nunlef
Member
Hi,
I had a freak tank crash about 4 days ago. I did a water change and within 24 hours, ALL the corals were closed up, and the glass was covered with (what looks like) hair algae. There is also a HORRENDOUS smell coming from the whole tank.
I tested the water, basically fine, but salinity was at 1.015+/-, obviously I mixed that wc water incorrectly.
Anyway, based on that - and the location of the algae, I'm assuming a mass pod die off. I think it may be enough to do the damage that was done. That, and my fish haven't picked at the live rock or glass since the water change. ALos, it looks like my urchin may be dead (hard to tell with that guy), and I only have 2 snails that appear to be alive.
Anyway, how do I recover from this? I have lost all the frogspawn, several blasto heads, a few duncan heads, most of my star polyps, all of my clove polyps, all of the green and yellow larger polyps (not sure if there is a real name for them, or not.) The fish all seem to be doing fine (pink spotted goby, hippo/regal tang, osc clown, and foxface). There is still a LARGE amount of algae, although "Foxy" is doing her best to help.
I have done 2 50% water changes over the past few days, and am wondering if there is anything else that may help the recovery.
Thanks!
I had a freak tank crash about 4 days ago. I did a water change and within 24 hours, ALL the corals were closed up, and the glass was covered with (what looks like) hair algae. There is also a HORRENDOUS smell coming from the whole tank.
I tested the water, basically fine, but salinity was at 1.015+/-, obviously I mixed that wc water incorrectly.
Anyway, based on that - and the location of the algae, I'm assuming a mass pod die off. I think it may be enough to do the damage that was done. That, and my fish haven't picked at the live rock or glass since the water change. ALos, it looks like my urchin may be dead (hard to tell with that guy), and I only have 2 snails that appear to be alive.
Anyway, how do I recover from this? I have lost all the frogspawn, several blasto heads, a few duncan heads, most of my star polyps, all of my clove polyps, all of the green and yellow larger polyps (not sure if there is a real name for them, or not.) The fish all seem to be doing fine (pink spotted goby, hippo/regal tang, osc clown, and foxface). There is still a LARGE amount of algae, although "Foxy" is doing her best to help.
I have done 2 50% water changes over the past few days, and am wondering if there is anything else that may help the recovery.
Thanks!
Corals can sometimes have surprising regenerative powers, so hopefully it's not as bad as it seems.
