Tregedy at a local LFS

wickjr · 01-25-2006, 12:38 AM

I stopped by a fish store I've been going to for years about a month ago. It is a private owned store, run by a husband and wife. Anyway, they have had a 300 gallon reef display tank set up for 16 years. This thing is immaculate. Well.....it was. The owner was away for a few days, and while he was away, someone cleaned a section of carpet close to the tank with some sort of carpet cleaner chemical. I didn't catch the brand name of the cleaner, but long story short, the tank is wiped out. The basketball sized anenmome that has been in there as long as I've been going there and several different corals, all dead. The only thing that survived was a Clarks anenome fish(clown), a very large one.
Obviously a protein skimmer draws in outside air. I would assume that the fumes from the cleaner got into the water and killed everything. It would be hard to start over after something like that.

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RazerCorals · 01-25-2006, 12:47 AM

Wow, that's gotta be really unfortunate for everyone.

Witfull · 01-25-2006, 01:44 AM

thats SUCKS!!!!

Rogue · 01-25-2006, 02:03 AM

Turns my stomach just thinking about it... Ugh.

Craig Manoukian · 01-25-2006, 03:09 AM

Way bummer, my condolences to the LFS owners!

KimPossible · 01-25-2006, 11:02 AM

That's horrible!

blue_eyes53813 · 01-25-2006, 11:22 AM

Wow , that would be terrible. You wouldnt think that would make that much difference. I wonder if something else didnt happen. I mean I know air fresheners and anything in the home air affects it some. But who all cleans there carpets...? I do.... I use air fresheners , candles, pledge. we have painted in the same room as the tank... Makes ya wonder.

scuba22 · 01-25-2006, 11:27 AM

BIG BUMMER!!!
I suspect that there was more than carpet cleaner OUTSIDE the tank tho.
(I'm cynical like that)

mane3215 · 01-25-2006, 12:47 PM

Man, I dont know if I could go again after a tank being set up for so long was destroyed =(.

Little Luey · 01-25-2006, 01:07 PM

I would have to find that carpet guy and.......

Little Luey · 01-25-2006, 01:08 PM

But seriously, that is terrible and I know I would be devastaded.

wickjr · 01-26-2006, 11:51 PM

From what I understand, he didn't hire anyone to clean the carpets. One of his employees did it. He says that is the only thing he knows that was done around the tank. What I have to wonder is if the employee was cleaning other stuff around the store, and the carpets, and put his/her hands in the tank with the chemicals on them. Either way, it's got me scared half to death. My tank is just 6 weeks old, but my wife is wanting to clean the carpets and I am wondering how safe it is now. I guess I could just turn off the skimmer and cover the tank with something just to be safe. Everybody cleans carpets and everthing in the rooms with their tanks. I never would have worried about but for this.

Craig Manoukian · 01-27-2006, 12:09 AM

Make sure the room is well ventilated. I always put a box fan on the window sill and blow the air outside to be safe. Turning off the skimmer and covering the tape are good safety measures. Using non-caustic/toxic cleaners would alkso provide a measure of safety, ie, never use bleach.

DaveK · 01-27-2006, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by wickjr

... Either way, it's got me scared half to death. My tank is just 6 weeks old, but my wife is wanting to clean the carpets and I am wondering how safe it is now. ...

What you want to do is wait untill you get some warm weather, and can open every window in the place.

All the other stuff mentioned are all good ideas.

livingreef2004 · 01-27-2006, 02:24 PM

i just heard that hidden reef in philidelphia has burned to the ground. there was a textile store beside them and it caught fire and it spread to there store and wiped it out. i dont know if any of you have ever been there but it was a great store

01-25-2006, 12:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
wickjr Ricordea Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Amelia, Ohio Posts: 183 View Gallery Karma Komment	Tregedy at a local LFS I stopped by a fish store I've been going to for years about a month ago. It is a private owned store, run by a husband and wife. Anyway, they have had a 300 gallon reef display tank set up for 16 years. This thing is immaculate. Well.....it was. The owner was away for a few days, and while he was away, someone cleaned a section of carpet close to the tank with some sort of carpet cleaner chemical. I didn't catch the brand name of the cleaner, but long story short, the tank is wiped out. The basketball sized anenmome that has been in there as long as I've been going there and several different corals, all dead. The only thing that survived was a Clarks anenome fish(clown), a very large one. Obviously a protein skimmer draws in outside air. I would assume that the fumes from the cleaner got into the water and killed everything. It would be hard to start over after something like that. i __________________ GO IRISH!!!_________________________________________ -46 gallon bowfront AGA, 80 pounds LR, 40 pounds live sand, Corallife superskimmer, 234 watt T-5 HO: 2 Ocellaris Clowns, Neon Green Nepthea, Blue Ricordia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Turbo, Astrea, Strombus, Nerite Snails, Scarlet, Blue leg and Zebra Hermits

