Jeremy's 250g build - Take II

[JohnL]

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[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13819681#post13819681 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nuuze
Looks great, Jeremy! Nice pairs of wrasse and pics of corals. :D

I normally do aperture priority as well on fine/medium jpg then upload to photobucket. Half the time I forget white balance and too busy to install CS3.

WB is easy now that I have the filter disk. Just have to use it every time you move the camera. I don't have any photo software, so photobucket it is.:D

[jtarmitage]

Holy....Didn't realize what windbags we are. That must have been what you were referring to Mark.:lol:

[mpoletti]

Jeremy's 1st split http://planetsmilies.net/party-smiley-551.gif

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13819714#post13819714 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
Jeremy's 1st split http://planetsmilies.net/party-smiley-551.gif

:lol: We just gotta find Jim now.

[reefer334]

I had to hit the link to read your replies!!!

Congrats!!!

[kdblove_99]

Love the soap dishes:) Nice Wrasse. man those are my dream list. Rhom, Lineatus and a Labouts. Saw the list and some pics of the Aloha corals wish, WOW! Very impressive to say the least

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13820034#post13820034 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kdblove_99
Love the soap dishes:) Nice Wrasse. man those are my dream list. Rhom, Lineatus and a Labouts. Saw the list and some pics of the Aloha corals wish, WOW! Very impressive to say the least

Yeah, I almost bought a Labout's a couple of times already, but just couldn't do any more damage to the wallet.:lol:

[kdblove_99]

Yeah., I was at YR when the Labouts was bagged and Brandon said you had just called to have it saved but the guy just beat the call:(. He felt really bad!

[rafael13]

:beer: :bounce1: :bounce3: :dance: :spin1: :wave: :celeb1: :celeb3: :celeb2:


congrats on the split

[ReefnAv]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13821775#post13821775 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kdblove_99
Yeah., I was at YR when the Labouts was bagged and Brandon said you had just called to have it saved but the guy just beat the call:(. He felt really bad!

I was there too... You were there with your wife, right?

Congrats on the split Jeremy!

[kdblove_99]

Yep, I saw you! She loved the Labouts.

[Jim_S]

Did someone say split?????

:D

[kdblove_99]

Well, Well, Well! Split took a while after the first day i thought it would split within a week. BUt then again that is when Tbone was posting:)

[reefer334]

Jeremy
I hope you have better luck with your wrasses than I did with mine.
I got a female flame wrasse and my bluejaw trigger ate it!!!!!

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13822787#post13822787 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefer334
Jeremy
I hope you have better luck with your wrasses than I did with mine.
I got a female flame wrasse and my bluejaw trigger ate it!!!!!

Ouch! Musta thought she was a silverside....

A brief update before I get out of town for the next couple of days. 3 of 4 are fine and swimming around and eating, but still no sign of the female Rhomboid.:(

[jtarmitage]

Wow. Didn't realize it's been over a month since the last update. Well, things from my last update didn't turn out so well. Of the Rhomboid and Lineatus pairs, I ended up with a single Lineatus survivor.:(

I guess I needed some time to deal with that, but I'm over it now. Here are a few pics of the majority of my chalices. Most of these are still frag size, and a few of the pics didn't make the cut.

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For some reason the orange on this one just doesn't want to show up in pictures:(
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[mpoletti]

Wow Jeremy, Your collection is super bright :D Sweet stuff bro.

[murfman]

Jeremy, those chalices are sweet. I have 5 or so but nothing that nice. Getting ready to move them to the 300.

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14039329#post14039329 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
Wow Jeremy, Your collection is super bright :D Sweet stuff bro.

Thanks Mark.:D

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14039481#post14039481 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by murfman
Jeremy, those chalices are sweet. I have 5 or so but nothing that nice. Getting ready to move them to the 300.

Thanks murfman. I've been steadily collecting over the past year. Now I need to slow down and decide which ones will be permanent.:lol:

[tfp]

dang! awesome lookin' chalices J!

[TandN]

looks awesome I would love to see some of these chalices in the wild

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14039720#post14039720 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tfp
dang! awesome lookin' chalices J!

