Comments on: Reefs Magazine Fall Issue, An Aquatic Disaster http://glassbox-design.com/2009/reefs-magazine-fall-issue-an-aquatic-disaster/ the modern reef blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:57:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nicolas http://glassbox-design.com/2009/reefs-magazine-fall-issue-an-aquatic-disaster/comment-page-1/#comment-6655 Nicolas Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:36:29 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/?p=5619#comment-6655 The article about moving your tank is right up there for me. I've moved my system 3 times this year. Each time I've lost a coral or two. A fish here or there also. Corals from overheating or drastic temperature change. Fish from lack of oxygen. I've even hit a disaster with oxygen levels plummeting due to carbon dosing. I lost all my fish once except one hardy yellow damsel, which is still around after 3 years. So yeh. We all make these mistakes. I'm defninitely to blame in most of these situations. Beig uder prepared. Not enough monitoring, even though I do a lot of water testing regularly. How many of us have oxygen test kits? I don't. I just imagine that because there is a pump creating water surface turbulence - there is enough oxygen being dissolved. No epic fails yet. The article about moving your tank is right up there for me. I’ve moved my system 3 times this year. Each time I’ve lost a coral or two. A fish here or there also.

Corals from overheating or drastic temperature change. Fish from lack of oxygen.

I’ve even hit a disaster with oxygen levels plummeting due to carbon dosing. I lost all my fish once except one hardy yellow damsel, which is still around after 3 years.

So yeh. We all make these mistakes. I’m defninitely to blame in most of these situations. Beig uder prepared. Not enough monitoring, even though I do a lot of water testing regularly.

How many of us have oxygen test kits? I don’t. I just imagine that because there is a pump creating water surface turbulence – there is enough oxygen being dissolved.

No epic fails yet.

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