Split Pea Soup

[sumpfinfishe]

Well it finally happened to me, instead of usually reading about other members of the board dealing with the head ache

I came home from working my first graveyard shift in almost four months(meaning I'm really really tired), I was just about to climb into bed when I entered my room to see my reef in a green haze

After taking a few deep breaths I began to run the checklist from one side of the brain to the other. I could barely see three inches so it was hard to figure out if a coral had spawned or if something else had crashed.
After about 5minutes of poking around I finally felt the mushy slime, my 8 inch cluster of green sawblade claurpa had completly bailed out. I removed the claurpa and the rock it was attached to and when I pulled it out most of it was already bleached white. I tested the water for Ph, Nitrates, and Phosphates and all test read as normal.

I have now started mixing 15 gls to do a 50% water change after I wake up this afternoon. If anyone else has more suggestions on the proper actions to follow, I would love to hear them. All fish are fine, with no rapid breathing or any other stressfull signs. The corals have all remained closed, so I imagine this event took place over night.

I will post some pics of the "soup of the day" later this week, after I get the reef back to norm. I was also told that because I had not trimmed back this bush, that this may have been the reason why it simply bailed out.

Any thoughts

cheers, Rich