Let's see... Had my first tank bust it's seams - loads of fun (think I lost all the fish). Lost a lot of plants in my planted tank (it was what replaced the one with the busted seams) when I was working overtime and was not around to notice the HQI bulb had burned out. Had a electrical short in my replacement T5 (that was the replacement of the over driven T8 light (that one surely was not UL listed...), which was the replacement of the HQI) - gave off the magic smoke, but my wife smelled it so did not burn down the house. Had a cat commit suicide - It jumped on the replacement LED (which replaced the T-5), slipped, got tangled in the HQI hanger (it was still hanging above the tank), probably danced a bit, breaking one of the hangers for the HQI and the hanger for the LED (which went into the tank electrifying it). So the cat was hung, drowned, and electrocuted all at the same time as destroying yet one more lighting system. Tank went downhill for a while after that one..., plants were dead again before I managed to get a good replacement light on them.
Right now that tank is doing very well - but invested almost enough to start a new reef tank in getting it there (it now sports a pair of Kessils, and a new near medical grade CO2 regulator after a CO2 tank dump). Meanwhile, building the new reef tank anyway.
Right now that tank is doing very well - but invested almost enough to start a new reef tank in getting it there (it now sports a pair of Kessils, and a new near medical grade CO2 regulator after a CO2 tank dump). Meanwhile, building the new reef tank anyway.