Nothing wrong with grieving over loss of life ... any life. Very sorry this happened. It's good you were home and could save your sabwas and at least some of the shrimp.
Good luck with your new tank to come.
This has been one of the worst days of my life.
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Good luck with your new tank to come.
I'm so sorry this happened, Jacki. I agree with H2Ogal; it's never wrong to grieve the loss of something dear, whether it's shimp, fish, your beautiful plants, or anything you've worked so hard on. Good luck on the balance of the clean-up and best wishes for your replacement tank.
If you want any rotalia rotadafolia i can send you close to 45 stems for free for the tank rebuild project if you want.
That is so nice of you! I am picking up my new tank Saturday so I will pm you.:dance:
Jacki, I know how devastating this was for you. This 60 gallon tank was just so pretty and so healthy. I'm so sorry. What a frantic few minutes you had grabbing buckets, putting them under the torrent of water pouring out, grabbing shrimp and fish, searching for them on the floor. I know you were heroically working as fast as you could, and no doubt crying as you were.
It's amazing you saved as many as you did. It's so hard to find them when they are out of the tank and on the floor, behind things. I've had to do a desperate search for an ADF that hopped out of the tank, but thankfully I did find him and he survived the event. Thankfully, I've never had a tragedy like this terrbile tank failure, but it is my nightmare.
What a great community of good hearted folks! It's so kind of you guys to offer contributions to Jacki's rebuild, and offering helpful info about preventing mold, too. Jacki, I hope you do post a list of things you lost and a wish list for those of us that may have some of what you need; count me in.
I'm so glad you were home and could jump into action the way you did; what a terrible scene it would have been to come home to.
It's amazing you saved as many as you did. It's so hard to find them when they are out of the tank and on the floor, behind things. I've had to do a desperate search for an ADF that hopped out of the tank, but thankfully I did find him and he survived the event. Thankfully, I've never had a tragedy like this terrbile tank failure, but it is my nightmare.
What a great community of good hearted folks! It's so kind of you guys to offer contributions to Jacki's rebuild, and offering helpful info about preventing mold, too. Jacki, I hope you do post a list of things you lost and a wish list for those of us that may have some of what you need; count me in.
I'm so glad you were home and could jump into action the way you did; what a terrible scene it would have been to come home to.
Just wondering how things are going. How are the fish doing? Do they have a new home yet? Is the cleanup done at least? best of luck
david yurik
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also the first thing i thought. were you able to tell what caused the failure? is there any help from the manufacturer?
dave
