Ed
Sun, 18th May 2008, 04:41 PM
Ever think you can see the light at the end of the tunnel only to find out it's an oncoming train?
Woke up @ 7:00am to the noxious smell of burned plastic. Went downstairs to check the aquariums and the smell got worse. Through process of elimination, I discovered that the Stealth heater in my (connected) frag tank had nuked both tanks. Pulled the - insert favorite expletives here - heater out of the water to discover that it was spewing toxic smoke into the tank. No more Stealth heaters for me.:angry:
Needless to say, the fish were severely stressed. One Chromis had jumped, the other was dead in the rock work, both CBB's were wedged in the rocks breathing hard as was the Powder Blue. No sign of the Sohal or Mama Clown. The little man was in the anemone and I could see at least one Engineer peeking out from under their rock.
I immediately started running carbon, added two air stones, and began mixing water. It's now 8:00am. Four hours until the LFS opens and more water is available. Ran to the closest Wal Mart for more carbon. They were out. What luck! Came back and did a 55 gallon water change. After an hour or so, the CBB's started to move a bit as did the Powder Blue. Still no sign of the Sohal.
Fast forward to 12:00 - LFS is open, get more water, and start mixing for another water change. Fish are looking a tad better - except for the Sohal - found him dead behind the rocks.:cry_smile:. RIP big guy.
2:00pm. Second 55 gallon water change. Added more carbon. Now the large CBB is missing.:at_wits_end:
Corals and inverts are unaffected. Still no sign of the big CBB. Other fish seem to be improving slowly. Only time will tell how much more I will lose.
This has been a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
Woke up @ 7:00am to the noxious smell of burned plastic. Went downstairs to check the aquariums and the smell got worse. Through process of elimination, I discovered that the Stealth heater in my (connected) frag tank had nuked both tanks. Pulled the - insert favorite expletives here - heater out of the water to discover that it was spewing toxic smoke into the tank. No more Stealth heaters for me.:angry:
Needless to say, the fish were severely stressed. One Chromis had jumped, the other was dead in the rock work, both CBB's were wedged in the rocks breathing hard as was the Powder Blue. No sign of the Sohal or Mama Clown. The little man was in the anemone and I could see at least one Engineer peeking out from under their rock.
I immediately started running carbon, added two air stones, and began mixing water. It's now 8:00am. Four hours until the LFS opens and more water is available. Ran to the closest Wal Mart for more carbon. They were out. What luck! Came back and did a 55 gallon water change. After an hour or so, the CBB's started to move a bit as did the Powder Blue. Still no sign of the Sohal.
Fast forward to 12:00 - LFS is open, get more water, and start mixing for another water change. Fish are looking a tad better - except for the Sohal - found him dead behind the rocks.:cry_smile:. RIP big guy.
2:00pm. Second 55 gallon water change. Added more carbon. Now the large CBB is missing.:at_wits_end:
Corals and inverts are unaffected. Still no sign of the big CBB. Other fish seem to be improving slowly. Only time will tell how much more I will lose.
This has been a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.