Electric out = death

[bradttu]

Well, I came home from work today and EVERYTHING in my tank is dead. My clocks were blinking so I know the power went out. Needless to say, my tank got hot.....92 degrees when I looked at it. This really sux!!!!!!

 

[michaeltx]

that really sucks sorry about the losses dude
do you know what the reason for the outage was.
Mike

 

[bradttu]

No clue what caused it. I am going to do a 50% water change in about 10 minutes.
I was planning on heading your way this Saturday to come up to Aquarilease and buy a fish or two. I live in Midland. It's only a 1.5 hour drive for me.

 

[michaeltx]

yeah I was going to up saturday sometime after work. here lately he hadnt really got all the much in . I think hes try to hold off a little till he gets the room up and going still gets some nice ones in though.
what kind of readings are you getting on your tests?
Mike

 

[rich1515]

Man, I am sorry to hear that. That bites. I got the same scare today. My neighbor called me at work and let me know that our power was out because she knows about my 2 saltwater tanks.
Rushed home, grabbed the generator and hooked them both up. I swear, it was the best $400 I ever spent.
Hopefully things will be better on your new inhabitants.

 

[bradttu]

Yeah it really sux. I pulled 30 gallons out, it's a 55 gallon so I pulled more than 50%. I figured it couldn't hurt anything.
All of my readings are fine, except for the ammonia. Dead fish and stuff would cause that I guess. I sure hope my green star polyps make it. The section I have is about 15 inches across. It was sweeeeet! I will keep everyone updated.

 

[bradttu]

Hmmmmmm. I got everything back up and running, and low and behold......my powerhead doesnt work now. Could it have shorted out and fried everything??????? I know we had a power dip hear because all of the clocks were blinking when I walked in from work. It was a maxi-jet 1200. Anyone ever had problems with these???????

 

[fshhub]

cant say anything about the powerhead, did you try cleaning it, esp the coraline inside?
sorry about your loss, i had a recent similar problem, so i know where you are coming from.