Thanks Tim. Comin' from you and Mark, that's saying somethin.:lol:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14039915#post14039915 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tanya72806
looks awesome I would love to see some of these chalices in the wild

Thank you Tanya. Me too. Too bad you wouldn't recognize most of them because of the color difference between our tanks and what you actually see when diving.

[jtarmitage]

Well, I don't know what "fate" has in store for me, but my tank and the month of January don't seem to be in agreement. Last January, while on vacation, the primary GFCI circuit supporting the tank setup in the garage tripped, causing a massive die off of the majority of my corals, as the temp dropped to 56 degrees and there was no circulation in the tank overnight. This morning was a vivid reminder of last year. Only thing is, I was trying to cook the corals instead.:(
Last night, everything looked just fine. This morning, I came upstairs and immediately noticed the smell. If you've ever experienced it, you'd know it immediately. The following is what I saw:

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[mpoletti]

OMG Jeremy, I am so sorry to hear bro. What happened?

[McLaughlin4]

Aint this hobby a b$^tch .............sorry dude

[SaraB]

Wow, so sorry to see the losses.

Did your heater stick on as you stated you were cooking your corals?

[jtarmitage]

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As for the details of what happened..........I know what, just not how. I took my controller offline to send it in for repairs, so my ordinary set of backups were not there, but I have the heater and chiller connected to a Ranco 2 stage temp controller. When I checked it, the temp was up to 90 degrees. Delving further into it, the heat setting was at 220.:eek1: Chiller setting was set as a second heater and not coming on.

Now, only a couple of possibilities seem to be available.
1) My nephew got ahold of the controller and started playing. Not reasonable because of where the controller was located and how long he'd have to have been "playing" with it to get to the settings where they were.
2) A power outage nearly a week ago reset the controller. While the most likely scenario, it doesn't seem to make sense that I would not have seen a change in the tank before this morning. Like I said, everything looked great last night, not so well this morning. Still the most likely, and the corals were likely able to handle the higher than normal temps until this morning.
3) Someone really doesn't like me.

[stunreefer]

Damn dude, so sorry for your loss. I've definently been there before, and I can smell the smell you reffered to right now...

It appears you still have tissue on many others, so I hope everything bounces back for you... sorry again man.

[jtarmitage]

As far as I can tell at this point, I've lost both frogspawn colonies, fungias, numerous acros, and a few truly breathtaking blastos, not to mention the mated pair of Coral Banded shrimp, fire shrimp, 3 peppermint shrimp, and 3 skunk cleaners. The fish seem OK, but I've not yet found the Lineatus.:( I'll update later when I get a better idea of what else does or doesn't survive.

[Nuuze]

Jeremy,

Sorry to see those pics! :(

How many heaters do you run? The temps shot up pretty fast.

[tfp]

oh man J! can't see the pics right now (blocked) but i don't look forward to seeing them later either :(.

its always something i tell ya :(

[P.Kelly]

Dang it man. You are not having good luck lately at all! Crap, couldn't have happened to someone less deserving of more crap piling on.

[kevin95695]

Crappity crap crap!

Sorry Jeremey. If I have anything you lost, I'll hook you up with re-seed frags.

It seems like the reef gods test you annually.

[Underwaterparadise]

So sorry to hear. I had the same thing happen to me last year and I lost everything fish included. Mine was up over 100 degree's by the time I found it and the smell you mention is horrible!

[reefer334]

OMG Jeremy I am so so sorry!!!

It must be one of those days as my boxer got out today and I was chasing him for the last 3 hours!!!! I finally got him when I had him cornered he jumped a fence into someones back yard then I climbed over and got him finally!! Now to come home and read this about your tank!!!

December is the bad month for me Every December I have lost thousands in fish for the last 4 years!!!!

I have given up on fish and fish only systems!!

Jeremy if there is anything I can do to help please LMK, I have lots of acros now so LMK if you need any frags I have tons with your name on them for free to replace the ones lost.


Good Luck and God Bless the Reef!!!

[reefer334]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14100688#post14100688 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by McLaughlin4
Aint this hobby a b$^tch .............sorry dude

Very nice Avatar!!!
My Favorite grouper!!

