brettinteriors
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I was doing 30 gallon water change on my 140 last night which brings the water down just below the lps I have towards the top of the tank. I normally do a 15gallon so nothing is exposed. I drained the 30 gallons and promptly began pumping in new water. My 1 year old girl would not go to sleep and my wife asked me to take her up stairs to rock her as she likes to fall a sleep with me.
Mistake 1: Attempt big water change with kids awake. Mistake 2: turn off pump with hose still on tank. Mistake 3: go up stairs for 15 minutes while my water back siphons and drains water so at least the top 30% of my coral are exposed to the air for who knows how long.
All my euphilia(torch,hammer,frog, ect) was exposed and looked terrible. It was slimed and looked like hot wax melting off the skeleton. My duncans and worm brain were also partially out. I turned all the pumps on and as the water rose I could see some of the slime and maybe florescent zooxanthellae on the surface of the water as it filled. I went to bed feeling sick and angry. I can't believe it but they all seem be ok this am! I don't know how long they were out but it was at least 5-10 minutes.
Mistake 1: Attempt big water change with kids awake. Mistake 2: turn off pump with hose still on tank. Mistake 3: go up stairs for 15 minutes while my water back siphons and drains water so at least the top 30% of my coral are exposed to the air for who knows how long.
All my euphilia(torch,hammer,frog, ect) was exposed and looked terrible. It was slimed and looked like hot wax melting off the skeleton. My duncans and worm brain were also partially out. I turned all the pumps on and as the water rose I could see some of the slime and maybe florescent zooxanthellae on the surface of the water as it filled. I went to bed feeling sick and angry. I can't believe it but they all seem be ok this am! I don't know how long they were out but it was at least 5-10 minutes.
