Heater stuck... Any salvation?

[AndyL]

kills me, should have known better than to wait on that heater. Hindsight and all.
Lunchtime, both skimmers had a half collection cup of the nastiest vilest smelling stuff known to man. Filled the AC300 with carbon, added 2 more powerheads, figure I might as well knock all the loose dead stuff off if possible.

House smells to high heaven.

Thank god I had 35g prepped for a w/c on the FOWLR... Did another 5g water change.

The clams not looking so hot - can see its mantle, but it doesn't really appear to be attached to the shell anymore. Monti cap is pure white - crappy because just yesterday I was noticing how big it had gotten and how the new growth since the 150 hqi went on, had turned a very radiant almost flourescent orange.

Fished out the bodies of the YCG, sexies, and a dozen crabs & snails. Disgusted by how many bodies of the pods I'm seeing floating around as the extra flow is stirring stuff up.

Halimeda doesn't handle heat if anyone was curious, thousands of little 1/4" translucent pink pieces floating everywhere... Was one huge handfull taking up most of the ac300 fuge. Trying to fish out as much of it as possible.

I need a beer!

Thanks for all the thoughts guys, guess on the bright side, bigger and better rebuild - ralphbux and the calgary frag swap are coming up - guess there's something good coming.

Two cooked tanks in a year - think i better start looking at those heater controllers.