The BIGGEST mistake of my life

[reefdude37]

well, lets see here...
Started off my dad ordered 16 pounds of liverock for my 10 gallon about a week ago. It came today. When I got home from school I found the liverock on the front porch and I was so happy. Everything was fine right. Well I added livesand to my HOB refuge and my tank. Then I stacked up my liverock perfect, It looked so damn good. I added the water and still everything was alright. I turned on the HOB refuge and Here is when the probem starts. The powerhead that runs the water to the HOB refuge wasnt working right. So I took it off, fixed it, and the damn thing wouldnt fit in the pipe right, I turned off the Refuge. I tryed for 15 minutes to fix it. IT WOULDNT GO IN IT. I twisted the pipe thing around, all of a sudden all of my Live Rock fell down :scared: I was so damn pissed. Then I finally got the Powerhead to go in the pipe.

When I turned the refuge back on, their was a big leak in the pipe where I twisted it. Water fell to the ground and in my SERGE PROTECTER, the freakin thing caught on fire!!!!!! I grabed a cup of water, unpluged the serge protecter and put out the flame.!!!!!I took some of the fallen liverock out of the tank, placed it in a bucket with a heater and powerhead. I threw the hob refuge out the front door(literally)

Now here I am typeing this thread looking at my dirty tank with liverock in the Bucket. This is got to be the worst day EVER!!!

 

[seannmelly]

sorry to hear about your problem, take your time, its all about patience! mabye you should just try using yor skimmer instead of the whole refuge, i know alot of people use just skimmers on a tank

 

[pclown]

Man, I am sorry! I have had those day with my tank. Sometime I was like this not worth it but then I get it right and I am sure you will too.

 

[nanokid]

hEy DoNt WoRrY bOuT iT mAn U r GoNnA gEt ThErE tRuSt Me I wAnTeD 2 gIvE uP aLsO bEcAuSe I cOuLdEnT gEt My Lr SeT uP tHe WaY i WaNtEd AnD iT kEpT oN fAlLiN dOwN aNd I wAnTeD 2 tHrOw It OuT tHe WiNdOw BuT i DiDnT i JuSt ToOk My TiMe AnD i DiD iT aNd I nO u CaN dO iT aLsO gOoOoOoOoO rEeFdUdE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

uR FrIeNd AaRoN

 

[reefdude37]

thanks everyone, the tank clearned up a little bit but the Liverock looks like crap, when the refuge comes ima take out all the liverock and stack it up how i want it outside the tank, then ima put it in the tank. Thanks..

 

[emmitt]

Originally Posted by NanoKid
hEy DoNt WoRrY bOuT iT mAn U r GoNnA gEt ThErE tRuSt Me I wAnTeD 2 gIvE uP aLsO bEcAuSe I cOuLdEnT gEt My Lr SeT uP tHe WaY i WaNtEd AnD iT kEpT oN fAlLiN dOwN aNd I wAnTeD 2 tHrOw It OuT tHe WiNdOw BuT i DiDnT i JuSt ToOk My TiMe AnD i DiD iT aNd I nO u CaN dO iT aLsO gOoOoOoOoO rEeFdUdE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

uR FrIeNd AaRoN

Wow, reading that is torture. Instant headache!!

 

[bigpete]

what size tank do you have? If it was a 12 or smaller I wouldnt even consider a refuge...maybe live rock rubble and freqquent water changes would do the trick. works fine for me. the only filtration i really have is live rock and some filter pad blocks that came with my jbj. dont worry, it takes a while for rock work to turn out exactly how you want it. when it does, you'll know! good luck

 

[reefdude37]

Thanks a lot, I have a 10 gallon. It's my third saltwater tank. I have a AquaFuge External Hang-On Refugium It measures 13 inches long and It fits perfect, I think it works extremly well, on my last 10 gallon I just used an aquaclear filter and made that into a refuge but now I've got a real thing I just hang it on the back. I will put liverock rubble and Cheatomorpha algae in it. Ima try to stack up the liverock how I want it. :joy:
Well thanks alot, Ben :happyfish

 

[bbb]

Reefdude, where at in NC are you? We're pretty close to the same age.

 

[feixjai]

was the HOB refuge those AC filters? i think you were suppose to slow the flow cause it might cause a stand storm in your fuge and might even clog your filter. anyways be patience. and when doing your rockwork make sure each rock is stable and not moving around.

 

[mopar9012]

you threw something out the door? sounds like something i would do...anyway sorry about your tank, my tank is definitly not where i want it right now. hope it gets better.

 

[reefdude37]

Originally Posted by BBB
Reefdude, where at in NC are you? We're pretty close to the same age.
I'm in Oxford about an hour away from Raleigh. I think i'm about 2 hours from where you live

 

[bbb]

Originally Posted by ReefDude37
I'm in Oxford about an hour away from Raleigh. I think i'm about 2 hours from where you live
A nice little drive then.