Hobby Drives me Crazy

[MadReefer]

Came home last night to a loud alarm. Figured out my battery backup was alarming so unplugged equipment and will see what's wrong later today.

 

[Boehmtown]

Right. I always think of my tank as being so stable, until I go away and realize how many little knobs and dials and alarms etc etc I do daily without really thinking about it

 

[Adam L]

I too jinxed myself thinking about how stable things have been. Checked my live feed on my tank at 10am yesterday. I’m down at the jersey shore. Massive bubbles out of returns. Knew auto top off wasnt working. 1.5 hours home. Power cord to ato slipped out of power strip.

 

[ericrodriguez]

I too jinxed myself thinking about how stable things have been. Checked my live feed on may tank at 10am yesterday. I’m down at the jersey shore. Massive bubbles out of returns. Knew auto top off wasnt working. 1.5 hours home. Power cord to ato slipped out of power strip.

My auto top off lol
That’s the story of my life lol

 

[MadReefer]

So discovered the power backup had the inkbird plugged in besides return and power head. Inkbird plugged else where now. Also found out power backup was plugged in but not on, resolved. Inkbird kept alarming took me awhile, sad to admit, realized the sensor suction cup gave way and it was sticking out of tank, fixed with magnets for now. Tank temp 74/75 usually keep it at 79. Lost a torch coral as well among others I mentioned in different thread.

 

[ericrodriguez]

So discovered the power backup had the inkbird plugged in besides return and power head. Inkbird plugged else where now. Also found out power backup was plugged in but not on, resolved. Inkbird kept alarming took me awhile, sad to admit, realized the sensor suction cup gave way and it was sticking out of tank, fixed with magnets for now. Tank temp 74/75 usually keep it at 79. Lost a torch coral as well among others I mentioned in different thread.

Have you ever thought about taking a break,? just until kids get older and take care of themselves.

 

[eholceker]

So discovered the power backup had the inkbird plugged in besides return and power head. Inkbird plugged else where now. Also found out power backup was plugged in but not on, resolved. Inkbird kept alarming took me awhile, sad to admit, realized the sensor suction cup gave way and it was sticking out of tank, fixed with magnets for now. Tank temp 74/75 usually keep it at 79. Lost a torch coral as well among others I mentioned in different thread.

Don't plug your heater into the UPS. It will burn out battery. For all the issues you have had I bet 99% of them could have been avoided if you had an apex. Just saying.

 

[MadReefer]

Don't plug your heater into the UPS. It will burn out battery. For all the issues you have had I bet 99% of them could have been avoided if you had an apex. Just saying.

I didn't realize it was plugged into it, missed when rearranging plugs during prior power outage. It's plugged into a power strip with breaker. But yeah an Apex might of helped but this was just me being stupid. I tried to make things easier but screws up big time.

 

[ericrodriguez]

So discovered the power backup had the inkbird plugged in besides return and power head. Inkbird plugged else were now. Also found out power backup was plugged in but not on, resolved. Inkbird kept alarming took me awhile, sad to admit, realized the sensor suction cup gave way and it was sticking out of tank, fixed with magnets for now. Tank temp 74/75 usually keep it at 79. Lost a torch coral as well among others I mentioned in different thread.

I hope your torch was not one of those very $$$ ones

 

[Adam L]

I did find a dead cardinal. Not sure it was related but I’m sure a salinity was up. I didn’t check it. All corals looked okay. I usually keep it at 1.025 for wiggle room.

 

[MadReefer]

I hope your torch was not one of those very $$$ ones

Nope, I'm to cheap to buy one of them...ha

 

[ericrodriguez]

Have any of you regretted buying a fish and than be like haaaa I shouldn’t have bought this one!!

 

[ericrodriguez]

There is sand everywhere now and water it’s whiteesh

 

[Jamie S]

Have any of you regretted buying a fish and than be like haaaa I shouldn’t have bought this one!!

Yes my sailfin tang. He bullied 2 yellow tangs to death last year and this year I tried an orange shoulder tang and PBT a few months ago and he bullied them as well. Any other fish I add is fine just not tangs.

 

[ericrodriguez]

Does he make your tank white? Or it’s just this one that doesn’t stop lol

Yes my sailfin tang. He bullied 2 yellow tangs to death last year and this year I tried an orange shoulder tang and PBT a few months ago and he bullied them as well. Any other fish I add is fine just not tangs.

 

[MadReefer]

So the temp would not go over 76; I even increased stand alone heater to 85. Then realized the heater connected to the Inkbird was not on. I had plugged it into the cooling plug and not heating plug. No idea why I did this but explains a lot over the past year. Now its plugged into heater plug both heaters are set to 80 and Inkbird is set to 79.

 

[MadReefer]

Crossing fingers; alarms have stopped and plugged powerhead into UPS in conjunction with return pump. temp steady at 78.5 to 79.

 

[MadReefer]

The tank temp dropped 2 degrees. I increased iInkbird to 80 and heaters to 82. Temp won't go over 78. I believe the heaters are 200w, stand alone one in sump and DT hooked to Inkbird. Are my heaters under sized since only one is actually on?

 

[eholceker]

The tank temp dropped 2 degrees. I increased iInkbird to 80 and heaters to 82. Temp won't go over 78. I believe the heaters are 200w, stand alone one in sump and DT hooked to Inkbird. Are my heaters under sized since only one us actually on?

Inkbirds are not exactly great. Do yourself a favor and just get an apex.

 

[horseplay]

You need an apex. see my other post