Robert Iuliano

Going down to Portland/Vancouver next weekend. Let me know if you’re interested in this guy. I just want it to go to someone who will take care of it....one of the first frags I grew into a big boy. Also have rasta zoas, zoas with a purple middle and green skirt as well as some mystery but good SPS. $50 of leather, 2 zoas including rastas, and 2 other small frags of SPS

Let me know if this is happening this weekend because I will be in Portland for the weekend (Fri-Sun)

Yep. They jump. Lost my Biota after a couple months of healthy growth. Made me so sad. Built a custom cover for my IM Dropoff tank then got another Biota because they are the best addition to my nano.

Recently lost my favorite and most prized fish. A goby of all things. Jumped out of tank and right into freshwater topoff bucket. I'm getting some plexiglass and making a lid that goes all the way around the edge but only goes over the water an inch or couple. That way no jumpers and still allows all the light through. If anyone is interested in the project I can send pics as I go and if all goes well I'd be willing to make one for anyone.

You're correct. It'll get there but not directly. If they were both in the sump then it must have been broken for a while. Long enough to effect your corals. :-( Voltage can do really crazy things to your pH among other issues it can cause.

The grounding probe is probably what did you in. I am NOT suggesting that anyone do something different but if the tank isn't grounded then the electricity has no where to go and won't flow through your water. With the ground, you provided a path for the electricity which unfortunately spans the entire length of your water system. Without a ground it would be like a bird on a bare wire...they don't get fried because the electricity has no where to go. Don't know aquariums as well as I know electricity so not sure if this is possible but if you can, consider where you put your ground. If you can ground the top of your water then the electricity will flow from pump or heater to the ground. Of course, this all goes to crap if something in your sump breaks and leaks electricity into the system. Maybe the better answer is to put multiple grounds in the tank so it'll go to the closest ground instead of through your corals. It's just so hard because the more salt the water has, the better of a conductor it becomes. Does something like this happen enough where if I built a detector many people would have interest in it? Something that either shut down the power to the tank, or turns on a warning light, or send warn via some other means? Could simply have a beeper that goes off until you fix the problem. The electricity shouldn't bother the tank creatures too bad if you get to it quickly.