A not so good update. The air conditioner went out at my place and the tank shot up to 90 degrees. I was able to babysit it with ice for part of the time, but its not all good news. All the snails, and some of the crabs are dead. The coral all looks pretty awful, but it's impossible to tell at this point what will make it and what won't. The softies all look angry but intact, the LPS will be touch and go for a bit. It's all been damaged. The macro has also withered considerably, though with a new absence of predators it will likely recover.

My suspicion about the skimmer's role in the system has been more or less confirmed. The die off has nitrates up to about 20ppm, and I've gotten more skimmate in the past 24 hours than in 2 weeks hence. Ultimately it's an ecosystem, and it will mend. The remaining crabs, the nessarius snails, and the bristle worms look like they're on holiday. It will take some time to see what the full effects are.

Too bad the reef isn't like the freshwater tank. It's a co2 injected nano plant tank, and the heat just seemed to kick off a growth spurt in the grasses, lol