Tradegy Strikes my lil Aquapod =(

[FlexLuthor]

SO things were going ok. My frags were doing ok, my clowns were doing the mating dance. The parameters were steady. The suddenly today i came home to find one of my clownfish were missing...
so assume it went into one of the back chambers, which is ok, since i coved the intank as to avoid deaths...peek under the protein skimmer..nothing...where is it?
lodged itself between the back of the glass, and the diy refugium. To get the body i had to take out the refugium
Upon taking out the refugium, it broke apart. Upon breaking apart, it released an insane amount of dust.
And get this....
i came home with a batch of fresh corals to add to my tank...
so now i wait till tomorrow to see if my tank survives.
And if it does survive, I'm left with a lone clown, and clown goby thats been eating my candy canes =(

 

[THEDLO]

 

[Awibrandy]

So so sorry!;(

 

[FlexLuthor]

as of this morning things seem ok. The corals are't tightly closed, still somewhat open. I"ll run soem parameters. Now the thins is I don't rodi water. I had gotten the water from someone off the forum before. If i use regular water for the change might it make it worse?

 

[THEDLO]

no! dont use tap! yes it will make it worse! lol

 

[FlexLuthor]

...crap

 

[KathyC]

You can usually purchase rodi water at a LFS for 50 cents or so per gallon, or go to a Petco and buy the premixed NSW.

Tap would be an extremely poor idea in a tank that currently has an issue

Sorry for your loss. RIP

 

[FlexLuthor]

other than my fish that killed itself.....everythign seems to be ok.

 

[FlexLuthor]

though there is dust all over the place......feeling the need to aquascape now.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

if there is dust everywhere u need a poly pad or "polishing pad" it traps tiny particles.

 

[FlexLuthor]

isn't that filter media?