Well after about 4 months of trying to figure out what the heck happened to my tank im pretty sure I found the problem this time. However I have never had this problem before so I dont know how bad it really is.(which in my mind is really bad)
While cleaning my fish tank today, I tried to retrieve a sure grip that fell in the overflow chamber a LONG time ago.
I had a seio m620 that was on it that fell so I just put the pump on a rock in the same spot. The tank was jam packed with liverock and tons of corals so taking the tank down was the only option to get that magnet out(which I didnt want to do at all). SInce the pump was fine where it was I just forgot about it and the tank seemed fine for a little while.
It was basically a tank crash(sps wise) after that . I gave any live sps remains to friends. All lps and fish have been fine since the problems occured. All inverts died though. I tested paramters constantly and all seemed normal. Once the tank was gettin so bad I gave up and didnt do much but top off and chagne the water every 2 weeks or so cause i didnt know what else to do.
Anyways, as i picked it up by sliding it up with another side of a suregrip, i noticed it had poped open when it fell. Sure enough inside I see the metal interior rusted completely. :evil:
at least 4 months later-Currently my tank has a couple brains and a scolymia that have been non affected throughout the crash. ALl the LR has weird neon brown velvet agae type growth on it that goes way when the lights are off and gets really bright nast brown when the lights come on for a couple hours. Other than that the fish are as fat and healthy as can be.
Im running a lot of carbon and polyfilters and will do water changes.
I have been cooking 100 llbs of the 150 that was orignally in the tank for about 2 weeks now. I wanted to do it longer but I need to get the current rock out of there now so ill need some of that cooked LR. paramaters all seem fine. I need to go get a copper test for sure.
Just thought I would make a post about how I think my tank crashed so other people dont accidently drop them and forget about them because they are to hard to reach.
I will updated the thread in the upcoming weeks to report how the tank is doin.
While cleaning my fish tank today, I tried to retrieve a sure grip that fell in the overflow chamber a LONG time ago.
I had a seio m620 that was on it that fell so I just put the pump on a rock in the same spot. The tank was jam packed with liverock and tons of corals so taking the tank down was the only option to get that magnet out(which I didnt want to do at all). SInce the pump was fine where it was I just forgot about it and the tank seemed fine for a little while.
It was basically a tank crash(sps wise) after that . I gave any live sps remains to friends. All lps and fish have been fine since the problems occured. All inverts died though. I tested paramters constantly and all seemed normal. Once the tank was gettin so bad I gave up and didnt do much but top off and chagne the water every 2 weeks or so cause i didnt know what else to do.
Anyways, as i picked it up by sliding it up with another side of a suregrip, i noticed it had poped open when it fell. Sure enough inside I see the metal interior rusted completely. :evil:
at least 4 months later-Currently my tank has a couple brains and a scolymia that have been non affected throughout the crash. ALl the LR has weird neon brown velvet agae type growth on it that goes way when the lights are off and gets really bright nast brown when the lights come on for a couple hours. Other than that the fish are as fat and healthy as can be.
Im running a lot of carbon and polyfilters and will do water changes.
I have been cooking 100 llbs of the 150 that was orignally in the tank for about 2 weeks now. I wanted to do it longer but I need to get the current rock out of there now so ill need some of that cooked LR. paramaters all seem fine. I need to go get a copper test for sure.
Just thought I would make a post about how I think my tank crashed so other people dont accidently drop them and forget about them because they are to hard to reach.
I will updated the thread in the upcoming weeks to report how the tank is doin.