[smokinreefer]

hey all,
it is at my displeasure to let you all know disaster has fallen upon my 180 sps dominated reef aquarium.

the tank is still at my parents house, though i do live nearby, i have found i rarely have time to look after it... as far as i can tell, the water parameters had gone terribly askew due to failure in my auto-topoff and kalk reactor. i believe the float valve had gotten stuck in the closed position, and that shortly after the kalk reactor had kicked in to mix... then i'm guessing the float valved opened soon after, dumping a saturated kalk solution into the tank... the tank was cloudy by the time i got to it.

long story short, lost just about all of my sps. a couple clams, a few others, maybe my leopard wrasse as well.

i was quite speechless, pulling out sps colonies that i had had for years and simply dropping them into empty salt buckets... several colonies had to be >10"... some favorites being a large bali slimer colony, a table i had grown from a dime sized frag into a colony that could span my 2 open hands... well, c'est la vie. and RIP.

while it seems like i never have time for anything anymore, though the tank was doing great with minimal effort at this point in its life... i don't think i have the time required to try restocking the tank to its previous glory.

i havent decided one way or the other 100% at this time, but it is likely i will take a hiatus from the hobby, considering the great losses i've just had.

perhaps a small tank [at my house] to house my remainig clams is in order (as i had originally planned, though i had just sold my little cube tank!)

anyhoo, i though i'd just let you all know whats been going on with me and my tank. i've met many canreef members through the hobby, and it has been great knowing you all, and having you over to see the tank, sharing ideas and experiences, both reef related and otherwise.

ciao, for now.