I knew the risks associated with FWE, but I pushed ahead anyway...
Wrong!
I can't even begin to explain how utterly devastated I am.
I had a fairly huge lps collection consisting of some super nice acans I had really put effort into obtaining, had a couple of one of a kind scolys too...
all gone.
I didn't know chalices could be killed, but mine shot messentrial filaments all over themselves and just fizzled away.
Which is exactly what all of my acans did too!
Torch's got bjd and rotted away, same with favias, leptos and a platy.
What few sps colonies I had were the first to show signs before they bleached in a matter of hours, which prompted me to do a MAJOR water change which I fear only exacerbated the added stress on my corals; so stupid because a 6 line would of controlled the red planaria issue but I was fearful for my rainford's life!
Mushrooms and zoas are closed up and most haven't opened in a week.
A couple melted, a couple more have white fungus on them so they're on their way out.
I managed to transfer a couple of zoas into a tiny pico I have on my kitchen counter, and they have yet to open...
Oddly, there are 2 blastos, an acan or 2 and a yuma that seem unaffected.
And an elegance that seems to still be alive.
And the 2 tiny fish I have, barnacle blenny and rainford's goby (ahhh!), are also unaffected.
Go figure!
I have a solid 1"-1 1/2" sandbed, and to my eyes the fauna seems to still be alive in there, so I have not vac'd it out.
I'm not sure if i should?
I followed the instructions to a T...
Had carbon in the sump and also ran a HOT filter, fearful knowing the risks of levamisole.
The only real plausible explanation i could come up with is there has to be a variation between bottle to bottle leading to some batches becoming more concentrated with levamisole than others.
I mean I really don't know, I'm desperately trying to find a rhyme or reason