01-25-2006, 12:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
RazerCorals Midas Blenny Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anoka, MN Posts: 113 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Tregedy at a local LFS Wow, that's gotta be really unfortunate for everyone. __________________ Jake - Sponsor since Jan. 2006 http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...ogo2006sig.jpg www.RazerCorals.com

01-25-2006, 02:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
Rogue Midas Blenny Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 88 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Tregedy at a local LFS Turns my stomach just thinking about it... Ugh.

01-25-2006, 03:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,179 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Tregedy at a local LFS Way bummer, my condolences to the LFS owners! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

01-25-2006, 11:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
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01-25-2006, 11:22 AM	#7 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 6,590 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Tregedy at a local LFS Wow , that would be terrible. You wouldnt think that would make that much difference. I wonder if something else didnt happen. I mean I know air fresheners and anything in the home air affects it some. But who all cleans there carpets...? I do.... I use air fresheners , candles, pledge. we have painted in the same room as the tank... Makes ya wonder. __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

01-25-2006, 11:27 AM	#8 (permalink)
scuba22 Star Polyps Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 165 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Tregedy at a local LFS BIG BUMMER!!! I suspect that there was more than carpet cleaner OUTSIDE the tank tho. (I'm cynical like that) __________________ Michele's Myocaridum D i g i t a l E x p r e s s i o n s http://micheles-myocardium.com

01-25-2006, 12:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
mane3215 Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 384 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Tregedy at a local LFS Man, I dont know if I could go again after a tank being set up for so long was destroyed =(. __________________ The beast of the east!

01-25-2006, 01:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
Little Luey Scopas Tang Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Yuma, Arizona Posts: 432 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Tregedy at a local LFS I would have to find that carpet guy and....... __________________ Little Luey 20Gal, 30 lbs. Live rock. 1 yellow goby 1 firefish 1 rainsford goby 5 turbo snails 1 feather duster 1 devil's hand leather 1 sea grass colony 2 Zoantoids colonies

01-25-2006, 01:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
Little Luey Scopas Tang Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Yuma, Arizona Posts: 432 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Tregedy at a local LFS But seriously, that is terrible and I know I would be devastaded. __________________ Little Luey 20Gal, 30 lbs. Live rock. 1 yellow goby 1 firefish 1 rainsford goby 5 turbo snails 1 feather duster 1 devil's hand leather 1 sea grass colony 2 Zoantoids colonies

01-26-2006, 11:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
wickjr Ricordea Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Amelia, Ohio Posts: 183 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Tregedy at a local LFS From what I understand, he didn't hire anyone to clean the carpets. One of his employees did it. He says that is the only thing he knows that was done around the tank. What I have to wonder is if the employee was cleaning other stuff around the store, and the carpets, and put his/her hands in the tank with the chemicals on them. Either way, it's got me scared half to death. My tank is just 6 weeks old, but my wife is wanting to clean the carpets and I am wondering how safe it is now. I guess I could just turn off the skimmer and cover the tank with something just to be safe. Everybody cleans carpets and everthing in the rooms with their tanks. I never would have worried about but for this. __________________ GO IRISH!!!_________________________________________ -46 gallon bowfront AGA, 80 pounds LR, 40 pounds live sand, Corallife superskimmer, 234 watt T-5 HO: 2 Ocellaris Clowns, Neon Green Nepthea, Blue Ricordia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Turbo, Astrea, Strombus, Nerite Snails, Scarlet, Blue leg and Zebra Hermits

01-27-2006, 12:09 AM	#13 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,179 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Tregedy at a local LFS Make sure the room is well ventilated. I always put a box fan on the window sill and blow the air outside to be safe. Turning off the skimmer and covering the tape are good safety measures. Using non-caustic/toxic cleaners would alkso provide a measure of safety, ie, never use bleach. __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

01-27-2006, 02:24 PM	#15 (permalink)
livingreef2004 Cabbage Leather Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: chambersburg,pa Posts: 399 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Tregedy at a local LFS i just heard that hidden reef in philidelphia has burned to the ground. there was a textile store beside them and it caught fire and it spread to there store and wiped it out. i dont know if any of you have ever been there but it was a great store __________________ " A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do." Bob Dylan 30 gallon ghetto fabulous sump reef 2 150 mh pendants "if bigger is better then why do i love the small details so much" http://www.reefsanctuary.com/Banners/RS_banner5.gif

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