lost half of my corals

[nycbob]

just came back from a 1 week cruise, only to find out half of the corals r dead. all of my sps r gone except 1. for whatever reason the protein skimmer stopped working during the trip, and i had my foxface died during that time. my beloved green and red caps, acros and birdnest of 2+ years r all done. just wanted to share my story. on the plus side, my cruise was awesome!

 

[speg]

Can you really blame it on a protein skimmer not working? I'd suspect that it was something else that would cause deaths.
Sorry to hear that

 

[ibanez]

Thats terrible, I wonder if you had a power outage when you were gone.

 

[meowzer]

OMG...I saw the title and my heart stopped.....I'm so sorry Bob.....

 

[nycbob]

protein skimmer shouldnt cause the massive wipeout, but then again who knows. there wasnt any power outage bc the timer is still right. i did water change and ran carbon so things should get better. if anything, i can now start adding corals again, bc it was quite crowded b4 with the growth. my tank actually looks cleaner and more open now. thanx for the sympathy.

 

[acrylic51]

That sucks!!!! Sorry about your lose.

 

[reefkprz]

ahh man. sorry to hear about it. such a tragedy.
acrylic didnt think you came round here anymore

 

[spanko]

Sorry to hear. Did the flame angel survive? If the foxface died could the resulting ammonia spike have cause the demise of the SPS?

 

[mrdc]

Well that sucks. I'm going on a cruise in July but we have a house sitter when we go on trips. However, something always seems to still happen while I am away.

 

[nycbob]

couldnt hv been the ammonia, bc all the other fish were fine. there is a piece of red cap that could be saved since its got some tissue on it. the 1 foot wide green cap is a goner, and so r all the acros and montis. at least the dead sps make good liverocks. i just dont know what happend, bc i hv gone on trips b4. very very weird.

 

[shrimpy brains]

So sorry!

 

[btldreef]

That sucks!
Glad to hear that you had a good vacation.
I can't wait to see what you do with the tank now!