Tank crashed while on vacation :(

[RyanJoshua]

Unfortunately, disaster struck while I was out of town for a week.

I'm still not entirely sure what happened, but somehow the house sitter accidentally removed the heater probe, causing the tank to overheat. By the time I got home, everything was gone—every fish, every coral, every invert. It was heartbreaking to see.

I'll post some before-and-after photos so you can see the damage..

Right now I'm on the fence about whether to start over, but I'm leaning toward rebuilding because I truly loved this hobby.

I also want to say thank you to everyone in this community. Your advice and willingness to share your knowledge helped me get this tank up and running in the first place, and I've really appreciated all the support along the way.

 

[PizzaOven]

Sorry to hear that. Happy to donate some coral if you choose to restart.

 

[gmdcdvm]

Sorry for your loss. I have a frew frags too. Nothing fancy but hardy (they have to be to survive in my tank).

 

[richiev]

That sucks majorly. I'm in redwood City and have a ton of those hairy mushrooms. I could potentially replace that entire rock for you.

 

[grizfyrfyter]

I've done this myself and came home to 120g of coral soup.
I now get an alarm of my heaters are on for too long.

I'm sorry for your loss and I hope you reset and build another beautiful ecosystem.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

C’mon back
The loss is NOT due to you
AND you know the cause…

Feel free to chastise the sitter
Onward and Upward

 

[RyanJoshua]

Sorry to hear that. Happy to donate some coral if you choose to restart

Much appreciated! I may actually take you up on that!

 

[RyanJoshua]

Sorry for your loss. I have a frew frags too. Nothing fancy but hardy (they have to be to survive in my tank).

Thanks so much!

 

[RyanJoshua]

That sucks majorly. I'm in redwood City and have a ton of those hairy mushrooms. I could potentially replace that entire rock for you.

Thank you!!

 

[RyanJoshua]

I've done this myself and came home to 120g of coral soup.
I now get an alarm of my heaters are on for too long.

I'm sorry for your loss and I hope you reset and build another beautiful ecosystem.

Thank you!

 

[clownvan]

Damn dude!!

If you have the energy, definitely get back in. Most reefers have a lot more fun building their setup and getting it dialed in rather than just watching an established tank (me).

If you decide to, I have zoa rock that I can donate and a pair of clowns just to start things of. And a pistol shrimp if I can catch him.

 

[Darkxerox]

Heater probes are something I hate, especially if they're on suction cups. Get a magnet based one if you can. If you need any starter corals I've got a bunch too.