Was able to go to the apartment today to assess the damage.
Opened the apartment door and immediately got the strong wafting scent of boiled seafood.
The only thing that survived livestock wise were 1 clown (male), bangaii cardinal, yasha goby, randall shrimp, and conch.
Most of my euphyllia were alive but in questionable condition, and one of the heads of my hammer had bailed. Goni also in questionable condition. Rock flower nems were very ticked off.
Aside from that, most upsetting deaths were my yellow banded possum, fire shrimp, cleaner shrimp, and CSB. The last one was actually starting to look like it was making a recovery before it got KO'd by the lack of electricity in conjugation with the rising heat.
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Local reefer (Knockout Corals), was kind enough to hold the living livestock for me until I get my electricity back. He's also willing to help me clean my liverock and help me reseed it with bacteria! He'll be getting a lot of my business going forward. He's such a stellar person.
I plan to rip out all the sand (didn't have enough time today when I went), use a new bag, and start over.
Electricity is estimated to not return for 6-8 weeks potentially right now, so expect very little updates until things get settled.
Husband was very crushed for me, and said he would help me replace some of the fish and corals. I think I'll just wait until hurricane season is over before I get anything else. This experience helped me realize I'm very under prepared, and there's a lot more adjustments I need to make to prevent stuff like this from happening again in the future even with an air bubbler.
I totally understand why people leave the hobby after experiencing a tank wipeout.
