2017
Couple major things happened:
1st, snail clogged return line of old refugium and 5 gallons ended up on the wood floor. (Apex Leak detectors thankfully shut down main pump and alerted me at work to the disaster.). So, I needed to temporarily move the tank to fix the floor. HUGE job to unload it and slide it around the corner until floor was repaired.
2nd, Hurricane Irma showed up.
Added chiller and you can see temporary light canopy. Also rescued 6 fish from our kids’ school before Irma, cause I knew they would die...dumped them in my tank. (Mistake cause Dori carried ich-i find out months later.)
Day 1 - power went down 2 hours into storm, no problem cause we had a 10 year old house generator to keep fridge and tank powered...
but I was prepared for the worst.
This photo is Day 3, house generator blew a head gasket, no power. I started 3 battery bubblers going and had frozen gallon jugs of rodi water Rotating (in the display)...so I began using those to keep tank temp at 80...house was 90 degrees.
Thankfully a friend loaned us his gas powered generator 24 hours into complete loss of power.
You can see the cords heading outside to gas generator. It could only power the fans (which help cool tank) and return pump. No lights, no skimmer, no chiller...no fridge.
Day 11 - tank is surviving at 81 degrees, I would turn lights on 4-6 hours each day...my hubby purchased larger gas Generator.
Finally the power finally came on. No deaths.
