The before and after a Nem Bomb

[caboosee]

This is the before and after of the worst experience any reefer would ever have... I lost all my livestock and corals.. tank is now finally stable after 2 weeks and 15 water changes now restocking with 2 ORA Prem. Picacco Clowns will update w/ pics thursday when they arrive. 1st picture was 3 hours after a carpet anemone died it was unbel. how fast it melted i woke up and seen that all my livestock is on my sandbed all my params were all out of wack also the most smelling water ever possible. the 2nd picture is today the day prior it was cloudy from a bloom. This setup was 2 years old

 

[HumbleFish]

Sorry to hear; how did the anemone die? Was it sucked into a powerhead or something, or just die without explanation?

 

[caboosee]

Sorry to hear; how did the anemone die? Was it sucked into a powerhead or something, or just die without explanation?

It just died randomly... I put baby to sleep then 3 hours later I was feeding the baby and looked over to my tank and seen it was so cloudy couldnt even see a rock and i said where are all my fish!! All were on the Sandbed dead... The carpet anemone I had melted in less then 3 hours it was perfectly healthy before I put the baby to sleep very weird it's amazing how bad it made the tank smell and my house in that timeframe I had perfect water Chem and the tank was well mature I will not be getting another nem anytime soon only corals

 

[HumbleFish]

It just died randomly... I put baby to sleep then 3 hours later I was feeding the baby and looked over to my tank and seen it was so cloudy couldnt even see a rock and i said where are all my fish!! All were on the Sandbed dead... The carpet anemone I had melted in less then 3 hours it was perfectly healthy before I put the baby to sleep very weird it's amazing how bad it made the tank smell and my house in that timeframe I had perfect water Chem and the tank was well mature I will not be getting another nem anytime soon only corals

Wow, that's just scary. I've had a BTA for years, and even the one time I had to rip it off a rock and damaged it's base; it didn't disintegrate or cause any harm to the tank. I gave up on carpets years ago (unless it's a clown tank). They are beautiful and grow well; just too great a chance of a fish brushing up against one and meeting it's demise.

 

[Hens4Fish]

I had that with a huge clam. It was stress induced spawning that caused it to make the tank look like milk. Everything died....

 

[reef80]

I had the same thing happen but under distress. I was moving my 140 to my new house and had two rose tips and corals and some fishes in a 40 gallon rubbermaid on standby until I was able to fill up the tank. I covered it to calm down the inhabitants in the tank. Two hours later, I looked and it was the same story you just now expereince. Everything except for a black damsel and my goldbar marroon clowns was dead. Even so the marrons was gasping heavenily for air at the surface. Somehow I think the nems were irritated and decided to self-distrup and commit sucide taking everything else in the tank. the water clouded so fast and the smell was so overt...it was unbelievable. It was a sad day for me as I counted off like $2,000+ worth of livestock...fishes and corals and NEMS.

 

[Toddrtrex]

What type of "carpet" ?

Been keeping S. haddonis for the last 16+ years, and healthy anemones just don't die within 3 hours. Either it wasn't healthy, or something got into the tank and caused an issue.

What size tank is that?
How large was the anemone?
How long did you have the anemone?
Did you feed it anything?