All Gone :(
We left early Friday morning to head off to Chicago for a family wedding. Had a really good time while we were there. Went to a Cubs game Friday afternoon, one of the most fun weddings I've been to on Sat. We were in downtown Chicago which is just packed with bars and restaurants so lot's of time spent hanging out and drinking!
Unfortunately the storm that came through on Friday evening took out our power at home while we were gone. Seems a tree down the street fell and knocked down a pole. With all the other damage in the area we didn't get power back until Sunday afternoon. Needless to say I returned Sunday night to find that every single fish dead in my display tank! Also all the shrimp, urchins ( save may one ), snails are all gone. The tank is littered with the bodies of thousands of tiny little brittle stars. Most of my corals are still with me so far. Lost a couple acros and my pocilipora, bird's nest isn't looking good either and I'm sure many of the other corals are going to take some damage just from the decline in water quality. I did a water change and drained out as much water as possible from my system to make the water changes as effective as possible. Also will be leaving the lights on for the next day in the hopes that a small algae bloom will help to get the water quality back under control sooner rather than later.
I can't recall feeling my stomach drop like it did when I walked in the door and saw my Emperor Angel, my baby, floating on the top of the water. Probably going to be a couple days at least before I know the full extent of the damage and what was lost.... I've probably lost over $2K in fish, some of them that I've had for 8+ years.
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. do you plan on replacing your emperor? and 8+ years on some fish that has to SUCK!
