When a chalice dies..
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timrocks311
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wow. that certainly sucks. do you have any pictures of it in it's full glory?
What caused the death?
KrisReef
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I have a lot of coral skeletons and it used to bother me a lot until I went to the Carribean after a hurricane and saw miles and miles of fresh coral rubble tossed up on the beach and bleaching in the sun. That was when I realized that this is is where "live rock" is born.
Some of those pieces on the beach looked dead, but still they were attractive skeletons. I brought home a chunk of brain (in a baggy to keep my luggage dry) that I found on the wet sand. Two days later and after three plane connections as I was getting ready to bleach the chunk of brain I looked at it again and wondered if it might still have living tissue on it? I tossed it in a tank and it turned out to be only bleached, almost white but the polyps opened and were visible! It slowly "came back from the dead" after remarkably careless handling from the beach to my tank. I killed it a couple of years later in an STN event.
Death is the end part of life here in the corrupted garden. It is always a bummer. Sorry about your painful loss.
Some of those pieces on the beach looked dead, but still they were attractive skeletons. I brought home a chunk of brain (in a baggy to keep my luggage dry) that I found on the wet sand. Two days later and after three plane connections as I was getting ready to bleach the chunk of brain I looked at it again and wondered if it might still have living tissue on it? I tossed it in a tank and it turned out to be only bleached, almost white but the polyps opened and were visible! It slowly "came back from the dead" after remarkably careless handling from the beach to my tank. I killed it a couple of years later in an STN event.
Death is the end part of life here in the corrupted garden. It is always a bummer. Sorry about your painful loss.
OP
OP
Moved frag systems from one location to another. Didn't handle the move well!
Thanks but I'm good! I just liked the little fat plug on the back and seeing how long that one has gone. A couple big chalices didn't take a move well, not the end of the world. Before bits and pieces cracked off when removing from the frag system this was bigger in diameter than a 5g bucket.
1Blazer
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THAT... is massive lol Did you have to move far? I once moved a tank from Clemson, SC to Dallas, TX. Nonstop driving... The only help I had was my 110lb mother. We made it but that was an adventure she still gives me grief for lol I just remember we had a van that we rented with a large Rubbermaid tuber ware container(without the lid--- it was just live rock and was halfway empty). Well anyways we were break checked and were splashed big time... like mini tidal wave type splash. The worst part of it was that it was only 5 hours into the drive. Only a mother's love got us through that trip ;Shamefullyembarrased
OP
OP
Two miles... But I was helping a buddy and moving from an established tank with a few unwanted guests so it was a move, dip, and placed in a new system. Along the way he got annoyed!