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14100678#post14100678 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
OMG Jeremy, I am so sorry to hear bro. What happened?

Ummmm................well......................shoulda just stayed in bed today.


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14100688#post14100688 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by McLaughlin4
Aint this hobby a b$^tch .............sorry dude

Yes, yes it is.


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14100705#post14100705 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SaraB
Wow, so sorry to see the losses.

Did your heater stick on as you stated you were cooking your corals?

Thanks for the sympathy. I guess you could say the temp controller got "stuck"................

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14100739#post14100739 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stunreefer
Damn dude, so sorry for your loss. I've definently been there before, and I can smell the smell you reffered to right now...

It appears you still have tissue on many others, so I hope everything bounces back for you... sorry again man.

Thanks Austin. Some of the corals seem just fine, but others have even less tissue now than they did this morning.:(


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14100963#post14100963 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nuuze
Jeremy,

Sorry to see those pics! :(

How many heaters do you run? The temps shot up pretty fast.

Thanks Mike. I run a single 800w Ti heater on the controller, and the controller is usually backed up by being connected to my profilux, which would normally have cut the power to the unit in question is the temps had gone too far out of range.


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14101066#post14101066 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tfp
oh man J! can't see the pics right now (blocked) but i don't look forward to seeing them later either :(.

its always something i tell ya :(

Thanks Tim, not pretty. Like I said, shoulda just stayed in bed.

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14101372#post14101372 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by petes97
Dang it man. You are not having good luck lately at all! Crap, couldn't have happened to someone less deserving of more crap piling on.

Thanks Pete. It's getting to be quite the pile.


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14101638#post14101638 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kevin95695
Crappity crap crap!

Sorry Jeremey. If I have anything you lost, I'll hook you up with re-seed frags.

It seems like the reef gods test you annually.

Thanks Kevin. Let's hope I'm not starting a new tradition.


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14101663#post14101663 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Underwaterparadise
So sorry to hear. I had the same thing happen to me last year and I lost everything fish included. Mine was up over 100 degree's by the time I found it and the smell you mention is horrible!

Thanks Rob. 100 degrees would have definitely been worse. See, a silver lining in every cloud.:lol:

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14101680#post14101680 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefer334
OMG Jeremy I am so so sorry!!!

It must be one of those days as my boxer got out today and I was chasing him for the last 3 hours!!!! I finally got him when I had him cornered he jumped a fence into someones back yard then I climbed over and got him finally!! Now to come home and read this about your tank!!!

December is the bad month for me Every December I have lost thousands in fish for the last 4 years!!!!

I have given up on fish and fish only systems!!

Jeremy if there is anything I can do to help please LMK, I have lots of acros now so LMK if you need any frags I have tons with your name on them for free to replace the ones lost.


Good Luck and God Bless the Reef!!!

Thanks Chris. Been a heck of a day. I got to "improve" on it by picking my daughter up from school and breaking the news to her that she couldn't continue piano lessons til daddy starts making $$ again. Man, it's really hard to deal with a 6 year old girl in tears.:(

[jtarmitage]

Oh......forgot to mention............found the lineatus.:(

[reefer334]

I feel your pain Jeremy!!

Sorry to hear about the wrasse :( .

How is everything else doing, have you figured out what went wrong yet?

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14102520#post14102520 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefer334
I feel your pain Jeremy!!

Sorry to hear about the wrasse :( .

How is everything else doing, have you figured out what went wrong yet?

Nope. Nothing really fits, but I'd guess that it was the power outage and a slowly increasing temp, that culminated in this morning, when it just got too hot for things to handle.

[Jim_S]

My most sincerest condolences for your losses. I know how hard you have worked to get that beautiful system up and then moved. You do not deserve this Jeremy. I wish I could do something to help :(

Best regards,

Jim

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14102874#post14102874 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Jim_S
My most sincerest condolences for your losses. I know how hard you have worked to get that beautiful system up and then moved. You do not deserve this Jeremy. I wish I could do something to help :(

Best regards,

Jim

Thanks Jim. I wish I could do something too, but there's only so much before you have to let nature run it's course.

