Moving update - Disaster!

[Reefing Reefer]

Update on my tank and moving to a new place.

I decided to play it safe and set up my Fluval Evo in my brother-in-law's garage; everything seemed normal for the 1st couple of days...until yesterday. Here what I believe happened; the ATO's float valve got stuck, causing the last baffle's water level to drop. When the water level dropped the heater turned itself off (or at least I think it did, because it's working fine now) from overheating. This caused the temperature of the tank to drop to 68-70 degrees . I lost all of my corals. It was devastating to see - I didn't even bother taking pictures, I just took the tank apart...to my surprise, my clownfish and fire shrimp survived - currently in a 5-gallon bucket with a sponge filter.

As for the tank - I'm starting from scratch. I went and bought 15 lbs of Caribsea life rock and 10 lbs of Caribsea pink fiji arag-alive sand . I cleaned everything out of the tank before adding, took apart all of the equipment, and gave it a good scrub, and am now cycling the tank.

I hope my clownfish & fire shrimp will be okay in the bucket for about a week or so.

 

[DaneGer21]

Those temperatures will not kill. I’m guessing maybe the salinity was the culprit.

 

[Bandito Aquatics]

I'm not sure if they will make it for a whole week in a bucket you need some type of water movement. i would personally drop them in the tank already clowns are pretty resilient

 

[Pkunk35]

Oh dude sorry to hear! New tank looks cool tho!

 

[Reefing Reefer]

I'm not sure if they will make it for a whole week in a bucket you need some type of water movement. i would personally drop them in the tank already clowns are pretty resilient

There's a small sponge filter running of an air pump.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Update on my tank and moving to a new place.

I decided to play it safe and set up my Fluval Evo in my brother-in-law's garage; everything seemed normal for the 1st couple of days...until yesterday. Here what I believe happened; the ATO's float valve got stuck, causing the last baffle's water level to drop. When the water level dropped the heater turned itself off (or at least I think it did, because it's working fine now) from overheating. This caused the temperature of the tank to drop to 68-70 degrees . I lost all of my corals. It was devastating to see - I didn't even bother taking pictures, I just took the tank apart...to my surprise, my clownfish and fire shrimp survived - currently in a 5-gallon bucket with a sponge filter.

As for the tank - I'm starting from scratch. I went and bought 15 lbs of Caribsea life rock and 10 lbs of Caribsea pink fiji arag-alive sand . I cleaned everything out of the tank before adding, took apart all of the equipment, and gave it a good scrub, and am now cycling the tank.

I hope my clownfish & fire shrimp will be okay in the bucket for about a week or so.

Sorry to hear. The downfalls of equipment failures

 

[secret_reefer337]

I feel your pain, I have moved my tank twice and every time it is a coral disaster. I have lost thousands in my collection.

 

[Reefing Reefer]

Update on my temp tank - 5 gallon bucket w/ small sponge filter. I cut a hole on the lid and used my stock evo light. Perfect and cheap setup; I plan on adding a small cheap wave maker and will use it as a quarantine tank going forward.