Can always count on one thing to die after a road trip!

[Emerald525]

We just got back into town late last night and as usual something died.DOH! I don't know why or how the tank knows but came back to a nice shiny white monti cap that was formally green with red polyps. We were only gone 4 days but it never fails! Fortunately everything else looks fine. Including the growout zoas for those involved in those.(naughty) It usually is one sps that goes which is why our sps tank is going to be a clown anemone tank.

Do other people notice this when they are gone?

[TRENT]

I never leave for this reason. (scary)

[Emerald525]

I never leave for this reason. (scary)

LOL Trent that will make you (nutty). I just accept it and hope it's not my most prized coral that decides it will make me pay for my neglect. At least there was no tank flood this time like last year.

[mattv]

2 weeks a month is brutal. When I get home it's kiss the wife and kids then cross my fingers and head down stairs. Its been a while since I lost anything.

[Smann]

I'm going on two weeks, Tom from Upscales just called and said everything looks good during his weekly cleaning, keeping my fingers crossed!

[J-Dog]

If it's not a fish, it's a coral (scratch).......I've had a few frags getting RTN lately and I have no idea why (and I haven't even been gone). No trips planned in the near future, so I guess everything else will be safe :p

[OwenReefin]

Yep, overnighters at the Oregon state hospital, come home and something has to be wrong! There has got to be something to this.

[grassi]

Same here :(
The tank knows when I'm not around

[pnkrcklives]

Please dont scare me... I have been prepping to leave for a week. Already pulled an all nighter(monday) due to a cracked sump. WTF will happen when I actually leave town. Glad I have you guys and gals for support. TEXAS HERE I COME...

[garrettm85]

My fingers are crossed every time I go home at night. When I had the shop at home, all I had to do was wander into my garage. Now I have to drive a quarter mile lol.

[Bigjohnwoody]

Just got back from Vegas for 4 days. Nothing died, but I had a friend checking the tank daily. Of course the night before I leave my alkalinity droped from 10 dkh to 8. It was dropping like a rock and it's all because I tried to fix something that wasn't broken the day before. Luckily for me, he's a smart guy and has interest in the hobby, but no money to make it work, so he did testing and adjusting while I was gone. I can't believe everything is still ok. Alk swings seem to be a great way to kill sps. Lesson learned...... Don't fix it, if it's not broken Doh!

[Emerald525]

THat is a great lesson John. Don't make any changes the few days before you're just asking for trouble. Having an aquacontroller will help and also if a relative not in the hobby is watching the tank provide them with numbers from members on the forum to help bail them out if needed.

[impur]

This always happens to me, either something dies while i'm gone or something fails in the hours before we leave. ALWAYS. (flame)

Sorry to hear Kim, I think Jody has some of that monti ;)

[Kimberlee]

I never leave for this reason. (scary)

+1 I just don't leave, and I'm getting my 9 year old a tank for x-mass gussied as a gift but really so I can train her to be the second pair of eyes watching the tanks. Might take a year or so to get her there, but I have high hopes.

[Emerald525]

This always happens to me, either something dies while i'm gone or something fails in the hours before we leave. ALWAYS. (flame)

Sorry to hear Kim, I think Jody has some of that monti ;)

No worries Miles. I actually have more in the other tank that is doing well. I was actually thinking of donating that cap or auctioning it for TFT funds but oh well.... It was a small price to pay for a wonderful trip. I just find it interesting that it happens every time.

[madmike]

The forums sure seemed quiet for the last few days... NOW I know why, you were gone (laugh)

[Emerald525]

The forums sure seemed quiet for the last few days... NOW I know why, you were gone (laugh)

Ummm it's nice to be missed (scratch)(scratch)... I think...(laugh)

[Mandinga]

This is why my tank goes with me on vacation. And all my vacations are spent in PDX.


I think alot has to do with the sheer amount of coral in many people's tanks...something is bound to happen to a colorful stick/plate.

[CoralCrazy]

Don't feel bad Kim. I woke up this morning to half of my 150 empty on the floor. Lol

[Emerald525]

Don't feel bad Kim. I woke up this morning to half of my 150 empty on the floor. Lol

Oh no Heather? What happened?

[CoralCrazy]

For some unknown reason the tank just kept draining past the overflow box and my son woke up to 75 gallons of water surrounding him this morning. If it wasn't for the soaked carpet I would be laughing my butt off. Oh well. Nothing died and mike is playing with the tank to find out what happened. Sure is fun having fish in the house.DOH!(laugh)

[Emerald525]

Yikes another sign that all of us our crazy and tempting faint by holding hundreds of gallons of water in our house! :)