How the mighty fall

[marie]

Not that I consider myself mighty, it just seemed like a catchy title .

It's been a rough couple of weeks for me, I treated my tank for redbugs at the beginning of december and 2 days after the second treatment I got an outbreak of cyano and dinoflagellets. Just after christmas I woke up to find my fastest growing acro had rtn'd in the night, I tried to frag off the few bits remaining but it was too late .
I have a couple of acros that have tissue peeling from the base (stn) and I have a couple of acros with tissue peeling from the tips.
My slowest growing acro is going through a great growth spurt and has never looked better and my big stag, other sps and my montiporas are carrying on like absolutely nothing is wrong.
I have done a 30g water change every 48hrs and I am cleaning my skimmer often to keep it at optimal performance.
Now it's just a waiting game to see what will recover and what will succumb.
I figure the interceptor must of killed off some critters that I had lots of and that released major nutrients into the water column.
Sorry for the long post I just had to rant

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Ugh. That sucks, Marie. Sounds like you're doing everything you can do, though.

[michika]

I'm sorry to hear your having back luck. I hope things return to normal soon in your system.

[marie]

Yea it sucks, i don't want to look at my tank at the moment
before

After

a pic of some of the damage, I've blown the dinos off twice today




And yet the frag I got from Tom a couple of months ago is growing like a weed,it was just a stick and now it has 6 points

[michika]

Even at your tank's worst it still looks lovely. I'm sorry about your staghorn.

[Chaloupa]

Oh Marie! I feel so badly for you.....Interceptor was so easy for me...it's the other stuff I'm dealing with that sucks....UGH..sometimes this is tough.

[Snappy]

Sorry to hear about your tank problems. This hobby can be as frustrating as it can be rewarding at times, sometimes more so. I'm sure things will bounce back for you in no time.

[christyf5]

Aww, sorry to hear that Marie. I have to treat for red bugs sometime this week. I hope I don't have any issues, dinoflagellates would be the end of this hobby for me

[niloc16]

i totally know where you are coming from. i have had a rough couple months as well, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. run lots of carbon and change every week or 2 weeks, maybe even run chemipure to help absorb the chemical warfare. i have had a case of red bugs and recovered and an amazing war with dinos and just recovered. keep your head up, crap happens but stick with what youre doing and it will get better.

[Jason McK]

Hey Marie, I have been going through a very similar experience. How is your ALK?

J