Jlloyd123 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 (edited) So i just got back from being out of town for the weekend at the Llano River and of course the first thing on my mind is how did tank do...not unpack or take a shower. Well first thing i notice is a light film of brown throught out tank. I then look around and all LPS appears to be dead. A leather palu nepthea appears to have a hole about size of a quarter at bottlom of stalk and gsp completely closed up. all zoas seem to be ok, and the GBTA is definately stressing. Most fish appear to be ok, but still a few i havent seen. The next thing i checked was the temp which was almost 90 degrees. i have been manually been turning on mh light daily when i get home around 230 and its generally set for 3 o clock. I didnt think to make surethe timer was in timer position, not on postiton, sure enough it was in on position so light was on since friday afternoon. Been in hobby for about 2 year and never have done this. So lesson learned...invest in aquacontroller and always double check every thing before big trips... Edited July 4, 2011 by Jlloyd123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindflux Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Shoot man! We're both in RR (along with several others). Perhaps we should set up a little web of trust between us so when one of us leaves town someone can check that the tank isn't just bombing out. Best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lamont Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Dude, if you need an extra timer; i have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlloyd123 Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 thanks...hopefully ill get a contoller for my birthday next month. ill let you know lamont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atxmandarin Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 controllerrrrr??????? dude for 8 bucks a crappy mechanical timer would have saved your tank big time, whats a matta whichuuuu???? shoot me a text today or tomorrow if you need help with anything bud, best of luck gettin it right again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlloyd123 Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 (edited) Lol. I know it man. Our AC at apartment was acting up last week and i couldnt keep it cool in apartment so i was turning the metal halides on/off manually when temp started to get hot. After AC was fixed i forgot to swithch timer back to timer setting instead on setting. So far all lps other than few lobos and trumpet coral have died. I lost a tribal blennie and have not seen 2 firefish or watchmen goby. Gsp is slightly open and GBTA inflates but has white bumps on it...tank officially looks naked again like the title says "stupid mistake!!!" Edited July 4, 2011 by Jlloyd123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Ah yikes. That's rough. Definitely sounds like the MH raised the water temperature too high. Based on the corals you described you may want to look into LEDs or T5s to help avoid this type of thing in the future. I run LEDs on my tank and they have been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Sorry to hear about your loss! Not to be the bearer of more bad news but I'd be expecting some kind of algae bloom in the next week or so and would encourage you to start looking at how to deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerrickH Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Tim, you called it right on the money with my tank previously. cyano first...then gha right after that..... Best of luck on this one, Ive made a few dumb mistakes as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonHoff Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Go get some TLC from aquatek or shane at fishybuisness and dose it right away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlloyd123 Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 i have been adding biozyme and have had good luck with it in the past, as well as running the skimmer like there is no tomorrow. also running carbon and purigen through reactors. i will definately do water change this weekend. so far things are going good. also have some chemiclean cyano remover which has done great in past in case of cyano bloom. hopefully not to big of a hassel, but we will see. thanks for input guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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