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Anyone free to help save my tank in Danville while I work in Dallas?

Dyngoe

Dyngoe

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Hey All,

I was hoping my return to BAR was going to be with bragging photos of my new 120G in-wall system in my new office, but alas I need to see if anyone can help me out so I have a tank to return to. Here's what happened:

My main tank was overflowing due to a clogged drain so I had my wife turn off the system but I forgot to tell her to close one valve. (I didn't put in check valves in the first build) By the time my mom got there to help I had lost ~120G from my system and she said there was less than 4" of water in the main tank. By 3AM my mom had drained my fuge and made another 25G of new saltwater to get the bare minimum to run the tank. But now I am in Dallas and I have no way of knowing if any of my SPS fell on my LPS or shrooms or if there is any necrosis from the even that needs to be trimmed.

So, I am wondering if anyone can stop by my place in Danville today, take a "GOOD" look at the tanks and possibly trim death of any sick corals so I don't come back to a RTN nightmare. My mom is going to buy 100G of NSW from AC today but I can't tell her everything to look for. So, if you can help me out and scan my tanks for fallen corals or other problems today, please PM or email me. I'm in and out of meetings today but I'll call any helpful friend ASAP.

Thanks in advance.
 
Sorry to hear that Matt. There is a slight chance I might be available but I won't know until this evening. Is this your set up or the one I saw at your parents? I'll let you know as soon as I can but hopefully someone else chimes in jic.
 
Sorry I'm too far from you man. Hopefully your mom or another reefer can help you save some stuff. This doesn't sound good at all. :-[
 
Matt
I might be able to make it and take a quick look around 3:30 or 4pm. What time will somebody be available for me to check. PM the phone number to contact.
 
Hey Matt,

Just saw your posting, hope it is not too late but let me know if you still need help with your tank. You still got my number? or PM me.

Brandon
 
I'm sorry I didn't see your posting earlier. I hope someone was able to help out. If you need help in the future, I"m in San Ramon
 
First off, thank you all for your offers! My friend came into town early on Tuesday and saved me.

So, here's the final outcome:
Lost:
1 Micromusa (my only one which I won in the raffle at the swap)
3 Tangs (Sailfin, clown and Kole)
2 colonies of SPS (my last large Orange monti and my last large Green Slimer)
6 SPS frags (two unkown from Jeremy, Cali Tort, pink milli, red one from Eileen and encrusting Bali tri-color)
10 SPS had to be cut back but should live.
My cheato ball lost ~70% (odd, huh?)

So, it was semi-serious but not addiction ending. Thanks to everyone here I still have a decent farm to watch and enjoy. When I get it all dialed in I'll share the pictures.

As Always,
D
 
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two unknown from Jeremy

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I'll gladly replace what you lost, any idea which colonies they came from?
 
Thanks Jeremy! You folks on the coast are so cool. I'm seriously looking at moving my family to Montara. I fell in love with that place the instant I pulled in. But, I think I might live a little further away from the llamas. :) I'm not sure what pieces I lost by name. One looked like a cali (green with purple tips) and one was still coloring up so I'm not sure what it was. BTW, I wish I could take better pictures, your pieces LOVE T5s! Perhaps in a few weeks when their color comes back. Many of them were out of water for over an hour so, while alive, they have gone brown in protest.

**Update on coral death**
Well, overnight one more frag went to the great calcium pile in the sky. I lost my ORA Green Stag.
I'm still holding out hope on my ATL Green Birdsnest, but I'm down to two small frags from my mother colony. Fingers crossed.
 
Dyngoe, sorry about your losses. if you are interested I have an ORA Scripps Green Stag you can have to replace the one you lost.
 
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I can hook you up with a Tort frag, just remind me before a meeting.

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I've got plenty of the Neil's tort, it's really taken off, actually my tank is off the hook right now. Much happier than when you saw it Matt! Hopefully you didn't loose the ORA Marshall Island Lavender, that sucker grows pretty slow.
 
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