Flashy Fins Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Sad day, but the tank for Beach Elementary needs to be shut down. It’s been at @Katrina’s home for a while and is now leaking all over the floor. Returning it to the school isn’t preferable for several reasons, including the fact that @grassinow lives further away and cannot care for it the same as before. Relying on custodians to feed fish and monitor plumbing is generally a recipe for disaster. Fish have all died except for clownfish, and there is an ongoing aptasia problem. Who can help shut this down and clean up? Tagging relatively close-living board members/club officers. Katrina is in north Portland near the Adidas factory. @Higher Thinking @albertareef @Emerald525 @Gil&Fin @SuncrestReef @Gumby @CuttleFishandCoral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bicyclebill Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 How quickly? I’m heading out of town for the weekend but available starting Monday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Why is the tank leaking all over the floor? I won’t be in town this weekend but as I recall it wasn’t a very big tank so it shouldn’t be much to take down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeardUp Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Are you just needing someone to put the rock and fish in a cooler, drain the tank and disassemble the plumbing or are you needing someone to take over housing and maintaining the tank? I could probably help with the former. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashy Fins Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 Yikes, so sorry I’m just now responding. I swear this thread was showing me no replies well after you guys apparently did. 😕 @Katrinacan you give more info on when you’d be available for takedown? Also info on what is still alive in the tank that will need a new home. I remember she said clownfish and aptasia (everyone get in line for it, ha) were living, not sure what else. We do just want to remove everything and drain it, 2 people is probably plenty. I don’t have a place to store anything, though, so volunteers definitely welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 (edited) Hi Everyone, The 22 gallon tank has two clownfish and large and very happy plate coral, a lot of other soft coral whose name I don’t know, and an anemone that the clownfish like. The pump seems to leak out of the tubing. It is likely that just replacing the tubing might fix that problem. If I don’t watch it all the time, it drips. The tank when at school is amazing, and the kids really love it. It is just getting to be a real challenge to manage in my house. Help any time is welcome. Contacting me at my work email would be great. For some reason I am not getting alerts from the forum. Thank you, Katrina kdeboer@pps.net Edited November 9, 2020 by Katrina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 10 hours ago, Katrina said: Hi Everyone, The 22 gallon tank has two clownfish and large and very happy plate coral, a lot of other soft coral whose name I don’t know, and an anemone that the clownfish like. The pump seems to leak out of the tubing. It is likely that just replacing the tubing might fix that problem. If I don’t watch it all the time, it drips. The tank when at school is amazing, and the kids really love it. It is just getting to be a real challenge to manage in my house. Help any time is welcome. Contacting me at my work email would be great. For some reason I am not getting alerts from the forum. Thank you, Katrina kdeboer@pps.net Can you show a picture of where the pump is leaking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/9/2020 at 5:28 PM, Gumby said: Can you show a picture of where the pump is leaking? Hi Everyone, The 22 gallon tank has two clownfish and large and very happy plate coral, a lot of other soft coral whose name I don’t know, and an anemone that the clownfish like. The pump seems to leak out of the tubing. It is likely that just replacing the tubing might fix that problem. If I don’t watch it all the time, it drips. The tank when at school is amazing, and the kids really love it. It is just getting to be a real challenge to manage in my house. Help any time is welcome. Thank you, Katriba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 No surprise here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Is the drip between the zip ties? If so can move plastic container so two zip ties are over the top of the container in the container? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 On 11/9/2020 at 5:28 PM, Gumby said: Hi Everyone, The 22 gallon tank has two clownfish and large and very happy plate coral, a lot of other soft coral whose name I don’t know, and an anemone that the clownfish like. The pump seems to leak out of the tubing. It is likely that just replacing the tubing might fix that problem. If I don’t watch it all the time, it drips. The tank when at school is amazing, and the kids really love it. It is just getting to be a real challenge to manage in my house. Help any time is welcome. Thank you, Katriba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroberts Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Katrina, Did you get this all taken care of? I would be happy to help if you still need to get it taken care of. Thanks, Steve 360-921-5421 call or text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBret Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I gave Katrina a call last week and the best option seemed to be take the tank down and rehome the fish. The location she had a spot to have the tank was right next to their internet connection and was giving them issues. I have the tank cleaned up and ready for next use The 2 clowns are living it up in their new digs The tank could be stored here at my shop or an officer/BOD could get it if they wish 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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