62G Starfire Reef [40x18x20]

[JDigital]

Well got home and had a look at the damage..

Copperband Butterfly - Dead.

All other fish.. seem ok so far.. Wrasses have a couple spots of ich, will keep an eye on them.

Acans - ****ED OFF! closed up and puking out stringy gunk.

Zoas - Seem to could care less, all open and looking fine.

SPS - ****ED OFF! 1 colony is likely to STN on me. Every tip of every branch is white skeleton. My Blue Stag is looking pretty rough, the coralites do not look healthy at all but no noticeable skeleton showing yet. All other SPS has FULLY retracted polyps right now. The only one that looks even remotely unfazed is the Montipora Confusa colony.

Duncan Frag - Fully retracted polyps.

Hammer Frag - 90% retracted

The temp when I got home had risen to 20.4C. I have since added another heater to help out a bit before the lights go out.

Ultimately I feel it could have been a LOT worse, but who knows what the long term affects will be over the next week or two.

I put some HC-GFO online tonight to help battle any PO4 I will get from the 1) dead fish, 2) possible STN of SPS.

Finger crossed!

[JDigital]

Just wanted to post a couple pics before my the Sub-Freezing event transpired with my tank.

First time trying out my new Canon 70D on the tank. Really need to pick up a fast macro lens though.

[lastlight]

love those dark red acans!

[JDigital]

Update:

I'll be shutting this tank down soon. It has been in a downward spiral for quite a while now.. every square inch of live rock is covered in Valonia bubble algae, hair algae, and leafy algae... It currently looks more like a refugium than a reef.

This tank just doesn't seem like it was meant to be...

[matt_C]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Update:

I'll be shutting this tank down soon. It has been in a downward spiral for quite a while now.. every square inch of live rock is covered in Valonia bubble algae, hair algae, and leafy algae... It currently looks more like a refugium than a reef.

This tank just doesn't seem like it was meant to be...

Macro algae tank do look pretty.
You can easily do like pipefish and seahorse with a full macro algae tank.

[FishingGoalie]

GSP's and also BLUE CLOVES !!!

[lpsreefer]