clarified. I don’t put salt in my ATO. I was stating 2 different things.
Why would you put salt in the ato? Not to be an *****, but based on that comment there might have been some others issues going on with your tank.
 
Sorry for your losses!! Have you checked your alk? Also do you have an Apex Controller so you can monitor from afar?
Yes, I check all my parameters weekly. Yes, I have an apex. The only thing I saw on it was my PH dropped to 7.6/7.7, Nothing that would make me worry that much. I couldnt see my nitrates though which were through the roof
 

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