First of all, my new position with BBN has me traveling 1 week a month. Therefore, the tank had become neglected somewhat. When I was there, I kept to a schedule, but without a calc reactor etc. there were swings in the water. Some of the SPS started to suffer. sooooo....
I started to sell off corals. All of which were attached (2 years growth) to large chunks o' live rock. Removal of the rock caused my biofilter to get out of whack and bam...cyano etc. Then, I lost the big brown cap. It sent off a chain reaction that I quickly stopped, though I lost an acro too. Thereafter, I lost a powerhead into the sand and had a HUGE sand storm. That too caused the nitrates to explode and I had more losses.
Finally, I sold off all the coral, existing fish, live rock etc. And here I am today.
Again, the 6' wall tank is in the planning and will be much more automated to fit my needs/schedule.
In the mean time, I still have the 26 Bow with the tree pair of H. Reidi seahorses. They are amazing and very easy to care for.
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