Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[Katrina71]

If I can make it over the hump and keep my fish and inverts alive, I know from before that most other things bounce back.

 

[Katrina71]

Any of you guys ever had a random crash?

 

[NY_Caveman]

What are you seeing?

 

[NY_Caveman]

Are you saying you woke up to a crash?

 

[Katrina71]

What are you seeing?

Last night all corals were dying. Quickly. Not a bacterial bloom. No cloudy water. (Or did not appear to be)

 

[Katrina71]

Are you saying you woke up to a crash?

Late last night.

 

[Katrina71]

Visually I would assume parameters got really out of the norm. I'm just not sure why. I should have pulled some water to test. I was just trying to stop the bleeding. Hindsight...

 

[NY_Caveman]

I guess my second thought after what changed would be be an anemone dying. Some toxic event that would decimate it so fast

 

[NY_Caveman]

Obvious things like temperature, voltage, other equipment issues are fine? Really a bummer.

 

[Katrina71]

The only thing...large discoma mushroom was very irritated by the little pistol shrimp. Pretty sure it's DOA. You think that might be the catalyst?

 

[Katrina71]

We are talking 5" mushroom.

 

[Katrina71]

Sigh. :(

 

[NY_Caveman]

Hmmm, possible in that size tank probably. So sorry. Is it a total loss? You said fish and inverts are surviving. Not sure if you pulled them or not, but if things are alive in the tank run carbon for sure and probably water changes of course. Anything else new? You added critters recently too.

 

[Katrina71]

Everybody is accounted for except the pike Blenny. Not out of the norm for lights out though.

 

[Katrina71]

There have been some things added recently. Process of elimination.

 

[Katrina71]

Not a total loss. At least not yet.

 

[Katrina71]

Such a learning process.

 

[NY_Caveman]

GOOD! Yes it is. Even for the best of them. I mean, only King Neptune really knows the ocean that well.

 

[Katrina71]

GOOD! Yes it is. Even for the best of them. I mean, only King Neptune really knows the ocean that well.

I'm not even the Little Mermaid.

 

[Katrina71]

All RFA and plate corals look ok. The decorator crab evidently took advantage of the situation and changed into some zoas or palys. I hope they match his yellow sponge.