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02-02-2014, 05:04 PM
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Don't give up!
It sounds like you still have a fair number of corals and some fish left. I know it's a major setback, but don't get demoralized! It's a great hobby and you have a head start. Think of it as a chance to re-think everything in your tank and try the coral/fish you never could or had the opportunity to have....
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02-02-2014, 05:19 PM
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Sorry for your loss.
Lots of people have made the mistake of keeping anemones with open powerheads and have had the same thing happen. It's a good reminder to everyone to make sure you have foam covers on your powerheads.
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02-02-2014, 05:26 PM
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Yeah, i didn't loose everything which is good, did loose quite a bit, I have completely dismantled my rock (well as much as possible without further damaging corals) and still have a few Chromis bodies MIA, but will keep looking, Still working on what will be about a 90G water change,(had to leave enough to keep corals covered) limted by water mixing container volumes so taking some time. Am i correct in thinking that at this point everything i can do to get stuff in the water column and down to sump will be good? Im thinking turn the VorTech up and toss a couple extra power heads in for lots of extra flow, have the carbon reactor ready to go as soon as water level in tank is back up to I can use the sump level. Will probably need to go pick up some salt and more carbon at some point today. While moving rocks around found 2 bubble tip anemones, had 1 a few days ago so now on top of bad water quality for it i have 2 trying to heal from a split.... arrggggg.... haha.... fingers crossed... and any more advice from people who've been through it successfully is appreciated.
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02-02-2014, 05:34 PM
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02-02-2014, 06:02 PM
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I've come to accept these kinds of mishaps and/or crashes are part of this hobby and IMO if you're not willing to accept that yourself then you should quit because it's really just a matter of time. Wishful and unrealistic thinking to believe it can't and won't happen to you. That said the clean up does suck but the rebuild is worth it, starting over gives new opportunities
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02-02-2014, 06:08 PM
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I agree, look at it as an opportunity to improve on what you have. If you truly enjoy the hobby, you will not quit. Crap happens, and all you can do is deal with it, and maybe learn something that will help you going forward. Good luck with the recovery.
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02-02-2014, 06:17 PM
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I had this happen as well and feel your pain. I was able to save some pieces of the corals so just replaced what was lost and kept going.
Keep doing what you can and save as much as possible.Then decide later if you are going to quit.
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02-02-2014, 06:19 PM
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Anybody who has been in the hobby experiences this at one point or another just view it as an opportunity to improve or re-aquascape your tank
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 My aquarium is nothing but a smorgasbord for my cats.....
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02-03-2014, 04:24 PM
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I learned that lesson once too
 now the only nems I keep are bubble tips I don't keep hawk fishes anymore either but that's another story ! Good luck brother stay positive
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02-03-2014, 05:55 PM
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