NanoReefer53 Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Well, it's been a good 1.5years of nano-reefing but last night the heater didn't work right and my temp raised up to 95 degrees. I lost basically everything in my tank and being only 16 it'll cost too much to start it back up so i'm throwing down the towel. It's been great, but i'm going to take a break for now. I might set up a smaller tank again later or maybe a fish only, or clown pair w/ anemone tank. I know I haven't been posting a lot in the past months due to school but I guess i'll still hang around the board and help out the new people. Thanks everyone who helped me out when I first started. Look in the selling forums for some of the equiptment i'm not using anymore. Corals I lost: Acropora Valida - tan w/ purple tips Aspera - purple Formosa - solid baby blue , blue tip , green Albrohensis - green Humilis - purple , neon green Unknowns - tricolor purple tip with green polys, some green tip bottlebush. Montipora Capricornis - green , orange , green w/ blue rim Digitata -green , orange , yellow Pavona Descusata - red Cactus - tan Pocillapora damicornis - pink tip Stylophora Pistillata - pink Massive green frogspawn with purple tips 8" green tree coral. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 damn man, that sucks. Sorry to see you give it up but I remember my student days and fully understand. Link to comment
palaegic Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Condolenscences nanoreefer, it is frustrating that the equivalent of a couple of hundred bucks worth of delicate livestock is at the mercy of a 10 dollar heater. Do stick around. You don't have to have a reef to be a reefer y'know... Link to comment
tinyreef Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 ouch! damn, that was a nice tank too! how about FOWLR? it doesn't have to be $$$. fish and shrimp will still get an interest from the babes. Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 a$$hole. PS: still love ya. Don't be a stranger. You can still run it as a FOWLR. the LR and sand and stuff can make amazing bounce backs. Link to comment
freakaccident Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 I had a heater die on me too. While I was vacation too. It stopped working though. I lost all of my fish and corals due to the cold. As soon as I got everything happy again my tank crashed again. This time I think it was chemical warfare brought on by me breaking up with my ex gf. Don't give up yet. You already have everything you need so why quit? Link to comment
Sahin Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Sorry to hear that. I think you should post a pic of your tank as it was in its former glory. It really sucks, but hope you dont give up completly. See you around. Link to comment
Djm9288 Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 geeze, sorry to hear that!!!I fell sorry for u too, as a student myself i understand the money issue, and i have 2 jobs. First we lose Ross ( i didnt mind that) and now u?!?! this is sad. Well i hope u stay around. Link to comment
NanoReefer53 Posted April 2, 2003 Author Share Posted April 2, 2003 I think i'm going to start up a fish only tank or just a tank with a pair of clowns and an anemone. I would try again but money is a big big issue because as u noticed I had a pretty nice sized collection of SPS that were doing so well. Don't worry, i'll stick around the board to help out people. agh, i'm missing SPS already ! Link to comment
JIM27 Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 That sucks dude. At first when I saw this I thought it was an April Fools joke but I see you have stuff for sale in the classifids so I guess not. Link to comment
BustytheSnowMaam Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 FWIW, I go completely heaterless and have never had any problems summer or winter, as long as my house temp stays the same. My condolences, I'm sure you must feel terrible about losing it. From what I remember, it was a beautiful tank! Take care- Tasha Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Sorry to hear of your loss Hopefully you have some recent photos to remember. Please stick around the site if you can! We'll still let you in with a fowlr and I'm sure the LR and LS will survive. Link to comment
NanoReefer53 Posted April 2, 2003 Author Share Posted April 2, 2003 Not sure if i have any updated pics. I'll look around on my other comp. I was really waiting for the 1 year birtday to take and post up a bunch of pics (April 23) but I guess I shoulda taken more earlier. O well, i'll post up what I can later. Thanks everyone for your support. I'll let u all know when I set up a fowlr or somethin. Link to comment
R*Frost* Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 I know how hard this must be i live in the uk only 15 and it has took me a year to get £150 with my paper round. I think i will invest in a digital themom with alarm. p.s your tank sounded great you definetly must of been prosporous Link to comment
deacon hemp Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 sorry to hear nano,your tank was one of the ones i saw when i first got started.imo 1 of the best!thats also one of the things i fear most!!! Link to comment
kevin brocato Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 Sorry to hear about your loss. Let me offer a suggestion to anybody on this site. When the Spring and Summer seasons come I would suggest taking out your heaters altogether. When daytime temps outside hit 80 and nights are around 60 pull that sucker out. The temp in your house should be steady and warm enough especially in the Summer thanks to Central AC and Heat and ceiling fans. My heater never came on from April- October so I took it out to be safe. Of course I live in LA. and with the Northern state guys the situation might be different. Just a suggestion. Link to comment
jackdp Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 what kind of heater did you have that failed? I'm going for a new one and want to avoid a similar catastrophe. Link to comment
NanoReefer53 Posted April 3, 2003 Author Share Posted April 3, 2003 It was a Visitherm heater. I've always had great success with them in my years of fish keeping. This one worked great for over a year but for some reason it didn't turn off that one time. Don't ever buy stuff because it's cheaper, cuz u get what u pay for. Link to comment
Lunchbucket Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 dang man, sorry to hear buddy. you have everything you need to start a new tank man. i am sure i could swing you some frags in the fall when it is cooler and you hvae the tank going good again. thinkg about it!! you just pay shipping Lunchbucket Link to comment
NanoReefer53 Posted April 6, 2003 Author Share Posted April 6, 2003 My uncle is going to give me his fast @ss anemone so i'll just go for that and a pair of clowns for now. Too much money to get back into SPS. Breaking news In addition to the clam that spawned 4 days ago, now my 1.5year old yellow montipora is spawning. This is like the bottom 1" of the colony that didn't bleach that I fragged off. Some of the polyps are really fat and some have already begun to show the white spheres within the polyps ready to release them. What really sucks though is that I lent my digi cam to my friend so I can't take a pic. Hopefully it can wait another night till I get my cam back. Link to comment
danano Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Sorry to hear about the loss Dude. Hang in there! If you haven't broken down your tank yet, like others have suggested, the LR and LS can be salvaged plus all your equipment. A species tank (i.e. clown and anemone only) like you mentioned is a real possibility - even now. Dan Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Originally posted by NanoReefer53 It was a Visitherm heater. I've always had great success with them in my years of fish keeping. This one worked great for over a year but for some reason it didn't turn off that one time. Don't ever buy stuff because it's cheaper, cuz u get what u pay for. I had the same problem with my visitherm heater about 2 years ago on my 7.5. It brought the tank up to 95F. Luckily everything survived. That's when I moved to Ebo Jager. Link to comment
danano Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Glad to hear you got your tank going again! Can you post a pic of your nano before the heater problem? Would love to see it. Link to comment
eleer Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Just an insight for heaters...i did a little research while I was looking for a heater for my FW tank. I found out that Tronic's heaters if ever malfunction they will never malfucntion by staying on but acutally when it usually malfunctions it will just never turn on...so usually just a daily check of the temp...i mean everyone stares at any tank for hours haha just my .02 cents Link to comment
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