thedude
Fri, 19th Aug 2005, 12:40 AM
Hey guys,
Well as you all know I scrambled for close to two weeks to keep my SPS dominated reef alive during a spout of no air conditioning and did it sucessfully with no casualties but my new problem I was not so lucky.
I'm a college student and had to move apartments. It wasn't really that big of a deal and I had the coolers and battery powered pumps to keep everything alive. That's what I thought at least, but I was very, very , wrong :( .
12pm: Disassemble aquarium completely and move it, fish and corals into a cooler, liverock into a rubbermaid vat.
2pm: Aquarium in place at new apartment, transfer process begun.
Well this is when things started to go to hell in a handbasket. I get everything in and squared up around 6ish I'd say. This is completely plumbed with every pump cleaned out with a strong strong vinegar bath and RO/DI rinse. So I went to eat thinking thank god that's over with for a little.
Come back at 8 to see that an 8 inch acro colony in my little 30 gallon cube is 75% gone from RTN. I fragged it and tried to save it but alas, no chance. I immediately start water change water but everything began to go downhill. I'll save you all the grisly details but as of now, I'm still not sure 3 days later if ANYTHING will survive. Confirmed casualty list follows:
8 inch gold with green tips acro colony, including it's host crab and christmas tree worms.
6 inch ultra croacea I grew from a little 2 inch guy
3 inch ultra croacea
Potter's Angel
Chalkbass
Yellow Assessor
All of my stony corals that I can tell so far. I had a collection of blue torts, a yellow tort, and a bunch more that I had taken the time to find and buy/ get shipped to austin.
Blastos and Lords are the only thing that I think have a fighting chance.
Also my favorite 4+ inch emerald crab that I've had for over 1 1/2 years.
I must say it's a sad, sad, day in my reefkeeping world and it makes me wonder if having an SPS tank in college is truly feasible.
"The worst part of my day, was walking into my room in the dark, and only smelling dying acropora."
Well as you all know I scrambled for close to two weeks to keep my SPS dominated reef alive during a spout of no air conditioning and did it sucessfully with no casualties but my new problem I was not so lucky.
I'm a college student and had to move apartments. It wasn't really that big of a deal and I had the coolers and battery powered pumps to keep everything alive. That's what I thought at least, but I was very, very , wrong :( .
12pm: Disassemble aquarium completely and move it, fish and corals into a cooler, liverock into a rubbermaid vat.
2pm: Aquarium in place at new apartment, transfer process begun.
Well this is when things started to go to hell in a handbasket. I get everything in and squared up around 6ish I'd say. This is completely plumbed with every pump cleaned out with a strong strong vinegar bath and RO/DI rinse. So I went to eat thinking thank god that's over with for a little.
Come back at 8 to see that an 8 inch acro colony in my little 30 gallon cube is 75% gone from RTN. I fragged it and tried to save it but alas, no chance. I immediately start water change water but everything began to go downhill. I'll save you all the grisly details but as of now, I'm still not sure 3 days later if ANYTHING will survive. Confirmed casualty list follows:
8 inch gold with green tips acro colony, including it's host crab and christmas tree worms.
6 inch ultra croacea I grew from a little 2 inch guy
3 inch ultra croacea
Potter's Angel
Chalkbass
Yellow Assessor
All of my stony corals that I can tell so far. I had a collection of blue torts, a yellow tort, and a bunch more that I had taken the time to find and buy/ get shipped to austin.
Blastos and Lords are the only thing that I think have a fighting chance.
Also my favorite 4+ inch emerald crab that I've had for over 1 1/2 years.
I must say it's a sad, sad, day in my reefkeeping world and it makes me wonder if having an SPS tank in college is truly feasible.
"The worst part of my day, was walking into my room in the dark, and only smelling dying acropora."