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Well it happened. I was in the process of moving. moved the tank over to the new house without a hitch. everything setup in the 11th hour. Everything looked good the next morning. I had to go out for a while to tighten up the other house and while I was gone. the heater probe popped out of the tank sending the heater into overdrive. When I returned the tank was up to 97 degrees and everything was gone. fish, corals, and a couple prized friends that have been with me. One being the Ruby Starfish that I've had for 5 years now. The one thing I regret is that the apex wasn't setup yet and I didn't get the notification. Now I have to figure out if I start over or shut it down for awhile to rethink everything through. truly a sad day
 
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Very sorry this happened to you.
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BARNAKEWLZ said:
Well it happened. I was in the process of moving. moved the tank over to the new house without a hitch. everything setup in the 11th hour. Everything looked good the next morning. I had to go out for a while to tighten up the other house and while I was gone. the heater probe popped out of the tank sending the heater into overdrive. When I returned the tank was up to 97 degrees and everything was gone. fish, corals, and a couple prized friends that have been with me. One being the Ruby Starfish that I've had for 5 years now. The one thing I regret is that the apex wasn't setup yet and I didn't get the notification. Now I have to figure out if I start over or shut it down for awhile to rethink everything through. truly a sad day
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Oh wow, I am so sorry for your loss. ;(
 
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jabberwock said:
I had a catastrophic mechanical tank failure in 2018. Just now getting back into the hobby. I feel your pain...
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The worst part is that I spent the time transporting the water and keeping everything stable during the move. talk about timing
 
BARNAKEWLZ said:
Well it happened. I was in the process of moving. moved the tank over to the new house without a hitch. everything setup in the 11th hour. Everything looked good the next morning. I had to go out for a while to tighten up the other house and while I was gone. the heater probe popped out of the tank sending the heater into overdrive. When I returned the tank was up to 97 degrees and everything was gone. fish, corals, and a couple prized friends that have been with me. One being the Ruby Starfish that I've had for 5 years now. The one thing I regret is that the apex wasn't setup yet and I didn't get the notification. Now I have to figure out if I start over or shut it down for awhile to rethink everything through. truly a sad day
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Fingers crossed you keep it running. I’ve had a tank crash occur but instead it was on my own call.
I was fighting between Hypothermia and Ammonia. And lost all my fish, inverts and most coral (Some of which had been with me for several years).
You may find some of the easier Mushrooms will have survived - My yumas made it through both hypothermic waters and ammonia filled water.
 
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I’m sorry to hear that. I lost everything to a hurricane and then again to air conditioning issues (this was before smart phones and aquarium computers). I took 10 years off. Do what you need to do. My advice is take a few days to decide especially if the current system is salvageable. If you do decide to keep the current system, get some additional live rock to re-seed the system.
 
BARNAKEWLZ said:
Well it happened. I was in the process of moving. moved the tank over to the new house without a hitch. everything setup in the 11th hour. Everything looked good the next morning. I had to go out for a while to tighten up the other house and while I was gone. the heater probe popped out of the tank sending the heater into overdrive. When I returned the tank was up to 97 degrees and everything was gone. fish, corals, and a couple prized friends that have been with me. One being the Ruby Starfish that I've had for 5 years now. The one thing I regret is that the apex wasn't setup yet and I didn't get the notification. Now I have to figure out if I start over or shut it down for awhile to rethink everything through. truly a sad day
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Sorry about this. You know what they say - if you fall off the horse, get back on.
 
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