The person I got that from said it came from Reef Raft Canada, but he couldn't remember the name of it.
Hey Bubba, happy new year!
Thanks for asking about the tank - I forgot about this thread. Unfortunately, there is no good news. We moved to a new house in mid-September. The tank move itself went well. I moved the contents into a livestock tub while I planned to make some modifications to the tank. The morning after the move things mostly looked ok - Johnson's Wrasse was looking stressed, but everything else was ok in the tub. I put some screen over the tub to keep the fish from jumping out, and also placed the 6-bulb ATI light over the tub to cover it since I couldn't find enough screening (after just moving). I had plugged the light in at one point to check on the fish and corals, but decided to leave the light off (unplugged) the next day while I was working for 10 hours since I wouldn't be around to check on things. My mom was in town helping us move, and she was checking on the fish during the day. At one point she mentioned that Johnson's Wrasse was laying on his side, and other fish were looking unhappy, and should she turn off the lights? Me: The lights are on? Oh ****. So needless to say, I indeed left the lights plugged in, and the timer kicked in and turned all the lights on. Since the tub was only 40 gallons and was also black, the tub got up to at least 88F. I got home shortly after and found most of the fish had died and Acros were losing tissue. In the end, every last Acropora died, all but 3 fish died, and the anemone died (I had it for 11 years). I was left with Montipora, LPS, gorgonians, and Zoas which all together make up maybe 10% of the tank. I was heartbroken over the loss of most of my fish, and especially my anemone. Two weeks later I was on a semi-local dive trip for a week - I came home and a gold Torch was touching a rainbow brain, and it was clear the rainbow brain was going to be toast. I had the brain for about 6 years, never came across one nicer, and now with Indo not exporting corals, was impossible to replace. That was the last coral in my tank I cared significantly for.
On top of all of this, we moved to a rural location, and found the water quality to be much lower than expected (over 1000 ppm TDS out of a well). We had it tested for pre-purchase and didn't realize the owners had dumped city water into the well, so when we tested it looked very good. So now we're not planning to install a whole-house filtration system for some time, and hauling RO water from the city is getting old fast. So just yesterday I decided I'll be shutting the tank down, and moved the remaining critters into a 20-gallon tank I have kicking around. The plan when buying a new house was to set up a larger tank with some big Angelfish and other beauties. Once we have the water situation figured out that will be back on the menu. Until then...RIP little reef.
looking great!
