Disaster

[bcrueter]

I was in progress of moving my 150 into my basemtent last night and my help called it a night on me so I put all my live stock in a brute put some LR in there a power head,heater even a hob filter.made it through night ok even ate in morning got home from work to find everything dead! I'm devastated and don't even know if I want to start over. So please take a moment to say goodbye to,foxy the fox face,blue the regal,Larry,moe curry,and joe the pj cardinals,beauty the coral beauty,scopas the scopas tang,mohawk the naso tang,Bruce the marbled cat shark,and my rbta. I don't know where to go from here and even if I want to. :shout:

 

[dvara78]

****....sorry to hear that mate. Any idea what happened?

 

[bcrueter]

Not a clue....I just tested peramiters in it and other then an ammonia spike from dead fish I don't see any obvious problems

 

[rdnelson]

Oh, man, I hate to hear that. While it may be hard to imagine keeping the faith, don't give up. Give it a bit of time and I would bet you will get motivated to get back into.

 

[ripped tide]

How high was the ammonia? Generally it takes a while for a fish to break down enough to show levels.

Are you sure that during the move you didn't wipe out your beneficial bacteria on the live rock?? Temp swings? Ph drop?

 

[shafiq_hossain]

Sorry to hear that. I've lost some very expensive fishes. Ironically, all the expensive fishes I lost were in my QT to begin with. In any case, I'm wondering if the ammonia spike was from the waste and not the dead fish. That's a lot of fish. Do you think there may not have been enough water to dilute the ammonia level?

 

[bcrueter]

The ammonia was not danger high and they theoretically could have been dead for 9 hours.there was no temp swings on ph drop and the move was literally 2 feet and it was a slow transfer to a big brute trash can which I have been using for water for at least 8 months.maybe it was to many fish for that but I didn't think it would be a problem for less then 24 hrs. But you live and u learn. I'm just sad because my whole family was very attached and I gave them the best life I could and I hate for there last moments to have been like that.

 

[dine]

bcrueter;762857 wrote: The ammonia was not danger high and they theoretically could have been dead for 9 hours.there was no temp swings on ph drop and the move was literally 2 feet and it was a slow transfer to a big brute trash can which I have been using for water for at least 8 months.maybe it was to many fish for that but I didn't think it would be a problem for less then 24 hrs. But you live and u learn. I'm just sad because my whole family was very attached and I gave them the best life I could and I hate for there last moments to have been like that.

sign of a true reefer right there and further proof not to give in. take a few weeks off to decompress and calm down and the itch will come back. dont make any drastic decisions after a loss like this.

and i am sorry for your losses, its tough

 

[mastatee]

I'm sorry to hearthe most devastated news. Hope you recover well on your lost

 

[elfloyd]

Perhaps oxygen level?

There is no such thing as a 'former' Marine. Stick with it... It'll be good again.

 

[bcrueter]

There is no such thing as an ex marine but if former is an issue I'll change it.

Edit: Thanks for all the support guys

 

[elfloyd]

elFloyd;762865 wrote: Perhaps oxygen level?

There is no such thing as a 'former' Marine. Stick with it... It'll be good again.

I only meant when you left active duty you did not leave behind all the traits that made you a Marine. It is more than a uniform or an enlistment. It dwells in your heart.

Now toughen up and leave your loss in the past... There are more Moes, Curleys, and Larrys out there.

 

[shanepike]

Dude, I'm sorry. It sucks so much to kill a fish.

 

[jef4y]

Wow. that totally sucks. After all the work you go through. I'm very sorry to hear about your loss.