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I’d just like to start by saying that if this sounds rude or pitiful in any way, I truly don’t mean for it to sound like that. I just want to write down everything that I, as well as dozens of other reefers close to me, have been going through/dealing with these last couple of days because there’s a lot of information and stories going around.
I think we need more stories like this.
it was very kind of you to help out your uncle and his family through the storm! I know he appreciates it... too bad about the Jolt! ... greggI’d just like to start by saying that if this sounds rude or pitiful in any way, I truly don’t mean for it to sound like that. I just want to write down everything that I, as well as dozens of other reefers close to me, have been going through/dealing with these last couple of days because there’s a lot of information and stories going around.
I’m a Texas reefer, part of the club MARSH-reef.for Houston reefers. I’ve spent the last three days helping my uncle desperately transfer corals to buckets, buying salt and bottles of prime + stability, trying to scrape together RODI, changing the batteries in air pumps, and doing everything we can to keep a stable environment that’s livable. That was a 20 year old tank, and we lost a lot of livestock including many huge colonies that took years to grow. Today I’m going over to help him use bolt cutters to remove the skeletons of those corals that were encrusted into the rock and thus could not be removed and possibly saved.
Even the ones we got into buckets didn’t do well, and we lost around 50% of those. I’m housing around a dozen of the most rare/expensive pieces but they’re going downhill fast and there’s not much I can do now. We for sure lost a JF Jolt acro, masterpiece scoly, very old clownfish, springeri damsel, a couple acanthophyllia, multiple rainbow bowerbankii, several dinner plate sized favias and chalice, as well as multiple acro colonies that were a couple pounds each, and all of his euphyllia except for maybe 3-4 pieces. There are some survivors but the tank looks terrible and it was heartbreaking to see all the corals that inspired me to get into the hobby disintegrate before my eyes.
Pink/red Cynaria
This whole piece ended up disintegrating. Flesh flaked right off
There is a small victory here, and that’s the survival of this Pyramid Butterfly. Here is before and after our treatments, and he is okay now. The clown and damsel were not so lucky, and there’s still 2 anthias MIA. But I’m glad to see that our efforts have paid off a little bit. I apologize for the quality of the after pic, it’s a screen shot from a video
Any help is appreciated, it is not too late! A few members of my local club are offering free frags to those who lost a lot of stock or had total wipeouts, I’m humbled by their offers and very thankful for them. Reefers are a special kind of people, and seeing everyone come together now to help me and my neighbors is really driving me to become a better person and I know that we’re here for each other. At this point, we’re desperate for anything we can get. We can’t make RODI water right now due to the water boil warning, someone in my local club reported 165 TDS pre storm and 465 right now. There’s 10 car lines for gas and many gas stations have run dry so there’s no way to gas up generators and it’s risky to drive across town for essentials because there’s a high chance you won’t be able to refuel. Grocery stores are bare, LFS are struggling to keep their livestock alive, and many houstonians are without water entirely due to burst pipes because they don’t bury them very deep here.
If this sounds like a pity story, please understand that I didn’t and don’t mean it that way. I’m trying to be objective about the losses I’ve seen but it made me realize how lucky I was that my own tanks weren’t affected this way. If I’d lost 75% of my stock, or even 50% I would be so crushed that maybe rebuilding wouldn’t be possible. I love this hobby, and I love the people that I’ve met being a part of this community, but watching all of the livestock that I’ve kept, fed, watched grow, or even collected myself from the ocean die? That would most likely force me out of the hobby just from the heartbreak. I know many people have had major losses like that, and I’m sure that everyone that has been affected by this storm will agree with me that we are very very grateful for any relief or assistance we can be offered. I would like to thank anyone and everyone who has taken the time and resources to donate or discount any equipment we may need as well as those who have offered free frags to help us get back on our feet, y’all’re good people. Have a great day everyone, and THANK YOU!
Thank you for your donation to our club, we are very grateful and will make sure it gets into the right hands! A lot of folks down here are suffering.
We are very appreciative of your support!!! It will help out a lot of people!
Made an account at Marsh and PMd you. You can reply via reef2reef account for simplicity. Looking for information on where to ship frags/inverts and need info on what’s accepted and distribution of them. Hopefully things have settled down and I am sure everyone appreciates your help recovering
we are so very thankful for everyones support!! @CodyBot our clubs vice president will be reaching out to you to make arrangements. He has the storage space so it should work out well. Thanks Again!
