Life is upside down right now and it has affected my tank. My mother in law has cared for my kids (5&7) since they were born while my wife and I work. She became very weak a few weeks ago and went to the hospital by ambulance, where she stayed for several days. In the end, they said that she had Covid, UTI, and was dehydrated, and sent her home. She continued to be extremely weak for a couple of weeks and I urged her to go see her own doctor. She finally did and after much testing they found an aggressive brain tumor in the center of her brain, where they can’t operate. They said she will live for 4-6 weeks. Her husband has a broken foot and is wearing down in general, so we invited him to move into our basement. It is fully setup as an apartment and has the nicest bathroom in the house. I believe he will take us up on this offer. So I moved my tank from down there to my office. I don’t know why but 90% of my corals look dead, and my snails, anemone, and starfish died. I’m pretty sure the anemone was eating fish anyways. The shrimp and fish are happy as can be. I think some of the zoas may come back and the GSP and a couple others look ok. I kept everything and everybody wet during the move, which I did overnight in about 8 hours. Not sure where I went wrong but I think I’m going to let it rest for awhile until I see good algae growth. At this point I am happy with my scape, sump, flow, parameters, etc. now I have 2 clowns, 2 cardinals, a sailfin tang, a coral beauty, a fancy wrass that I can’t remember the name of, a flame goby, yellow goby, neon goby, 2 cleaner shrimp, 2 pistol shrimp, an emerald crab, and a peppermint shrimp. I cleaned up my other 75 gallon tank and canister filter so I can offer it up to my father in law as something to occupy his mind after his wife passes. They plan to put her ashes in a wooden box I made her a few years ago, which is very humbling to me. As always, I welcome input from anyone.
