You know Scott, seriously, we are all trying to help but it seems so futile. Its like you're not really listening. Perhaps if we're a bit more blunt we'll get our point across??

Your tank JUST CRASHED!!!!!!! That means you're pretty much starting all over again. Doing a few 8 gallon water changes does not a fixed tank make!

Yes you've changed out 25 gallons but really, you've only diluted the problem. Your tanks ecosystem has had a major event and all you've done is masked the problem with a few water changes, a sandbed siphon and now you want to put an anemone in there??

You know that ammonia/nitrite/nitrate aren't the only tank parameters that cause problems. Who knows what was released into the water when your tank crashed. For all you know you could still have toxins from the corals or something in there.

I think part of the problem with your posts is that you come here looking for help, people offer it and then you just go along and do your own thing anyway. Why bother to look for help if you don't feel like listening to it. People are taking time out of their day to respond to your posts and then you just carry on as usual. If you're looking for a group hug, perhaps you should go to ReefCentral.

People have told you repeatedly to let the tank settle before you start adding any livestock and then you tell us that you are thinking about adding an anemone! Cripes, people wait months, almost a year before adding something like that.

Perhaps you should work on your respect for livestock. You don't seem to have much happening in that department.

I am not goign to even bother to start arguing. I will simply say this... when I started this thread I wasn't looking for help at all. I was "venting" , I was overwhelmed. "Tank Crash" May have not been the best term to use... I only lost my corals, everything else in the tank is still fine. I didnt' lose "all" my corals either, I still have all my zoanthids left. Basically the SPS and LPS didn't make it.

You gave me advice and suggestions, and, I think I have done just about every single thing recommended other than adding a chiller and cooking my rock. I have been working hard on getting the tank, rock and the sand clean.

I guess I figured that if the water paramaters are good, everything is looking good and testing good and things are stabalizing, then I should be good. Sorry if I don't know what else to be testing for other than the usual. This is what I am used to and this is how I have been doing it since day 1.

You told me to do large water changes, I did... 8-10g every day since Monday evening. I cleaned the rocks, I cleaned the sand.. removing all the gunk from my tank and cleaning the equipment. I followed all of your suggestions other than rock cooking.

My tank hasn't gone back to square one... I have just lost most of my corals.

Anyways, I am sorry I come across as a person who has no care for livestock.. sheesh, I wonder how I managed to keep , grow and have SPS thrive in my 20g all this time, as well as a crocea clam (which is still alive).

I am a bit confused as to why you say I come here looking for help , and do my own thing. I started this thread to vent like most people do when stuff like this happens, I asked one question in regards to water clarity. Do my own thing?? I am doing everything you told me to do and have been watching my water paramaters daily. I had intentions of receiving the H. Crispa when I got back, because it's in a fellow reefers tank and she cannot meet the requirements for him. I told her I would take him, and she was cool with that.

I am sorry. I figured that if paramaters are in check and are STABLE then things are fine (it's my understanding that stability is the key here)... I don't understand how I could still have toxins (if I did, there can't be much...) from corals as I have new, fresh water, cleaned rocks , sand, equipment. I am not saying it's not a possibility.. I just don't understand how that works, sorry. I didn't think that my tank would need to sit for long if everything went back to "normal"

When you say let the tank settle, I wasn't given a time frame, and maybe I should know this.. but I don't ! Again, I figured if tank paramaters are good, and stable... then why must it sit? What is this going to do? My tank is established.. it's not new... I did wait before adding any of my first anemones. Would I ever add in an anemone to a tank where it will not survive? No. I wouldn't add it if I didn't know I had a damn good chance of it's survival.

Maybe I will take my posts to Reef Central from now on. I feel I am just annoying you all (yet you still keep posting.. ?) And I feel I am being viewed as a bad reef keeper... this is not the case.

Again, my apologies to everyone, maybe my ways of reef keeping (whether they be "right" or "wrong") just aren't nearly the same as yours.

All's I can say is I do care and have plenty of respect for my livestock, yes I have made a few foolish purchases (but who hasn't) I do my best to keep everything happy and thriving (and I feel I have done a great job thus far)

Take care. And again, my apologies if I have wasted all of your time. But if I may make a suggestion, if I make posts that you shake your head at for whatever reasons, please.. don't reply or post rude comments. Save yourself time and save me the time.... and please don't take this offensively, just a simple way to keep me out of your hair is all.
Scott

lock it up, mods.