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Old 01-01-2009, 12:29 AM
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Default Tough day....

We lost power up here on Westwood Plateau today for about 4 hours. Believe it or not, this the first power failure I've had since the tank started. It was a pretty nice day today, so it is odd...

The tank seemed just fine throughout. The power failure happened just before lights-on, so the tank was at it's lowest daily temperature. Over the four hours, temp dropped about 2 degrees....from 78 to 76. No fish showed any signs of distress, but I think the starfish seemed to be out-and-about a bit more than normal.

I got my generator out and ready and was probably another hour or so from firing it up when the power returned.

Then, a few hours later, Buster (the white cheek tang) had some kind of accident during lunchtime feeding. I'm not sure if he got slashed by someone or just ran into a piece of coral. He was already not doing really well as he has been fighting some kind of infection/parasite of late. Now, he's going to have to recover from this wound. I hope he makes it.

So far, he continues to behave normally. I think time will tell if this wound becomes infected or not.

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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies

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