Mr. Fosi Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I guess I don't know what the fixture actually looks like. I don't recall... Do you skim this thing? Link to comment
nanoty Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Kim doesn't believe in skimmers, sumps and the like. I'm suprised she isn't using a undergravel filter. Link to comment
Lalani Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 I guess I don't know what the fixture actually looks like. I don't recall... Do you skim this thing? And no, I don't use a skimmer. Link to comment
mikellini Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Those aren't the same as the R2 I had... they look like the Current USA ones. The one I had was a hollow clear plastic tube with black endcaps, and the PCB/lights always stayed dry on the inside. Pretty sure it was waterproof... Link to comment
Avon Barksdale Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Keep your head up....lets hope everything bounces back!!! Good Luck.. Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I see two holes for screws there.....how did that fall in? Did the base break? Meh, anyway I hope everyone cheers up soon. Link to comment
phases Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Sorry to hear about the misshap. I'm sure everybody will be fine. Link to comment
Carinya Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 good luck w/everything recovering, chiquita Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 How do they look today? I thinks lanlan is hunting for eggs. Link to comment
got2envy Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 lani how's tha tank...stop playin' Link to comment
Lalani Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 I see two holes for screws there.....how did that fall in? Did the base break? I hadn't gotten a chance to drill holes into the tek fixture to attach them that way. I used that double sided, super sticky tape that I've used before to hang crap on the wall and all kinds of places. It's never failed me before... Update: Fish/crabs/snails/shrimp are all fine. Hammer is seeing tissue recession on the stalks, frogspawn is slightly bleached and shrunken, setoso is bleached but not completely gone yet, two types of palys are shrunken and losing color, orange ric is slightly bleached.... everything else seems to be recovering alright.. Moved the blue clove frag into the frag tank and it looks better. Going to do a water change in a little bit.... *sigh* Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 :( Have you iodine dipped the unhappy guys yet? They'll heal faster. Link to comment
Lalani Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 Haven't dipped anything, and frankly I'm afraid of stressing things more. I just finished a water change and I moved the rock with some of the palys and the setosa into the frag tank. Some of the palys are opening up again already. Whatever else still seems to be struggling tonight I'll most likely move into the frag tank until things are under control again. Link to comment
n0rk Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Have you got a GFI for your tank, Lani? I'm not sure if it'd do much for what I assume to be a 12VDC application, though it's possible hitting the water caused a current spike in the tank and everything has gone into electroshock... were the fish swimming less directed or breathing heavily directly after? That'd be a pretty good indicator... Link to comment
Mr. Fosi Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Shouldn't be much current running through that fixture... Link to comment
Lalani Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 Have you got a GFI for your tank, Lani? I'm not sure if it'd do much for what I assume to be a 12VDC application, though it's possible hitting the water caused a current spike in the tank and everything has gone into electroshock... were the fish swimming less directed or breathing heavily directly after? That'd be a pretty good indicator... Nah, no GFI. I live dangerously, lol. Like Fosi said, there shouldn't be much power going through those little LED lights, so I can't imagine a lot of electricity passed through the tank. The fish were and still are fine, showing no signs of stress when the light was in the water and thereafter. All of the CUC are fine also, it's just the corals that have been affected. The lights were still off when I left the house, but it does look like some things are opening back up again. The frogspawn isn't looking too hot, but I think it'll bounce back. The setosa still has a tiny bit of color to it in the frag tank, so hopeful it may recover. Link to comment
Paleoreef103 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Good luck with the recovery! Link to comment
kamikaze_fish Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 This is just another sad example that only bad things happen fast. Link to comment
JBM Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 doesnt take a whole lot of amerage to do massive amounts of damage. Even as little as .2 amps cant seriously mame a human for life. Voltage doesnt mean jack. so just imagine what as little as .02 amps could do to a fish, remember class water is an excelent conductor of electricity. Get a GFCI it's cheap insurance for your tank & the romex (or bx cable) thats behind your walls. OH & they only cost $5 or so. I can write a DIY for those that need it (tho i would assume no liability if you zap yourself). it litterally takes 5 minutes. The hardest part is figuring out which circuit breaker to turn off. Link to comment
Mr. Fosi Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 If there was only a little current running through the tank a GFCI wouldn't have done anything anyway. Link to comment
dtfleming Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 If there was only a little current running through the tank a GFCI wouldn't have done anything anyway. ^^^^^^^ this, gfcI wouldnt have helped in this case. Link to comment
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