Giving up

[LiveRock]

Came back heart-broken last night to realise that power has tripped and all my fishes and corals are dead or half-dead.

Decided to give up hobby once and for all since this is not the first time the ELCB tripped. I have rescued the situation many times but last night's one is the ultimate tragedy. My area Woodlands is so prone to lightning that when there is a thunder storm, the lightning and thunder are terrifying; and power is most certainly to spike.

Well.... I am clearing first my Live Rocks, now in a pail of circulating new salt water. They won't last so I must let go all by today.

Just S$2 per rock.

Interested, please call 90909214. Please bring own container and call me first. I am in Woodlands.

[Zero Oxygen]

get those APC ...... can help to substain for a while till the power comes back

[kschew1498]

Hi Zero Oxygen......so very sad to hear that you are giving up .....is there anything you can do to prevent the ELCB tripping.....by getting a UPS... It will be a ultimate nightmare for any reefer.....

By the way how many kg of LR you have? How big is you tank?...may I ask?

[Zero Oxygen]

alamak kschew not me lah.............

it is Liverock .............

[kschew1498]

alamak kschew not me lah.............

it is Liverock .............

a....pai say.....see wrongly...I thought it was you!?!

Liverock....just left you a voice message.....

[Zero Oxygen]

ehh..... kschew your liverock not enough ah...... tot you have a big tub of it liao .......

[kschew1498]

Its only 60kg approx. for my 5 footer and another 15kg from my existing 2 footer.....so.....the more the merrier ma.....as I do not want to buy uncure rocks if I have not enough.....

Anyway....maybe keeping my 2 footer for smaller fishes......or maybe a lion fish....hahaha

(Liverock....pai say... )

[evileel]

u selling LR is it?

if still selling pls pm mi

[LiveRock]

Sorry, too overwhelming responses that I can't reply or SMS individually. My tank was more than 2 years and these rocks should be cured.

I will be selling other stuffs like UV, Ehiem filter, skimmer later too after I cleaned up everything.

UPS will not help in my situation as it won't last whole days. I have APC UPS, by the way.

[kschew1498]

Sorry, too overwhelming responses that I can't reply or SMS individually. My tank was more than 2 years and these rocks should be cured.

I will be selling other stuffs like UV, Ehiem filter, skimmer later too after I cleaned up everything.

UPS will not help in my situation as it won't last whole days. I have APC UPS, by the way.

Interested in your UV also.....but may I ask how big is you tank? Mine is a 5 footer so need to make sure if the UV is efficient enough for the water volume.

[untouchables]

Came back heart-broken last night to realise that power has tripped and all my fishes and corals are dead or half-dead.

Decided to give up hobby once and for all since this is not the first time the ELCB tripped. I have rescued the situation many times but last night's one is the ultimate tragedy. My area Woodlands is so prone to lightning that when there is a thunder storm, the lightning and thunder are terrifying; and power is most certainly to spike.

Well.... I am clearing first my Live Rocks, now in a pail of circulating new salt water. They won't last so I must let go all by today.

Just S$2 per rock.

Interested, please call 90909214. Please bring own container and call me first. I am in Woodlands.

seems like im not the only one getting trips. the past week, whenever it rains and it always followed by thunder, my ELCB will trip. luckily normally trip around afternoon so it is a few hours before i come back. no casualty so far but i suspect the ELCB or earth is not done properly or should be adjusted to be less sensitive. maybe time to call in the electrician.

[coralreef]

hi, do let me know if you have any LR left..i need for my 5 footer

[LiveRock]

Mine is UV-C 7000. Dunno if suitable for you, kschew1498.

But I seldom use it. Only once in a while.

I also have golden pearls, kalkwasser, etc. but I need to take stock of what I have first. Everything must go!

[yus75]

bro stil anytaker on LR?? i can comedown now hehehe

[LiveRock]

yus75, someone say he is coming now but still waiting...

[tineng]

seems like im not the only one getting trips. the past week, whenever it rains and it always followed by thunder, my ELCB will trip. luckily normally trip around afternoon so it is a few hours before i come back. no casualty so far but i suspect the ELCB or earth is not done properly or should be adjusted to be less sensitive. maybe time to call in the electrician.

dunno anything about ELCB...but last time I had the same problem in my old office...keep tripping....

Had a friend who was an engineer...he speculated that with too many PCs, there are leaks somewhere...so we either trace the leak (VERY VERY diffcult) or change the fuse or something to allow higher leakage (at a level that is still safe)...

We chose the later and the power trip stopped.... unfortunetaly, our office is carpeted, so end up a lot of static discharge! imagine shaking the hand of a female client and then a slight electic shock....

Anyway, any engineer or electrician out there can confirm what to change?

[yus75]

k la....then i wait la...til wait time gotto wait hehee.....if by 1230 no ans then goto give a pass lor...gotto slep...werkin nite today

[kschew1498]

Liverock....I think you need to get a q-ing system or a first come first serve system.....just my opinion.

(Bro..Yus75...no hard feeling)

[nutx]

dunno anything about ELCB...but last time I had the same problem in my old office...keep tripping....

Had a friend who was an engineer...he speculated that with too many PCs, there are leaks somewhere...so we either trace the leak (VERY VERY diffcult) or change the fuse or something to allow higher leakage (at a level that is still safe)...

We chose the later and the power trip stopped.... unfortunetaly, our office is carpeted, so end up a lot of static discharge! imagine shaking the hand of a female client and then a slight electic shock....

Anyway, any engineer or electrician out there can confirm what to change?

no electrician here, but I know you can change the ELCB to a higher capacity to absord the high fluctuation in the currect.

I think HDB is using either 30 or 45 amps, you can change to 60amps...(but not sure whether HDB allows that)

[tineng]

no electrician here, but I know you can change the ELCB to a higher capacity to absord the high fluctuation in the currect.

I think HDB is using either 30 or 45 amps, you can change to 60amps...(but not sure whether HDB allows that)

yes yes yes...thats what we did change the ELCB to a higher capacity to absord the high fluctuation

just not sure how safe it is....

[yus75]

no hard feelin lei hehehe....just tink bro liverock is blur w al the sms n pm....so i intend to post it here la

[LiveRock]

Thanks, kschew1498.

Just that I wasn't really prepared for this. I was still wondering if I should restart everything last night; you know, cycle the tank, redecorate, etc. but I figure I want to have peace of mind everytime I go overseas and not worry about my corals and fishes because of the power supply.

yes, it is first come first serve.

[untouchables]

Thanks, kschew1498.

Just that I wasn't really prepared for this. I was still wondering if I should restart everything last night; you know, cycle the tank, redecorate, etc. but I figure I want to have peace of mind everytime I go overseas and not worry about my corals and fishes because of the power supply.

yes, it is first come first serve.

bro, u got PM.

[hamannbmw]

PM u on skimmer

[ReDDeviLs]

sad to hear that bro liverock,gd luck to your sales..hope you will return to this hobby 1 day