Blindloser1080
Reefing newb
Keeping a long story short, my room-mate was cooking with her new wok, heated it up too fast, put in oil which created a fire. She put in a bit of water to put the flame out, which caused smoke and the fire sprinklers to go off in our apartment. We had 2" of standing water in our living room, dining room, and kitchen. (Thanks for the b-day present roomie!):chair:
I had just setup my 38G literally 2 days before this, and had planned on buying my LR in 2 days :frustrat:. Then this happened.
I lost the stand, XP3, Prizm, heater, Nova Extreme T-5, everything due to water damage. The fire department told me not to use anything that was plugged into the surge protector :shocking:, so the insurance is re-imbursing me!
I am replacing the light most definately, and getting a new stand. Anything filtration wise you guys would recommend that isn't going to be too overkill for my 38G? (need new filtration, and skimmer) I liked my XP3, it has always worked well for me in the past.
Oh yea, my roomie HATED my Prizm, cause "it's too loud" even with the canopy on, so something quieter, possibly HOB would be great.
Also, is leaving my aquarium outside in the cold bad for the seals? I've heard that if it freezes, or gets really cold, the seals can crack and cause leaking. My 38G has been sitting outside for 2 weeks now, because we can't have anything on the carpets, and my room is already full of other items that were in the other rooms.
I had just setup my 38G literally 2 days before this, and had planned on buying my LR in 2 days :frustrat:. Then this happened.
I lost the stand, XP3, Prizm, heater, Nova Extreme T-5, everything due to water damage. The fire department told me not to use anything that was plugged into the surge protector :shocking:, so the insurance is re-imbursing me!
I am replacing the light most definately, and getting a new stand. Anything filtration wise you guys would recommend that isn't going to be too overkill for my 38G? (need new filtration, and skimmer) I liked my XP3, it has always worked well for me in the past.
Oh yea, my roomie HATED my Prizm, cause "it's too loud" even with the canopy on, so something quieter, possibly HOB would be great.
Also, is leaving my aquarium outside in the cold bad for the seals? I've heard that if it freezes, or gets really cold, the seals can crack and cause leaking. My 38G has been sitting outside for 2 weeks now, because we can't have anything on the carpets, and my room is already full of other items that were in the other rooms.
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