Marie's 175g mixed reef (new pics added jan 27)

[marie]

I'm moving my tale of woe to this thread so I don't mess up Lance's

Originally Posted by marie

I'm not really sure whats happening, the tank did get up to 86 the day we started to tear everything out of the living room and then I switched the light cycle to night/early morning so the tank could be covered during the day without heating up ( it never got above 84 again).
At some point the sump room started reeking of coral sex (kind of distinctive once you've smelled it once) and the skimmer shut down for 2 days.Unfortunately I wasn't in a position to do any water changes.
A few acros are losing tissue, the monti caps are bleaching and looking decidedly unhappy and the digis are losing their growing tips.
I bought a bucket of salt from Bob today ($80 ) and I will start water changes as soon as the paintings done tomorrow night/wed

Originally Posted by Chaloupa

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Marie...OH NO! That's not good.....ack...do you think it's related to the drywalling or? Wish I were closer to take a piece of that superman digi.

I don't think it was the drywalling because it started when we were still tearing out the carpet and wood paneling.
I suspect it was the whole thing combined with the change in light cycle, a/some corals going sexual, the heat, and dust going in the tank.
My Plan of attack right now is to get everything back on a normal schedule and doing 3 or 4 large water changes