JBJ 45 Rimless

MikeL152123

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I have had a few “reef tanks.” My first was a 55 (I was 17yrs old). At the time, my girl friend’s sister gave me the tank. All I knew was I wanted clown fish and coral. I failed miserably with the 55. Later I had a JBJ 28 with an eBay LED. Failed again with this tank.... So when I bought my first home, I set up a 30 Gallon Rimless tank. I had a sump (I think 20gl L). That I made my self. Just as the tank was maturing I gave up because I was expecting a baby. So I down sized to a 5gl tank. Since then I moved again. I set up a JBJ 45 Rimless. Because of my past “learning experiences” I didn’t want to post my tank until it was established. Last week I lost power for 3 days. I lost all of my fish except one basslet. Most of my coral and inverts survived. I had a pair of clowns that were hosting my two enemones that I lost. (That hurt the most). For all of us that put all of the time, effort, money and care into our tanks, I just want to to say…. BUY A GENERATOR!!!!
 
After all of the $$ I put into my tank, a generator should have been a priority to make sure it could survive a long term power outage..... Sadly…. I have 3 kids, which should have made me invest in a generator in the first place. Kids are easy, reef tanks are tricky… Any ways, my tank is recouping from the storm. From my experience with this hobby, my advice for any new commer is “if your going to invest in this hobby, have a backup plan”(Generator)
 
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Hi Mike,

Sorry to hear about the fish. The plus side is you mention most of the corals are ok. How about the anemones?


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