Ken,
I'm truly sorry for your lose. I know the feeling. Lost all of mine
when I first started - really hurts.
Good luck and don't give up.
jp
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ken Ziggy
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 11:55 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Please Help!!!!!!!!
When I left this morning for work I have a habit of checking the temp
and
the sump water level every morning.The water level was exaxtly were I
have
it set for my top-off system and the temp was 79 degrees and the heater
was
on.I went to work at 6 a.m. My wife called me at 9 a.m. at work and
sayed
something was wrong with the tank it smelled and still smells like
electrical burning.You should see the heater both ends were blown out
.The
top of the heater were the control knob is was burned to a crisp.The
metal
wrapping under the glass were you read the temp was burned and charred
like
a metal can in a burn barrel.I think that is what what poisoned the
tank,lots of metal deposits from the burnt coils and metal covering????I
wish I had enough saltwater mixed up to do the whole tank.The goby just
died.Thats all my fish gone because of a faulty heater.I will post the
brand
name later.I lost a beautiful sailfin Tang,watchman goby.diamondback
sleeper
gobie,cleaner wrasse,flame hawkfish,purple bicolor blennie,green spotted
mandarin and cleaner shrimp.The only upbeat note is that my corals about
15
of them are showing signs of opening a little.I have done a 10 gallon
water
change and I am waiting for 5 more gallons of ro/di water to get
done.Depressing.I just got done hardplumbing my tank with an iwaki 40
rlxt
and I was going to get my refugium going this weekend and now this.I
just
can't explain how bad my tank water smells now like electrical burn.The
heater itself smelled so bad I had to put it in a ziplock bag.I thought
Visa-therm was a good quality heater?Does anyone suggest a good fully
submersible heater?
Thanks for the info and I'll keep ya informed on my progress.Ken.-----
Original Message -----
From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:20 PM
Subject: RE: Please Help!!!!!!!!
> Ken,
>
> Did the temperature in your tank go up? I am wondering if the heater
stuck
> on and overheated the water before it broke, or if it just shattered.
Please
> dont blame yourself, you had a faulty piece of equipment. We cant
blame
> ourselves for things that are out of our control.
>
> Now, for the immediate need. Good idea on the poly filters and carbon.
I
> would continue to run those. You can use your salt mix as soon as it
mixes,
> but I would give it 15 - 20 minutes of solid heavy mixing. If you can
throw
> extra powerheads in their to really mix it, do so.
>
> I am hesitant to say it was chemicals in the heater that caused your
fishes
> to die, but it is possible. Check your temp, please.
>
> I know this sucks, I have had similar situations. Just do what you can
to
> fix it, and move on.
>
> Let us know temp and progress.
>
> Shane C.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken Ziggy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:09 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Please Help!!!!!!!!
> >
> > My Heater in my sump actually exploded and burned.It was a brand new
one
I
> > just bought.I forget the name.I'm really bummed out.All my fish
exept my
> > watchman goby died and he isn't doing very well.I emptied the sump
and
> > cleaned all the broken glass out and changed the water in the sump.I
put
> > three layers of polyfilters in and activated carbon.I only had a 5
gallon
> > bucket of fresh saltwater to do a water change on my 75 gallon
> > reeftank.I'm mixing as much as I can as fast as my ro/di unit can
kep up
> > with.How long really do I have to wait before I can use the new
mix.I
know
> > they say 24 hours but this is an emergency.The bag actually says
> > emediately.Can I do this in this situation.My skimmer is on full
tilk
> > also.I have lots of corals and 150 pounds of live rock I need to
> > save.Anyone with any suggestion's please help me.I don't know if I
should
> > get any other chemical filter like chemi-pure or not?Dumby me I
didn't
> > have a ground probe on the tank either.But I'm running out to get
one
> > now.I feel like I just let my tank down.I feel bad enough whats
going on
> > with what happened in new york and the pentegon.Now I feel down
right
> > deppressed.If anyone can help please respond asap.Thanks Ken.My
email is
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> if you need it.
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