Officially today my nano is an invert only system.
I thought that it made it through from the power outage, well - the corals did, but the fish didn't.
Within the span of a week, I lost my firefish (he jumped) my Hectori and, the sadest, my avatar - Schmuckers, my wonderful bi-color blenny - my very first and favorite nano fish died.
I didn't realize it until just the other day that he had a rough case of Ich - now whether that was due to the Firefish or Hectori, I don't know - but he had it nonetheless, and I didn't catch it in time. He was eating incredibly well, but obviously it wasn't enough and I found my emerald crab "cleaning up" when I went looking today.
Good to know that I have a fish that takes good care of the waste in the tank, and I know why I wasn't able to find any other fish in there when I thought they were gone - but sad day for me, and I feel pretty pitiful.
He was a little angel, and had so much personality - that's TWO of my fav fish gone (I lost my fav freshwater) - and it's pretty much a bummer.
I'll keep the tank free of fish for another month, I figure that will let the ich cycle its way out, and then I'll add something else. Who knows what, but it won't be the same time without my schmuckers.
**the loss of these guys would also explain the massive cyano buildup I wasn't able to explain. Kasigh.