Mini update: Had to leave before any of the lights came on today, but I could see a few more glowing white acros under the moonlights.:( I also have a nearly wrasse free tank. I mentioned I found the Lineatus, now the Flame and Hooded have passed. The Radiant was still alive last night, but I'd be shocked if he still was this morning.:( The only one that seems unaffected was the Leopard.:)
I pulled the obvious casualties out yesterday, cleaned the skimmer, changed the filter socks out, replaced the carbon, and did a large water change. Got more water prepping now for another round tonight, but I'm afraid to turn the lights on and see the extent of the damage in it's full glory.

[jtarmitage]

Well, the carnage continues. I'll post too many pics of things none of you want to see.
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[jtarmitage]

With all that has already been going on personally, this is just too much. I have decided to break the tank down and sell it. Once life settles down again, I will be back, but I can't handle this now. A series of FS threads will appear over the next few days, as I salvage what I can, and hunker down to ride out my own personal financial dilemas. If you know of anyone who is interested in a spectacular reef setup, consisting of a 80"x24"x30" acrylic tank and furniture grade stand and canopy, please let me know. I'll be trying to figure out pricing in my "spare time".

This is obviously an unpleasant thing to deal with, and I've been contemplating taking the tank down anyhow. This just sealed the deal. I have very much enjoyed meeting you all, both on and off the boards. While I won't have a tank for a while, I'll still definitely be around here on RC. I'm still debating setting up a nano-ish tank, but I need to get through the next few days before I decide on that. Thanks to everyone that has made this journey enjoyable, with particular thanks to a few reefers, and good friends, Mark Poletti, Jim Sotello, and Tim Plaza. There are many others that I'd add to the list, but I've already been extraordinarily long winded.

[mpoletti]

As we talked earlier, this may not be what any of us would ever want, but I do believe this is the correct thing to do at the present time. The last year has been rough, but I'm glad that we've had the times we've had. :)

[drdoolittle]

wow... im pretty speachless. I'm truely sorry to hear about what happened.

Like what Mark said, I think taking a break is the correct thing to do. Hope to see you back one day.

[jthao]

so sorry to hear about your tank jeremy. I always hate it when shiet like this happens.
I know I'm just a newb but if I can be of any assistance, just ask.

[Western_reefer]

Wow, very sorry to hear!! That totally freak sucks!! Hope you get back into this hobby soon.

[kdblove_99]

This Hobby is so great at times and so darn unforgiving at others. JT as said by many others this is truely a shame. To not only see what has happened but to know how much you have put into this tank. I think when it becomes more of a chore or not fun anymore is the time to step away. Hope your other troubles pass as well.

[kevin95695]

Oh, Jeremy. Man o man o man. I don't know what to say. Stunning. As you know I can relate to many of the hardships you are facing right now. I wish I had some way to help you bridge forward, but my own situation is a challenge to grind on to the next day... This is sad news. Please keep something going, even a brute can in your garage. Anything.

As a reefer, you have been very generous to me, and I would gladly help you repopulate your stock with anything fraggable from my systems.

[bored4long]

Jeremy, sorry for your recent hardships. My thoughts and prayers with you and your family. Don't despair, its always darkest just before the dawn.

[jtarmitage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14113433#post14113433 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bored4long
Jeremy, sorry for your recent hardships. My thoughts and prayers with you and your family. Don't despair, its always darkest just before the dawn.

Thanks everyone. I'm beyond despair. I'm pretty much ****ed now.:lol: Good thing too, because I could use the extra determination to tell this particular fate where it can go.:bum:

[buttons buster]

good luck with everything man.

I hope to see you back here soon.

you've helped out many in this hobby including me.

[murfman]

Jeremy that really sucks. I know where you are coming from though. Best of luck and let us know when you start your next big tank build!

[wpnorton]

It's hard to believe that lightning can strike twice like that! When you come back, I'll frag whatever's in my tank to get you back in the game. I don't have most of the awesome corals you did, but it's a start. Hang in there.... the economy can't stay like this forever!