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[joshtih]

So, the last few months I have been working about 18 hours a day, 6 days a week. I was doing pretty much the bare minimum to keep the tank going. Sing by the house in the middle of the day, throw some food in, and back to work. Get home at 1 AM, top off the water, go to bed. Water change saturday mornings, then back to work. I ended up missing a water change, so the next weekend, I got home late that friday and decided to go ahead and do one. I drained 50 gallons, and then added new water. Sunday, I went to feed the fish and top off the tank, and my tub of RODI that I had just made, was EMPTY... and my tub of salt water was still full. I did a 25% water change with fresh water!!! I keep my tank at 1.026, and it was way down. Most corals are are still doing fine (2 weeks later) with exception to the pink carnation (which is pretty much toast), my welso is shrunk up pretty bad, and about 1/4 of one of my hammer corals (the wall type) is looking grim. Hard work may pay off, but the side-effects of hard work can surely take their toll.

 

[sucio_reefer]

50 gallon water change?!?! Wht size tank do you have?

 

[joshtih]

About 250 gallons of water. DT is a 156 bowfront.

 

[sewer urchin]

Ouch... reminds me of the old Dunkin D commercial "It's time to make the doughnuts"

 

[wmboots]

Did you check your SG after dumping 50 gallons of fresh water in your system?
I had a similar situation when the drain pipe came loose and between my top off system and my wife adding fresh water in the sump my tank fell to 1.018 for a few hours. Fortunately I had 35 gallons of mix and was able to get it back to .021 with a water change and gradually brought it back up over the next week or so

 

[jef4y]

Well, at least you didn't do like the n00bs on RC tend to do. I swear, every week there is a post similar to the above which ends with "so I dumped 3lbs of salt in the tank to raise the salinity".. LOL

 

[thanh386]

JeF4y;744328 wrote: Well, at least you didn't do like the n00bs on RC tend to do. I swear, every week there is a post similar to the above which ends with "so I dumped 3lbs of salt in the tank to raise the salinity".. LOL

Wait you mean I can't do that?

 

[db366]

You should invest in one of these with some of that OT money..

 

[jef4y]

Thanh386;744330 wrote: Wait you mean I can't do that?

All depends on how slow you add it I guess :lol2:

 

[slowjazz]

Joshtih;744164 wrote: ...... I went to feed the fish and top off the tank, and my tub of RODI that I had just made, was EMPTY... and my tub of salt water was still full. I did a 25% water change with fresh water!!!

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[joshtih]

I am surprised the police have never shown up! Water changes at 2 AM are a bad idea. My SG did drop way down, but 24 hours had passed before I noticed what I had done. I brought it back up slowly, figured the damage had been done once, no need to stress everything out again. I do have a question though. My wall hammer coral has some damage. About 1/4 of it has had no polyps for about 2 weeks. Will new ones grow into the old, or should I just cut the dead part off?

Edit: I need one of those genesis systems. Too bad I can't just pay myself overtime!!!