I have 110g Reef that has been up for a combined three years. I've added a 10" RBTA about 6mo-1yr ago. It grew to about 13/14" and then split. Then I had two healthy 6-7" RBTA.
While I was at the hospital on 4/13-4/16 for my daughter's birth, I had my brother go to my house to feed the cat and the fish.
He calls me and says there has been an accident. The cat (he's large) jumped on top of the shelf over the tank and ripped it out of the wall. The shelf was suspending my two 120w full spectrum LED units. Both units ended up in the tank.
I'm not sure how long they were in the water, could have been a couple hours or a day.
All of my fish survived, along with my mushrooms. All of my SPS and LPS were dead along with all of my snails/sea cuc/etc. Ammonia was about 3-4. I immediately treated with polyfilter for any dissolved metals from the lights and carbon. I also did a water change, used Prime for the ammonia, etc. In two days the ammonia is 0 and everything that's still alive looks great.
My two RBTA were both harmed in this process of course. They were both detached and hovering in the tank. I immediately moved them to a 50g tank in my office that has been up for about 2 years, it has been empty for about 9months.
I am attaching pictures of what the anemones look like today, two weeks later. I want to see what the anemone community thinks about light (amount and intensity) and feeding while the anemones are recovering.
Thanks for reading and thanks for your input.
Photos under 48w T5 actinic only. The tank has a 150w MH unit that I've been running for a few hours during the day as well.
While I was at the hospital on 4/13-4/16 for my daughter's birth, I had my brother go to my house to feed the cat and the fish.
He calls me and says there has been an accident. The cat (he's large) jumped on top of the shelf over the tank and ripped it out of the wall. The shelf was suspending my two 120w full spectrum LED units. Both units ended up in the tank.
I'm not sure how long they were in the water, could have been a couple hours or a day.
All of my fish survived, along with my mushrooms. All of my SPS and LPS were dead along with all of my snails/sea cuc/etc. Ammonia was about 3-4. I immediately treated with polyfilter for any dissolved metals from the lights and carbon. I also did a water change, used Prime for the ammonia, etc. In two days the ammonia is 0 and everything that's still alive looks great.
My two RBTA were both harmed in this process of course. They were both detached and hovering in the tank. I immediately moved them to a 50g tank in my office that has been up for about 2 years, it has been empty for about 9months.
I am attaching pictures of what the anemones look like today, two weeks later. I want to see what the anemone community thinks about light (amount and intensity) and feeding while the anemones are recovering.
Thanks for reading and thanks for your input.
Photos under 48w T5 actinic only. The tank has a 150w MH unit that I've been running for a few hours during the day as well.
