Haven’t found much info on what happened, but sounds like the big tank crashed.
Polo reef crashed
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Omg - that sucks! Hope everything is ok - all those rare fish! You can always regrow corals.
joeoliver
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oh no! hope it all works out. there's a very brief video on their Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWJvKTrCfna/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWJvKTrCfna/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Wow - my heart stopped. I thought “crash” was in chemical crash but not this! Can’t decipher from all the comments but what happened? Leaked on one of the sides?
I don't think it's a crash. The tank integrity is NOT compromised because they are way too calm. Someone must have left a valve open overnight and drained some water. He's got a huge water storage, so I think he'll probably be alright. Just wet the corals until the saltwater is made/heated.
thresher
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Looks as though the guy is somewhat prepared for disaster as thats a quite a bit of saltwater to have on hand.
goes to show that all the money in the world won't make anything failproof. I also do not understand them asking for coral donations, it seems like a bizarre angle.
The tank is already filled back with water and honestly it doesn’t look that bad. Unless there is more die off, only some corals died on the top, but he can restock and it’ll grow back super quick.f
We heard it was a bad valve or valve failure. Not sure that is the truth or not
Just to show it only takes one valve, accident, mistake, and it can go sideways pretty quick. All part of the hobby tho. Every long term reefer has had some sort of crash. This is why you see experienced reefers have so much redundancy. Forgetting to close a valve, leaving ATO empty, or a leak somewhere that short out electrical…etc etc. Polo Reef will add redundancy and be back quickly. I’ll be more concerned on the connected tanks as they may have drained even more. The big tank didn’t look too bad. I hope all the fishes survived since they can just go lower into the water. Would be interesting to see what exactly happened. This would have been a disaster if he was running kalk top off or ATO dumped in.
A massive water change - so it’s all good. 
ndrwater
Yea... I did a thing...
I bet someone is getting the ax over this...
Likelihood that everything turns out just fine is high..
Knowing Andrew will absolutely throw any manufacturer under the bus if something fails, this HAS to be human error.
We all make mistakes, but, making a high profile mistake for a high profile billionaire is a bad day for everyone involved ..
Likelihood that everything turns out just fine is high..
Knowing Andrew will absolutely throw any manufacturer under the bus if something fails, this HAS to be human error.
We all make mistakes, but, making a high profile mistake for a high profile billionaire is a bad day for everyone involved ..
It's strange because literally the previous video was about the last guy thoroughly checking on everything before leaving for the night.
So they did mention it was 1 in a million chance this happens, so I don't think that would be human error because those happen all the time.
So they did mention it was 1 in a million chance this happens, so I don't think that would be human error because those happen all the time.
thresher
Cheese wiz Rocks
Equipment with moving part, pressure, and saltwater...eventually something is going bonkers. We prep as best we can. The donation thing is kinda wild but hey billionaires gotta eat too.
A part of the hobby that I hate the most but yes, we all go through it every single one of us and if you haven’t, you definitely will know what it’s like sooner or later. I hope everything works out for him.
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I am glad I am not the only one. Millionaires asking for hand outs is a strange part of the world today when others have more significant needs. Andrew has been great for the hobby, so maybe some of the ones he has helped will pay the reefers code back. Just strange how it was approached.
My thoughts are he doesn’t want what ppl will offer or share. He is the snobbiest snob. It’s also a write off project for him. I believe it’s a non profit organization at this point.
It was a crazy change of events his wifi didn't provide notices, using ozone probably screwed his valves, rodi water bins were being cleaned and he had no backup water to make saltwater replacement. They couldn't refill it completely till the next day. Right away corals and fish started dying. Andrew said of course the nice fish from Hawaii died first.
So sad for the fishes. I love his passion for the hobby. I'm glad that it wasn't a total crash, and he's well on his way to recovery by just having the tank filled and no chain reaction crash. Usually, that is the hardest part, just the chain reaction of death.
And lesson is that water will always find the lowest and weakest point in your system.
If I was Andrew, I would not rely on wifi and just hardline the internet connection and feed into cloud. Without internet connection, you got nothing for controls. And honestly, he should have AI programming on the video feed of his tanks and sumps to detect abnormalities. If I had his funds, that is what I would do.
And lesson is that water will always find the lowest and weakest point in your system.
If I was Andrew, I would not rely on wifi and just hardline the internet connection and feed into cloud. Without internet connection, you got nothing for controls. And honestly, he should have AI programming on the video feed of his tanks and sumps to detect abnormalities. If I had his funds, that is what I would do.
