BHAMR6
Well-Known Member
Well I think i'm getting out
I'm so confused right now I dont know what to do !!!!!! Tonight has been the worst tank luck I have ever had out of 7yrs I have not screwed up this bad. To start out most of you know I have a 7yr old SPS tank that has always been my baby but with going back to school and another child added to my house I have lost interest in it . I have tossed up the idea of getting rid of it and taking a break using reason like not enough time right now and the tank could use some fresh silicone so if I have to drain it I might as well sell it and start over later.
Well tonight I really messed up I had been noticing that the 3 top rocks that had encrusted together as one that housed my ORA RED PLANET , GREEN SLIMER , MIAMI ORCHID , SOME KINDA PURPLE TIP SPS AND MY ORANGE PLATE ( Keep in mind all these were softball size and bigger and had grew all around each other over the last 4yrs) had been starting to lean to the front because of the weight and tonight it took the finale plunge forward . I was able to catch the rock from falling all the way to the bottom and doing the best I could I got it to sit back up there but as I leaned back and looked the whole 3 rocks now were sitting on top of my soccer ball size wall hammer. I took another shot and lifted the rocks back up and let the hammer fall to the bottom but as I was doing this I could feel all 3 rocks seperating in my hand as the encrusted coral started to break. by the time it was all said and done the whole right side had collapsed and as I put it back the left side went down too. Now is when I panicked and started pulling rocks out all of which are encrusted and started putting them in the floor my idea was to get them out and restacked the rock but guess what you cant do that because after yrs of growing one way it wont go back everything was mangled together.
So out of option to get it all to fit back in the tank and not die sitting in the floor I started breaking SPS off the rocks and laying on the tank bottom of half the tank. Several pcs broke but at least they were alive in the water I then stacked the rock on the other side of the tank all that would fit and the rocks with no coral on them went on the porch.
So now what do I do ??????
1) Try to sell it all and start over later since the tank silicone was going to need replaced in a yr or so ( maybe I would have more time then )
2) Get a tub for the coral to stay in for a while why I look for a tank upgrade maybe a 90g or 120g ( really dont have the room for a tub and would need to sell mine for the money for a new tank )
If I sell it all and get out I could have more time later , not make some of the mistakes I made starting this one, let the rock completly die out so the coral pest I kill every month wont be in there ( button polyps etc... )
Sorry for the long rant I just needed to vent before I broke down and screamed
Well tonight I really messed up I had been noticing that the 3 top rocks that had encrusted together as one that housed my ORA RED PLANET , GREEN SLIMER , MIAMI ORCHID , SOME KINDA PURPLE TIP SPS AND MY ORANGE PLATE ( Keep in mind all these were softball size and bigger and had grew all around each other over the last 4yrs) had been starting to lean to the front because of the weight and tonight it took the finale plunge forward . I was able to catch the rock from falling all the way to the bottom and doing the best I could I got it to sit back up there but as I leaned back and looked the whole 3 rocks now were sitting on top of my soccer ball size wall hammer. I took another shot and lifted the rocks back up and let the hammer fall to the bottom but as I was doing this I could feel all 3 rocks seperating in my hand as the encrusted coral started to break. by the time it was all said and done the whole right side had collapsed and as I put it back the left side went down too. Now is when I panicked and started pulling rocks out all of which are encrusted and started putting them in the floor my idea was to get them out and restacked the rock but guess what you cant do that because after yrs of growing one way it wont go back everything was mangled together.
So out of option to get it all to fit back in the tank and not die sitting in the floor I started breaking SPS off the rocks and laying on the tank bottom of half the tank. Several pcs broke but at least they were alive in the water I then stacked the rock on the other side of the tank all that would fit and the rocks with no coral on them went on the porch.
So now what do I do ??????
1) Try to sell it all and start over later since the tank silicone was going to need replaced in a yr or so ( maybe I would have more time then )
2) Get a tub for the coral to stay in for a while why I look for a tank upgrade maybe a 90g or 120g ( really dont have the room for a tub and would need to sell mine for the money for a new tank )
If I sell it all and get out I could have more time later , not make some of the mistakes I made starting this one, let the rock completly die out so the coral pest I kill every month wont be in there ( button polyps etc... )
Sorry for the long rant I just needed to vent before I broke down and screamed
