Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

If I can make it over the hump and keep my fish and inverts alive, I know from before that most other things bounce back.

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

Any of you guys ever had a random crash?

NY_Caveman · Oct 16, 2018

What are you seeing?

NY_Caveman · Oct 16, 2018

Are you saying you woke up to a crash?

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

NY_Caveman said:
What are you seeing?

Last night all corals were dying. Quickly. Not a bacterial bloom. No cloudy water. (Or did not appear to be)

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

NY_Caveman said:
Are you saying you woke up to a crash?

Late last night.

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

Visually I would assume parameters got really out of the norm. I'm just not sure why. I should have pulled some water to test. I was just trying to stop the bleeding. Hindsight...

NY_Caveman · Oct 16, 2018

I guess my second thought after what changed would be be an anemone dying. Some toxic event that would decimate it so fast

NY_Caveman · Oct 16, 2018

Obvious things like temperature, voltage, other equipment issues are fine? Really a bummer.

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

The only thing...large discoma mushroom was very irritated by the little pistol shrimp. Pretty sure it's DOA. You think that might be the catalyst?

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

We are talking 5" mushroom.

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

Sigh.

NY_Caveman · Oct 16, 2018

Hmmm, possible in that size tank probably. So sorry. Is it a total loss? You said fish and inverts are surviving. Not sure if you pulled them or not, but if things are alive in the tank run carbon for sure and probably water changes of course. Anything else new? You added critters recently too.

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

Everybody is accounted for except the pike Blenny. Not out of the norm for lights out though.

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

There have been some things added recently. Process of elimination.

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

Not a total loss. At least not yet.

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

Such a learning process.

NY_Caveman · Oct 16, 2018

GOOD! Yes it is. Even for the best of them. I mean, only King Neptune really knows the ocean that well.

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

NY_Caveman said:
GOOD! Yes it is. Even for the best of them. I mean, only King Neptune really knows the ocean that well.

I'm not even the Little Mermaid.

Katrina71 · Oct 16, 2018

All RFA and plate corals look ok. The decorator crab evidently took advantage of the situation and changed into some zoas or palys. I hope they match his yellow sponge.