8 hours of top off/flooding kills almost everything

[Seriak]

That is why I like the tunze ATO. It has an upper float valve that will prevent the ATO from filling if it is over a certain level. I have also combined this with a 10 gallon resevoir that shouldn't kill anything even if everything was dumped into my system. The only problem is I only get about 5 days before my resevoir is empty so someone does have to fill it when I go away for a week.

Sorry for your loss.

[nrosdal]

water parameters are back to where they should be, and the sole survivor seems to be doing much better. Was very tempted today to start re-stocking when i saw a very large elegance coral at the store.. but have decided rearrange rocks and try to make a plan before i start buying pretty things.

[ashr]

Im really sorry for your loss! Hope it gets better soon!

Also what is the www.seneye.me you are using

[nrosdal]

seneye is a small device that reads the ph/ammonia and also has a par/lux meter for checking light output. It just sits in my sump plugged into an old laptop computer and emails me if things go out of wack. Here is a link to some info. They are cool i use mine mainly so i don't need to check ph and ammonia has only ever spiked after mass die off. pretty useful if you don't have an apex or something like that.

http://reefsupplycanada.com/cgi-bin/...ada&item=58402

[nrosdal]

With a little push from a friend i have an update.

Carpet survived, orange carnation never pulled through, and still have the polyp rock in an extra sump chamber. I have re-populated with similar style(carpet now takes up much more room).

i have made a few equipment changes with the most important being that i don't have ato directly plumbed anymore. Well, i do but... it is plumbed into a ro storage tank which i open the valve and fill then shut so only 3.5-4 gal is what is avail to the tank at any time except for when filling.

Here are some pics i took not to long ago of how things have come along.

[nrosdal]

Still a work in progress..

[Jakegr]

The tank looks beautiful again. It is pretty amazing the carpet anemone not only survived, but now looks like it is flourishing again.