my tank crashed & "that's all folks"

[polywise]

Well,
All I can say is that for the last 6.5 years this tank has been tons of fun. I have learned alot, and will be taking a break for a while due to a broken heart that needs to be overcome.

Chiller circut stopped working over the weekend, sometime between Saturday afternoon and Monday. I was out of town, and came back to a tank that was 94 degrees. It is a complete loss minus a few fish that survived. :banghead: equipment as follows:
TANK
72X30X32 (280 GALLON) GLASS FULL OPEN EUROBRACED TANK
(TANK/HOOD/STAND/ LIGHTING) $2,500.00
TANK ONLY $1,500.00

LIGHTING
4-400W REEFLUX 10K WITH SPIDER
REFLECTORS AND BALLASTS $600.00 set
4-60?VHO ATICINC WITH ICECAP BALLASTS $400.00 set

EQUIPMENT
6-TUNZE 6200?S WITH MULTICONTROLER $1,000.00 set
2- 1? SEA-SWIRLS WITH IWAKI PUMP $300.00 set
1-SUMP 220 GALLON TITAN FOOD GRADE WHITE POLY $300.00
2- DOLPHIN AMPMASTER PUMPS $200.00 ea
1-MEDUSA PHC-300 DIGITAL CONTROLLER $150.00
1-ETSS 1000 DOWNDRAFT SKIMMER $600.00
1-MTC PROCAL CALCIUM REACTOR WITH PH PROBE AND CONTROLLER $650.00
1-PACIFIC COAST DIGITAL 1HP CHILLER $600.00
LIVE ROCK
750 POUNDS TOAL $2,000.00
600 POUNDS - IN TANK WITH TONS OF CORRALINE ALGE $1,800.00
150 POUNDS ? IN SUMP $400.00



Jim C

 

[junglebase]

sent you a pm.. and i am sorry for the losses....

 

[NYreefNoob]

I truelly feel you as mine just crashed also

 

[polywise]

some pics of the tank

 

[Fishtank1980]

Sorry for your lose!

 

[kourt11234]

pm'd

 

[thesauce]

So many crashes lately, so sorry for your losses.

 

[Dlefty]

Jim,

I can't believe it. I know what your going through though. All as it takes is a power outage, power spike, pump going bad, or a chiller malfunction and you can loose your tank. I had a lot less riding on my wallet when I had the Rio burn up and all of my fish died except for the clown & anemone.

You had one beautiful tank. I only wish I got down to see it in the past year.

Are you sure you want to sell everything??

I'm so sorry for your losses. It gets easier with time....

 

[polywise]

nyreefnoob, sorry to hear about your crash as well.
I had some massive colonies groowing in my system
Jim C.

 

[polywise]

need to correct a price in my post.
6-6200's including magnet mounts, and the controller 1,500.00 set

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Pm'd

 

[artie1209]

Many of us have had a crash or a setback because of some unforeseen weakness in our system design. You may wish to reconsider selling all your equipment and enduring a second financial loss. Your tank was truly a work of art and very beautiful. Maybe you can stabilize your existing setup and rebuild. Even better this time. Some redundancy or a paging device. You already have the skills and the equipment. P/U a few frags... a little time... and you can again enjoy your efforts. I will frag my frog-spawn as a starter. Not much but its a start. Maybe other MR members can donate a frag here and there. Just a thought!

 

[nminunni]

nice tank anyways. sorry man

 

[House of Laughter]

sorry to hear jim, hang in there and sorry to hear about your loss.

House

 

[tomtoothdoc]

94 degree!!!...man those mh's got real hot. i'm sorry for your loss. like many others have said, perhaps sleep over the decision to rid everything for a few days. you may want to rebuild. i can't say i had such a devastating loss but i recently had a black out and lost some livestock...not a total loss but just as heart breaking. i miss my 10-12" squamosa clam i had for over 4-5 yrs.

 

[polywise]

The part that hurts is that I had a good run under my belt, got past the Frag grow out time frame- with many colonies that were over 12" across.

 

[polywise]

sump

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Sorry to hear . Even with such high end stuff, something could still go wrong.


Sincerely though if you need frags of no name brand, I do have a bunch to donate-frogspawn, hammer, SPS-some ugly some good looking.

 

[polywise]

Aqua Pro, thanks for the offer.
I am still trying to adjust my medication still feeling a bit numb...
Jim C.

 

[Arati]

The Hardest part / time of my system crash was cleaning it all up and getting it ready for sale. I am glad I didnt sell everything. My system is still only a fraction of what it once was. I have realized that it was the building and setup and collecting of the early days of my tank that had really hooked me on this hobby.

I am not glad my system crashed and I still miss some of the thing I will proobly never get to replace. I am verry thankfull my wife talked me out of quitting. although im not sure if she doesnt regret that alittle..

I did verry much enjoy doing it all over the second time. It is coming out better this time. Definetly think it over for a few days.

I also would be happy to send some frags your way.