crzyfshygy
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I came home from work today and found my brand new tank with a crack in it about 2ft long down the side around to the front. The carpet was flooded all the way into the next room. 
I could not believe it...I sucked it up and ran to the LFS to get 10gl of salt water.....while I was doing that my girlfriend was trying to save as much of the coral and fish that she could. She placed my zoos, starpolyps, ricordia, and my clam in my 11gl(36watts of power comact) along with what ever snails and hermits were still alive. My xenia was melted, my brain was life less, fox coral dripping wet , gone my frogs pawn gone, purple mushrooms gone, gonipora gone. I was mess...I just wanted to try to save some of the bacteria on the LR. I placed all 60lbs in 3 5gl buckets and covered them with salt water. The LFS stayed open for me to get water. I have only 3 fish...6-line wrasse, watchman goby and a dragonet blenny. I am in a delima right now because I do not know what to do with the fish. My 11gl is really small and is jammed with coral now and inverts.....I have a clown in there and a purple and yellow gramma. I am worried about added the fish there becasue I know the gramma will try and fight with these fish and some if not all will end uo dead. I do not want to risk losing the small tank now due to dead fish and then have to break it down to get them out.
I am really sad and not sure what to do. This really sucks..I worked so hard on that tank and built it fron scratch......sanded primmed and painted the cabinet. Just alot of work! Lost about $450.00 in coral. I have a couple questions now :help: I hope someone will reply and post for me. I do not know what time that it happened but I had been gone for 13hours...there was about 1 gl in my sump. I have a 350 mag drive pump and it was making noise when I got home.....can these run for a few hours without water...also my skimmer pump to. I am going to the LFS to but a new tank tommorow...If I wait for 5 days will the LR be ok in the buckets with the water? Or is there something else I should do? Also does it matter if I use this sump 125wet dry....holds about 7 gl of water with the Mag drive 350 for a 60 gl tank, will I need a new sump or can I go with the old one. Also so if I go with a 60gl....wil the 65gl ratted protien skimmer do the job well.
I could not believe it...I sucked it up and ran to the LFS to get 10gl of salt water.....while I was doing that my girlfriend was trying to save as much of the coral and fish that she could. She placed my zoos, starpolyps, ricordia, and my clam in my 11gl(36watts of power comact) along with what ever snails and hermits were still alive. My xenia was melted, my brain was life less, fox coral dripping wet , gone my frogs pawn gone, purple mushrooms gone, gonipora gone. I was mess...I just wanted to try to save some of the bacteria on the LR. I placed all 60lbs in 3 5gl buckets and covered them with salt water. The LFS stayed open for me to get water. I have only 3 fish...6-line wrasse, watchman goby and a dragonet blenny. I am in a delima right now because I do not know what to do with the fish. My 11gl is really small and is jammed with coral now and inverts.....I have a clown in there and a purple and yellow gramma. I am worried about added the fish there becasue I know the gramma will try and fight with these fish and some if not all will end uo dead. I do not want to risk losing the small tank now due to dead fish and then have to break it down to get them out.
