Mass livestock extinction last night. One of my glass submersible heaters exploded, and although I caught it quickly the resulting electrical charge introduced into the aquarium killed all my fish. My question is: Will there be any residual "byproducts" remaining that would necessitate stripping the entire aquarium down? Or can I begin to restocking in the existing environment?
Electric shock and livestock
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GrendelPrime
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i do a few water changes followed by heave carbon as stated above
+3 ^ sorry to hear !
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and welcome! Sorry to hear about your losses.Clownfishfan
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I'm so sorry! What all did you lose?
Lost a maroon clown, yellow-tailed damsel, yellow tang, six-stripe wrasse, bicolored blenny, coral-banded shrimp, a zooanthid colony, some purple mushrooms, hammer coral, lemon tree, and numerous sand-sifters. The extinction was so total that I think I'm just going to use this as an opportunity to start from scratch with a larger system. Total bummer, though. I've had the clown for 12 years, the tang for 10.
Bummer ! good luck on the re-start !
Blue Space
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Sorry to hear about that. Did you have the heater plugged into a gfci socket?
Unfortunately, no -- I never replaced the outlet with a GFCI. One of those things on the checklist that never materialized. Over the weekend I took the whole thing apart. This is the first time I've been without a marine aquarium in nearly 20 years. I'm trying to find a bright side, though. There have always been limitations to what I could accomplish because the hobby has developed so much over 20 years. Now I can get a brand new start with updated equipment and a larger aquarium. I'll have to deal with the withdrawal over the short-term, but I'll be back!!
jjmoneyman
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Wow that totally sucks, my heart is with your loss.