worst day in my reefing experience

[murph145]

today has been quite a joke i dont even know what happened ....
started last night... my outgoing yellow coris wrasse got spooked and jumped tank he landed behind the tank on my wood floors in an area hard to reach took me a good 2-3 minutes to get him.... he was kinda messed up i dont know if it was the 6' fall to the hard floors or the lack of oxygen.... well i woke up this morning to find him dead... i had him over a year and him and my leopards wrasse were buddies pickin at the rocks.... so that sucked!
then today came home from work to find my acan stinging my purple monti colony and had killed a nice part of it from underneath....
then i was lookin at my large purple poccilopora colonoy to find it was starting to RTN/STN dont know which one i caught it early at the base... well i had no superglue ran to the store came back broke out the dremel and fragged it off its little rock perch... well while fragging the colony split into 2 one half rolling off the counter to the wood floors shattering like a glass into a thousand little pieces i was so mad i just picked it up and tossed it kept one half of it....
and the worst thing of all happened after that!!!!
i was lookin at the tank and heard some comotion from behind the rocks and out came my fuzzy dwarf lionfish swimming like a mainiac in circles i caught him with the net put him in the sump he was dead within a minute!!! i had this guy for over 3 years my famous yellow fuzzy dwarf lionfish died!
what happened here!?!? im so mad!!! i checked all water conditions
Alk 8dkh
Ca 430
Mg 1250
PO4 undetectable
Ni,Na,Am all 0
temp 80
i dont see why all this happend today is all just coinsidence? god im sorry im just so mad and frustrated had to vent!

 

[jennythebugg]

oh my god murph im sorry , that is a terrible day. i hate to hear that.
do you think it was some kind of 'chemical warfare' between the corals?

 

[murph145]

thanks i dont know what happend im really besides myself trying to understand how all these damn things occured in one day

 

[jennythebugg]

is that your fish that died ? im still new at this..he was beautiful..so sorry

 

[murph145]

yeah that was the lion i dont have a good pic of the yellow coris wrasse its was kinda what i was known for around here lol my realy yellow dwarf lion now hes gone

 

[reefernana]

OMG, Murph, this was a terrible day for you! I am so sorry that this happened. I'm just starting out in this hobby and I can tell you, I sure don't like hearing that someone who's been around for a while has something like this happen without really having a clue. It's very scary to think how fast we can lose these little 'pets' of ours. I've become very attached to all of mine, of which most are inverts, only fish are a lawnmower blenny and a newly aquired pajama cardinal. I feel like their mommy and have to provide and protect, just as I did for my real kids! Anyway, I hope everything gets better for you and sorry for your losses.

 

[addicted2]

wow...I am so sorry to hear about the day you had..and even more sorry about your lion!

He was most definitely the most beautiful little fuzzy dwarf I have ever seen. I wish I had an answer for you about what happened

...sometimes you never get answers..
anyway...on a better note...Here's to all the smiles and interest that you bring to the hobby

...Tomorrow is another day and hopefully a better one for you..

 

[murph145]

thanks you very much reefernana and addicted2 for your kind words i really appreciate that... i know that its just fish and corals but when u work so hard to provide everything the best home u can its kinda disheartening to see u lose something outta the blue especially my lion and coris wrasse it was just so odd how this happened 2 fish in one day is prety wierd .... but i do appreciate your kinda words and thanks addicted2 it makes me feel good that i bring some smiles and interest to this hobby every now and again

 

[brstwv]

Sorry to hear about your day. Man, what a day. I wonder what the problem was ? Take care Murph145

 

[hammerhed7]

sorry for your loss murph, I have had similar days, ironic how just when we think we have a handle on the hoddy it comes back to kick us in the $$$

 

[hammerhed7]

hoddy? should have read hobby

 

[seasalt101]

murph i am so sorry about your loss you know your tank is the one i am modeling mine after you think the lion released some venom causing the wrasse to jump and then start a coral warfare? well i have faith that you will recoup just fine so sorry dude it will get better best of luck to you and i hope damage control was in time take care bud...tobin

 

[qreef]

check for stray voltage....sound like you have a suddent failure of some type of equipment

 

[steve24]

Originally Posted by murph145
yeah that was the lion i dont have a good pic of the yellow coris wrasse its was kinda what i was known for around here lol my realy yellow dwarf lion now hes gone
thats true murph, and that your one of the most knowledgable (sp) and friendly members on this site

i`m so sorry to here about losses

i`ve always heard bad things come in threes bout fours ... damn
maybe it was because i actually had a good day and my bad luck went your way

i took my oldest daughter to our local race track and she got to meet casey kahne ...lol
again, i`m so sorry murph ...
steve

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by Qreef
check for stray voltage....sound like you have a suddent failure of some type of equipment
i'd say this would be a possibility for the fish, but i'd look more into any toxins the coral battle may have provided as the real culprit--with a tank like murph's i'd bet there's a grounding probe.

 

[puffer32]

Wow, I wouldn't want to be you anywhere near you right now, is your family keeping well away from you? I didn't realize you still had the same fuzzy dwarf, thought you had lost that guy awhile back. Anyhow, sorry you had such a bad day

 

[maxalmon]

Originally Posted by Qreef
check for stray voltage....sound like you have a suddent failure of some type of equipment
That was my original thought, but then the corals would react to the voltage as well?
.
I understand how you feel, when you become attached as much as you have to the famous dwarf lion, it's like you lost a family member...Again really sorry and bummed with everything that happened to you and your tank

 

[murph145]

thanks everyone once again for the kind words... yeah its a bummer i dont know how things came in 4's this time lol.... well i guess i can look at it this way now i can finally keep shrimps again.... it was just so random he was perfectly fine earlier in the day just dont know what happened....
as far as the monti goes i know it was caused by the stinging of my acan.... the coris wrasse jumped tank but i dont know why.... the pocci i have no idea but fragged it and it looks fine now... the lion is just the wierdest of all...
i do have a grounding probe in the tank and i just checked this morning everyone else is doing just fine all fish are sleeping and corals look fine....
chemical warfare im n ot sure... i run carbon 24/7 it was just one of those days yesterday hopefully today will be better

 

[teen]

if no stray voltage, i would place my money on that clown tang possibly harrasing the other fish. clown tangs are known to be bullys so its possible that he chased the wrase right out of the tank and picked on the lion to death. not sure what happened to the corals, but that sucks. sorry about everything.

 

[scotts]

Dude, So sorry to hear. Poor fuzzy! Definitely tell us how things are today. hopefully that was all that happened and everything will be OK.
Scott