tank talk - updates

UGH in my re-arranging and coral moving, I accidentally let the war coral thwap two of my favias. And alot of my corals are sliming (but still have polyp extension... go figure THAT one out) hopefully I don't lose too much.

Oh. And my female Yasha is missing. GRRRRRRR

...So I think I lost some corals in my rearranging. NEVER AGAIN will I be moving rocks. some of my chalices have receeded. Most of the sps looks like I took a crap on 'em. and the plate looks... welll... bad. I have to wait until there's $$ in the account in the next hour, run to the store, and get carbon. I think there's coral war soup in my tank.

I have never lost that much moving rock. I lost a few things when we moved from the 55 into the 75. I suppose it's because your tank is smaller . Sorry to hear of your losses. If I have stuff that you lost, let me know when you want replacements.

did you stir up the sandbed when moving the rocks? That can release uglies into the water that get trapped deeper down in the sand which can cause issues like you are seeing...

yeah, I did. I messed it up by stirring up all SORTA crap. But I'm working on another waterchange, I'll siphon things out. I just hope that my losses come back. like the sps still have polyps... so maybe they'll come back. Thank GOD that they're just little easy to keep frags. The LPS are angry, but have polyps... but I think the chalices got slammed. ammonia is .25, but nitrates are 0, so I caused a tiny cycle. waterchanges, carbon, and we'll go from there.

I should clarify-the duncans haven't receeded abnormally. They look pissed, but not dieing. The candycanes are even more upset, sliming, but okay. The pagoda and clam look fine, zoanthids are coming out now and then. actually, all the softies look like this is a walk in the park. only sps are really hurting. gah! waterchange water should be ready soon.

Carbon and good sized water changes will be your friend at this point. There is a poisonous gas that can get trapped in the sandbed of reef tanks that if disturbed can be like tank armageddon if it has a high enough concentration. Let me know if you lose anything you got from me and I'll hook you up. I'll be going that way at the beginning of August so I can even deliver

mmm, right now I have hopes for everything but a chalice. One that I ordered online, of course. The fungia still has its mouth, its flesh receeded though. (and if it does go, I'm keeping it in the tank. Lets hope for babies) one of the chalices looks bad, and another looks worse. BUT they still have flesh. The war coral did the most damage. Took out one of my favias, and the other has damage (had them in the same bucket) the cats paw and... the other little frag I got from you look iffy. They still have polyps, just bleached looking. And the big orange/red monster has polyps too, just looks bleached. So its really now a wait and see game, as to what comes back. I think I'll know in a week.

That said, the pagoda never receeded-it looks happy as hell. The spongodus (sp? cammie?) is just fine. The clam has stayed out and happy, acting as normal. Rics, and giant polyps look fine. It was rally random as to what had a reaction.