Accidentally killed my torch coral a few weeks ago while moving

[be_ninja_pancake]

I waited for a few weeks to see if it would come back, but it didn’t I’ve been embarrassed to write this post, but I figured it would be a cautionary tale of moving corals around. I didn’t want to be seen as a bad reef parent, but I realized that mistakes happen, especially since I only started in February.

I moved from VA back home to IL a few weeks ago and had to transport my 15 gal tank and its inhabitants. Everyone turned out great, except for my poor torch coral I had just gotten end of April.

I used two 5 gal buckets from Lowe’s to put my rocks in and I covered all the corals with red solo cups.

Pic right after I had taken out the rocks from the buckets

Torch’s skeleton now, I’ve been in denial of it being dead so I haven’t brought myself to remove the skeleton yet.

It was my favorite coral, and my dream coral. I just feel really sad and cry when I think about it. RIP torchie

Any advice for moving my tank in the future? Have to move again sometime this summer and I want to reduce the casualties.

 

[KrisReef]

Sometimes little tiny torch buds will show up and the coral resurrects from the dead. This has never happend for me but it wont hurt to wait a few more days /weeks to see if you get luckier than me.
Sorry about the situation. It's really easy to do this so don't beat yourself up anymore over it. It doesn't fix anything.

 

[be_ninja_pancake]

Sometimes little tiny torch buds will show up and the coral resurrects from the dead. This has never happend for me but it wont hurt to wait a few more days /weeks to see if you get luckier than me.
Sorry about the situation. It's really easy to do this so don't beat yourself up anymore over it. It doesn't fix anything.

Thank you so much I will definitely leave it in there for a bit to see how it goes, but it’s relieving hear that mistakes like this happen