Photos of the disaster.

Just after I got all the fish, rock, clams, and corals into the tank. This is prior to turning the Snapper pump on, and bringing the sump online.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0417.jpg

The sump before it was filled with cheato, reactors, and filter floss.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0443.jpg

First moments of the overflow in use.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0493.jpg

Noticing something is wrong with the SPS, and the two clams in the right hand corner.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0445.jpg

FTS of the beginning of the disaster.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0491.jpg

The first of 3 pails of dead skeletons.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0510.jpg

Aquascaping and remaining SPS. More RTN.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0517.jpg

The tank today. I have what can only be described as the beginning of a cycle.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0060.jpg

The tank o-death in its full glory.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/DSC_0059.jpg

I'm doing what I can to just keep things under control at this point in time. It really sucks....

Oh wow....:s I've been trying to think of why your ammonia spiked like that. Was there maybe lots of sponge on the rocks that died after exposure to air? PUZZLING.

Either way, wow...I'm sorry for all that loss! The bucket of skeletens was tragic.

I'm still trying to figure it out. It just kills me to not know. I am so glad I pulled out the buckets separately, becuase if they all came out in one bucket at once, I probably would have cried.

There probably isn't any harm in leaving the remaining skeletons in the tank is there?

While there is probably no harm in leaving the skeletons, it is a sad reminder of the disaster. If it were me I think I would remove them (or at least hide them) :cry:

I'm thinking of tossing all the skeletons into my sump, and using the empty clam shells to create pod piles. I agree with you though, I would prefer them hidden as not to be constantly reminded of the disaster.

really sorry to hear about that. i too have used salt buckets lately for dead corals. it really really sucks.

I saw, and I felt so bad for you. I just can't imagine it happening in a very well established tank like yours. At least most of mine were all large frags, or small colonies.

that sucks :(

That really sucks Catherine, I recently lost two large colonies that I had for years along with a few other smaller ones. I feel for ya.

I saw the photos, and they were nice colonies.