Death and Dismemberment

Leishman · Jun 9, 2008

So I lost power 3:30pm on Wednesday and hooked up a generator @ 7pm Thursday. In the hours before the generator I did the old; take water out, put water back thing (along with making waves with a large spoon).

Starting Thusday night I did ~300+ gal in water changes in 14 hours. I did this with MASSIVE help from Justin and Chris. Justin provided ~200g of water, 2g of the best carbon I've ever seen and a $1000 Deltech reactor and pump to run the carbon in. Both guys came to my house and helped switch out the water etc...

Power came on @ 9pm friday night, 10 minutes before my plane laft Baltimore for Maine. I got home yesterday ~4:30pm and saw that the one light I set to run blew while I was away. After hooking up the other 2 MH to run 1hr on 1hr off (through eggcrate) I noticed that a lot of things are bleached, alive but bleached. I will do 40g water change tonight and just watch everything with a close eye.

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Hoping not lose much more............

revhtree · Jun 9, 2008

Dang man that stinks! Sorry to hear this. If anybody can bring them back to health you can.

fishes2889 · Jun 9, 2008

Oh geez, power outages are the worst in this hobby. Those peices were gorgeous.

coral diver · Jun 9, 2008

I'm sorry don't know what else to say what a lost

143gadgets · Jun 9, 2008

Here are some pics of that top level that you see in the red table pic. That is a five gallon bucket below to give u an Idea of the size of just the top level.

Leishman · Jun 9, 2008

that pic was taken w/a phone by flashlight at ~2am

rocko918 · Jun 9, 2008

dang, Rik, that totally sucks. I don't have a frag of it but i am sure i have some of your other frags when you are ready.

hang in there.

I-K@ndY · Jun 9, 2008

Sorry to hear about your loss.. I've always admire that Table acro ... I have somewhat similar if you need a frag let me know ...

sdietz2469 · Jun 9, 2008

that sucks rik.... my colony is doing good, so when you are up and ready, i will be more than happy to get you a piece..... besides i wanted to do another trade with you anyways... let me know if anything else was lost that i might have... pm and let me know..
shane

Leishman · Jun 9, 2008

I have a frag of the Red Table (as do 90% of the two reef clubs in MD/VA/DC) the frag that survived was in the frag tank and is ~6"x4". It just sucks that this was a true center piece (it was 16"x14"x10")

killingseed2000 · Jun 9, 2008

sad so sad, but atleast you have a back frag to restart. :<

rackyrane · Jun 9, 2008

So sorry to hear about this. Hopefully, some of the stuff will make it through.

Lytehouse · Jun 9, 2008

man that's really horrible. It would be nice, however, to see a comeback thread.

Good luck.

surfn · Jun 9, 2008

wow, that really sucks.

but i am curious about why you did so many water changes of such a huge volume. personally, i would think changing that much water with brand new salt water would cause more problems than helping as long as your nitrates didn't skyrocket.

dfurbee · Jun 9, 2008

Sorry to hear about your loss! Hate those power outages.

ficklefins · Jun 9, 2008

That is crushing. Are you going to place your back up Red Table in the same spot as the original colony?

BTW, a big :salute: to Justin and Chris for giving your buddy a hand.

Atomikk · Jun 9, 2008

Noooooooooooooooooooooo........ Not the best looking hyacinthus that I have seen in North America!!!

Tell me you have saved a frag somewhere!

Pitcom · Jun 9, 2008

I thought you lost a big portion of that red colony several months ago when another coral fell into it? Sorry about the power outage, scary times for a reefer for sure.

demonsperm · Jun 10, 2008

You said you did a 300 gallon water change but whats the total water volume. Anything more then 50% at one time can be bad causeing a recycle from small to unwanted. I think the water change did more damage then the power outtage.
I wouldnt do anymore water changes reduce lighting and increase the flow.Testing the water and finding the readings can help determain your remedy.