Even though I found a penny, it hasn't been a lucky day.....

[asn-naso]

First I find out 2 days ago that I might have zoa eating nudi's in the tank. I have only seen one so far, and am still crossing my fingers, but still have one of those feelings in my gut.

Then today, I come home and my tank is very cloudy. Then I see half of a cleaner shrimp, and I also notice some of my corals don't look very good. I am looking and looking and can't figure out what is going on. I then check the temp, and it's at 91. I unplug the heater, and grab a fan, to start cooling down the tank, but as I continue to look at the tank I see some of my LPS and SPS corals melting away. (WTF!!!) This is a brand new heater, and it got stuck in the on position.

I did a 20% water change, and changed the carbon, and the water has cleared up a little bit, but I really lost some nice corals. Why cant the cheap ones ever die?

The weirdest part was one of my chalices that was light blue with bright orange mouths is now brown on 85% of it. The other 15% is history, almost like it was burned by another coral.

On the bright side, my daughter had surgery this morning, and everything went very well!

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

At least your daughter is doing well! What would your day be like without the penny?

Sucks balls about the tank!

 

[projectx]

Congrats on your daughters surgery going well.

Sucks on the heater, what all did you lose?

 

[Wicked Color]

I think that day went exactly like it should, I have corals to offer you, but daughters are in short supply!

 

[SAZAMA]

ohh nooo! sorry to hear

 

[KhensuRa]

That is a bummer bro...

 

[Off The Deep End]

wow and i thought i had a bad day..... Corals CAN be replaced but lives cannot, i am just glad to hear everything went ok with your daughter. I have 4 children and my youngest had 3 surgery's by the time he was one, hardest thing i have ever gone through, hang in there it will get better

 

[Cake_Boss]

I think that day went exactly like it should, I have corals to offer you, but daughters are in short supply!

I thought you were getting rid of yours? Lol.

Sucks about the tank, this is the perfect excuse to buy a controller. When your heater fails, your controller will shut it off.....if it doesn't fail too.

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[miwoodar]

I think that day went exactly like it should, I have corals to offer you, but daughters are in short supply!

Well put.

 

[asn-naso]

I agree, my family comes first. I would drain the tank and leave the corals there without any water, before I'd want something to happen to any of them.

BTW - My daughter had hand surgery yesterday. She broke it last weekend, and they had to set it with a pin. She is doing well.

Wicked - Thanks for the offer. I appreciate it, but think I will be ok. I have a ton of corals in my tank.

So far the casualities are:

[FONT=&quot]SPS Monti[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Acan (green/pink/purple) About 8 heads - Not acting normal - might be dieing.
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[FONT=&quot]Gorgorian[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Candy Apple Red Zoa turned brown[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hollywood stunner chalice turned brown[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Blue chalice with yellow eyes (15 eyes) turned brown[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Green chalice turned brown[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Gonipora not open[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Several Zoa’s not open - hopfully they will
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[FONT=&quot]Leptoseris [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Green tipped hammer[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Gray tipped hammer not looking good (damaged)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3 headed duncan[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Frogspawn not looking good (damaged)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1 cleaner shrimp[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Green Hydnophora not looking good - almost like it’s skin shrinked[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Organ pipe not opened yet[/FONT]


What surprises me the most is the corals that turned brown. Almost like they were partially cooked. My acan is acting weird too. I had it at the top of my tank, and when my lights turned on this morning, it started melting again. I turned down the lights, and it was ok. I turned them back up a couple of hours later, and it started melting, and when I looked closer the "goo" was coming from between the heads. I have moved it to the bottom of my tank, and its sitting there kinda shrivled up. Hopfully it will pull through.

I am also ticked off at ViaAqua. This is the 2nd heater from them that died in the past couple of months. In fact, this one is the replacement for the last one that died.