Worst weekend ever.

asylumdown · #1 08-08-2012, 12:48 AM

I checked the fan on the radion, it was working fine. So then I switched the power supplies and that's what appears to be the problem, another totally functional unit started blinking on and off when I connected it to the problem power supply. I'll call ecotech in the morning.

And yes, there were a few factors at play here. Throwing away 1500 dollars in dead coral is pretty devastating, especially when you know that others probably won't make it.

The only saving grace is that my fish are all OK. I've wanted a Copper Band butterfly for... lord, years? I finally start having success with one and this happens. I nearly had a heart attack. However, he/she has gained weight since I left, and my tuskfish seems to have stopped all forms of aggression towards it.

Now, if I can get through the next few days without a massive ammonia spike I'll be in the clear. Back to square one from a coral point of view, but most things with heartbeats seem ok (most of my snails got nuked).

asylumdown · #2 08-08-2012, 12:52 AM

salinity is up to 1.018... I'm trying to take this slow.

On the upside, on of my fish had a few spots of ich. Those appear to be gone now...

Zoaelite · #3 08-08-2012, 01:42 AM

Adam if you are in need of some freebies to start filling holes let me know, I still have a few things from the main tank that need to go. Denny also just got a majority of my zoas so there are some nice frags over at his place for dirt cheap.

That blows man

, atleast you are able to learn from your mistakes. No more skimmer effluent hoses down the drain ya hear?

reefwars · #4 08-08-2012, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoaelite

Adam if you are in need of some freebies to start filling holes let me know, I still have a few things from the main tank that need to go. Denny also just got a majority of my zoas so there are some nice frags over at his place for dirt cheap.

That blows man

, atleast you are able to learn from your mistakes. No more skimmer effluent hoses down the drain ya hear?

absolutely, pm me ill get you a bunch of stuff to start up again my treat

sorry to hear about your luck man

asylumdown · #5 08-08-2012, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by reefwars

absolutely, pm me ill get you a bunch of stuff to start up again my treat

sorry to hear about your luck man

Thanks for the offer man, are you in Calgary? (I've never heard of Lut Desert before)

asylumdown · #6 08-08-2012, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoaelite

Adam if you are in need of some freebies to start filling holes let me know, I still have a few things from the main tank that need to go. Denny also just got a majority of my zoas so there are some nice frags over at his place for dirt cheap.

That blows man

, atleast you are able to learn from your mistakes. No more skimmer effluent hoses down the drain ya hear?

word man. I should have known better. The double edged sword of a giant cadillac of a skimmer is that it's both capable of draining a small ocean of water, and the collection cup is that much bigger an more disgusting to clean, so no one else wants to!

lockrookie · #7 08-08-2012, 04:38 AM

if only there was such a thing as coral cross.. a disaster relif for the reefers of canada... hope all turns out for you.

Snaz · #8 08-08-2012, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by asylumdown

On the upside, on of my fish had a few spots of ich. Those appear to be gone now...

Could be the calm before the ich storm. Those few spots might have spawned zillions that are now maturing in the sandbed and will emerge with a vengeance shortly. If you fish are stressed now they might be more susceptible to ich, if you have a quarantine tank it might be worth getting it ready if that is how you approach ich. This is a great ich article:P
http://www.reefland.com/forum/marine...ths-facts.html

fishytime · #9 08-08-2012, 03:54 AM

sorry to hear about the tank trouble Adam.....I'd offer a couple frags too, if I weren't 300k away.....

asylumdown · #10 08-08-2012, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Snaz

Could be the calm before the ich storm. Those few spots might have spawned zillions that are now maturing in the sandbed and will emerge with a vengeance shortly. If you fish are stressed now they might be more susceptible to ich, if you have a quarantine tank it might be worth getting it ready if that is how you approach ich. This is a great ich article:P
http://www.reefland.com/forum/marine...ths-facts.html

Thanks man. I'm hoping that's not the case. I can't explain it, but the fish didn't seem fazed in the slightest, they were just as active and hungry and zippy as ever. My Bengali Cardinals are still mouth brooding, and my male is behaving like he wants to spawn. I essentially gave them all a 5 day hypo treatment, so hopefully any free floating nasties got nuked in the process.

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Originally Posted by rastaangel

Could be worse...
Thats what happens when they set the timer bars for your alk and vodka dosing wrong and dose 3g of alk and 26oz of VSV in less then 12 hrs... And this pic was taken a week later...
Over $5k in dead corals and 90% fish death

Oh thank god that wasn't me. If I had come home tomorrow I think that's what I'd have been looking at though.

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Originally Posted by fishytime

sorry to hear about the tank trouble Adam.....I'd offer a couple frags too, if I weren't 300k away.....

well I am coming to Edmonton this weekend

I got the salinity up to 1.022. I think I'm going to give it a rest for the night, I don't want to stress things out any more. I figure the pieces that are right on the edge will either be glowing white skeletons tomorrow, or they won't be. Sigh.

Thanks for all the support friends.