Lost It All

[inthabayou]

Like many others down here in South Louisiana, I am lucky to be living and healthy, but I did lose my 75 gal salt tank and everything in it... I was truly heartbroken, as you all know, we put alot of money time and effort into our tanks... I am single with no kids, so I treat that tank and its occupants as though they were my children... As of today (Thurs. night), I have been without power since Sunday and have been told that it could be next week before power is restored in our area... I am in Baton Rouge, and although we did not get the heav heavy rains, we did sustain MAJOR wind damage... We are now the epicenter of all rescue and evacuations and in a very short time, we have become the largest city in the boot state, and hve surpassed several other cities as out population as stated on the news is now close to 800,000 and with our suburbs, well over a million...
Problem is our city is not equipped to handle the strain and it is a mad house down here...A trip that may have taken you 10 minutes to make will now take 2 hours... That's how bad it is here now... What you are hearing and seeing on the news does not do this justice... WheW!!!! Needed to vent for a minute....
Now I have seen several funny looking works crawling around in the tank b4 I removed all of my dead fish and corals... Not exactly sure on the color as i was working with candlelight, but they were flat, pinkish with many legs.... Does anyone have an idea what they were, and what should i do b4fore I recycle the tank, if my power ever comes back?
Thanks for any help and please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers....
Kevin Manns
Director of Sports Information
Southern University
Baton Rouge, LA

 

[divetroop]

Kevin,
I am praying for the people in your area every night. I cannot not even imagine going through something like that. I know you will be able to get through this uninmaginable catastrophe. Hopefully some more help will reach you guys down there. God Bless.
I am sorry for the loss of your reef tank. The good thing is that you are safe and alive and will be able to start a new reef tank as soon as things get slowly back to normal. Hopefully you will be able to get some new buddies for your tank and enjoy your tank again. Good luck out there.

:happyfish

 

[dmitry]

Someone started a thread recently on here about how remarkable it was that so many things in rocks survive collection, die-off, and re-cycling. The rocks are left out in the sun for hours and are allowed to dry out. And still pods, worms, etc. survive. How they do it...who knows. Glad to see you're ok and I'm sure a lot of those creatures will be ok when you start the cycle again!

:cheer:

 

[symon]

I am so sorry to hear you have lost your tank! But you and yours are all well i hope, I actually lived in morgan city as a child, and lived a good portion of my life dunedin , FL. Been through my share of storms, nothing near to what you all have lived through!
Keep your chin up , all will smooth out soon, We all hope!

 

[fishmamma]

Kevin,
I am so sorry to hear you have lost your tank. It is hard to see any living creature die, never mind the ones you nurture and enjoy on a daily basis. All of you afffected by this disaster are in my families thoughts and prayers. Godspeed in your restoration and recovery process.
- I think you may be seeing bristle worms in your tank. They are not bad to have around so if they are your only survivors keep em' for the future.