I Exxon'd my SPS tank
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No I didn't change my photo period. I added carbon and did water changes. Don't forget that my water was messed up for almost 2 weeks before I was able to start working on it. Things looked up in 2 or 3 days of doing water changes. Just don't give up to soon on your corals.
examiner
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I had a severe bleaching event in September when a fuge light fell into my sump and fried for a couple hours before I got home and smelled it (never blew the breaker).
Despite everything looking like crap (bone white), I only lost one acro colony. The one I lost was clearly sloughing off tissue. Some of the others looked so bad I thought the tissue was gone already.....but it wasn't. Water changes, carbon, reduced photoperiod...it took about 2 months but they came back. Unfortunately, some of them came back brown, and I've yet to fully regain color (especially on the blue/purple acros). But they are all back and growing.
I know it's a different cause, but don't give up hope, and don't toss them until you know for sure the tissue is coming off.
Despite everything looking like crap (bone white), I only lost one acro colony. The one I lost was clearly sloughing off tissue. Some of the others looked so bad I thought the tissue was gone already.....but it wasn't. Water changes, carbon, reduced photoperiod...it took about 2 months but they came back. Unfortunately, some of them came back brown, and I've yet to fully regain color (especially on the blue/purple acros). But they are all back and growing.
I know it's a different cause, but don't give up hope, and don't toss them until you know for sure the tissue is coming off.
kerusso316
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Sorry to hear of your loss.If you need,I can babysit anything.JJJimmy did it for me.I will pass on the favor.
Tabeaubi
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Tabeaubi
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The Picture of the Balli Slimer shows best what most of the colonies are doing.
The Pocillipora pictured above has started to RTN, crossing my fingures that it will be the only one.
Thank you everyone for your support.
Hopefully things will pull through.
Maybe someone can learn from my mistake.
Tom
The Pocillipora pictured above has started to RTN, crossing my fingures that it will be the only one.
Thank you everyone for your support.
Hopefully things will pull through.
Maybe someone can learn from my mistake.
Tom
fishgeeksrus
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Dang Tom, was there anything that wasn't affected?
Tabeaubi
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The only coral that wasn't affected at all was a tiny frag of Fire Coral. I lost (1) fish, a Brown Cheek Blenny (happened to be my favorite one). Inverts seem ok, Clams are ok. The other fish seem ok. I think the coral took the brunt of the blow. There are a lot more pictures. I just posted the ones that I had a comparison shot for.
Fire Coral:
My Blenny (R.I.P.):
Tom
fishgeeksrus
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what a bummer. It looks as though a couple of the corals might have a chance to come back (crossing fingers) hopefully you won't have to start from scratch. When you are ready to start restocking drop us a pm and we'll help you out.
Tabeaubi
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Fingers crossed
I'm real PO'ed. The Leng Sy cap frag I got from your colony as well as the Pilli Mille look pretty sad. The turquoise stag looks ok though.
I guess on the bright side the brown anacropora colony has turned a fluorescent purple. Looks pretty crazy.
I'll keep everyone posted on teh recovery process.
Tom
wakesetter
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I have seen this at least a dozen times. Anyone else see the other problem with Rio's---They will occasionally fry where the cord comes into the pump and electrocute all inverts in the tank. I have seen this 3 times. I will not use any Rio after seeing at least 30 Rio's fail. I had two 5 gallon buckets full of dead rio's at one point. I asked the makers at the trade show about the difference between the old ones and the new ones and the guy said they were never oil filled but assured me that they were all better now. I will NEVER use a Rio again, why would you when there are so many other good alternatives. Too much risk.
Oh God, thats heart breaking. It puts a pit in my stomach. I guess people like my girlfriend can't understand, but we put so much time and thought and love into our tanks, I feel your pain man...
This is kind of related... I think this shows why a water change system is a very valuable addition to your tank. Check out the one in my gallery, aside from the RO system, which you all should have, I've got maybe 100$ in equipment and about 5 hours of time into that. How wouuld that affect something like this?
I have 70 Gallons of water on deck ALWAYS. 35 Gallons of Saltwater mixed up, and 35 Gallons of fresh that can be made salt, in about 6 hours. I had something like this happen once and boy was I glad that it took all of 15 minutes to get 70 gallons of clean saltwater in there. Given the cost of all the other equipment, and the time and love in these systems, the cost is negligable.
This is kind of related... I think this shows why a water change system is a very valuable addition to your tank. Check out the one in my gallery, aside from the RO system, which you all should have, I've got maybe 100$ in equipment and about 5 hours of time into that. How wouuld that affect something like this?
I have 70 Gallons of water on deck ALWAYS. 35 Gallons of Saltwater mixed up, and 35 Gallons of fresh that can be made salt, in about 6 hours. I had something like this happen once and boy was I glad that it took all of 15 minutes to get 70 gallons of clean saltwater in there. Given the cost of all the other equipment, and the time and love in these systems, the cost is negligable.
Tabeaubi
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I agree with having a quality water change system. I recently purchased a 5 stage RODI unit. With the exception of the RIO pump I was using everything is top notch. Problem was when I realized that the pump had failed in the salt mixing container I had drained the salt water into my tank and dumped my freshwater into the salt container to start making more salt water. The salt water container was still contaminated. This left me with barely any pure water to start performing the water changes. Hence, having to go out and buy 35+ gallons of distilled water from walwart and a new mixing container.
Right now I have roughly 25 gallons of salt made up to perform another (2) water changes tonight. Another 35 gallons of RODI water sitting on standby.
Note to self: " invest in a mag-drive for the mixing station"
Thanks for you kind words, I appreciate all the support I can get in this dark hour.
Tom
