Diaster Recovery help please!

[michika]

Originally Posted by michika

What I am doing
- running carbon
- running hypersorb
- running nitrate sponge
- running phosphate sponge (but at least all my GHA is gone)
- daily water changes
- ensuring all my fish eat a varied diet to keep their immune systems up
- running lights as normal
- watching the tank and photodocumenting its rise/decline/whatever its doing.

Yes I'm running lots of carbon and removers.

Nothing was out of the water for more then 30 seconds (save the SPS), rock included. How quickly do sponges die?

[kwirky]

Originally Posted by michika

Yes I'm running lots of carbon and removers.

Nothing was out of the water for more then 30 seconds (save the SPS), rock included. How quickly do sponges die?

heard they're a goner with any contact to air, no saving them. They die a slow and agonizing death with a domino effect going over their tissue...

[kaboom]

Sorry to hear about your lost. I recently did a move and lost 75% of my sps colonies, that's about 25 pieces, some were over 12" in diameter. I cried for a few hours but I had prepared myself for such a lost, so it was understandable. I planned the move as best I can, but in the end time was the factor and the stress of the long move (8 hours in transit) caused many casualties. Ammonia build up caused by stressed corals and released toxin/slime was the culprit.

How much sps did you have? I can almost say that your losts was due to reasons similar to mine. Hope it recovers fast for you. My best advise is skim skim skim and you want as much algae to grow as possible to help polish your water.

[Chin_Lee]

Any update today Catharine? How are things looking?

[michika]

Nothing to update on yet. The lights are yet on for the day. Once they do come on I should have something to share, photos and test results for today.

[michika]

I'm cross posting this to the tank thread...

Lights came on today and all my fish are still alive. My shrimp molted, and my urchin is still pretty fiesty.

Something very cool, yet sad at the same time, is that some of my frags and colonys still have polyps, but no flesh. I now wonder how many frags/colonies I removed that weren't 100% dead. I am also seeing zoas opening up (I didn't even know I had these), which is a good sign. My remaining clams have gone to stay elsewhere until everything is resolved. Thank you Tony for watching over them.

The neon green algae on the glass isn't so neony anymore, and so far I haven't yet had to clean my glass. This is a huge improvement of the multiple cleanings the tank required yesterday.

Photos and today's water parameters to follow.

[kwirky]

good news

keep us posted