Tank Crash (1 Viewer)

[lilred1995vette]

Most of my sps is dead and some other corals are dead. I was able to save all the fish though. I had a turbo twist short and shocked me and the tank. So i just did a 60g water change and fish are looking good again and some corals are coming out again. Checked all the levels everything looks great. Odd the fish are ok but not the corals. But now just have to take some time to recover and try sps again later down the road. Now i see the bad side of trying to stock a larger tank, much bigger losses.

Just checked the turbo twist that gave me a really big shock. Its seal inside broke and water poored into the bulb. Will post pics of what it looks like later.

 

[MarkieB]

I am sorry to hear about your losses!
I know that is really hard to deal with!

 

[decimal]

i saw that they had a uv light at aquatic world that was pretty big and probably suitabable for your 220g. i only mention it because of the half off sale. you might even get a decent deal. sorry to hear about your loss. i think we all know your pain as we have all lost livestock at some point or another. good luck

 

[Guest]

I've got a serious question, do you not have a ground in your tank. I dropped a mini light that
was on in my tank and it blew up in the water
and nothing happend, thank god for the ground.

 

[lilred1995vette]

sps again?

No there was no ground, i was about to order one to. Instead the shock took me off the ground and i am 6' 1'' and 200 pounds. I took the turbo twist a part and the uv had leaked into the bulb and water was flowing into the bulb with the uv on. I have no clue how long either, i was trying to fix a knocked over coral, and i got a little shock, then unpluged each thing conected to the tank until got to the uv that ended up giving me a really big shock. So i was wanting to know if theres any way to know if i could try sps again or if i have to start over, my softies are coming back but non of the sps. i did a few water changes. Dunno if the bulb had copper or anything else that cause the crash other than the big shock.

 

[AquaNerd]

yeah, that shock may have killed all the polyps in the sps. but i've found a product, that may or may not work to prevent things like this. i used to feel some stray voltage coming off my refugium light every time i touched it. i've since added a grounding probe and i haven't felt the voltage since. here's the link:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&pc=1&N=0&Nty=1

 

[Guest]

Say how long have you had that UV light
I'd be looking for a warrenty

 

[txmedic1]

you really need to install a GCFI outlet for your tank. that is a VERY dangerous situation. ALL tanks should have them. you should also look into a grounding probe for the tank itself.