Well it's sad but RIP old tank...hello new tank

[niftyjosh]

This was my 90gal 2 months ago:
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Everything survived moving into my house and was stable for about a month.

I started having strange behavior by certain Acros and played it off as adjusting to the move and new lighting. This eventually progressed to the point of colonies and frags randomly stripping from either the base or tips.

Monti, LPS, and fish were all fine and my water parameters were well within check. In fact the tank was more stable in the new location than it was previously.

Needless to say I decided to break it down after about a 70% Acro loss and other species of coral were beginning to show signs of stress.

All equipment to the tank was off while breaking down besides my heater and my backup heater. I had taken my temp and ph probe out and put them in a cup to keep them wet. When the temp in the cup dropped, it kicked on both heaters and I heard a fizzling and noticed the backup heater had micro bubbles and what looked like a small oil slick spewing out of the top.

The backup heater kicked on at most two times a day so the small amount of whatever was coming out of the heater must have taken time to build up in the system.

So on to the new tank....

DT: Deep Blue 60gal rimless starfire
Sump: 30gal cube with custom baffles
Skimmer: SeaSide Aquatics CS-1
Lighting: 2x Radion (will be upgrading to pro)
Flow: MP40 and MP10 alongside a 700gph return
Controller: Reef Keeper Elite
Precision Marine Ca reactor
Precision Marine media reactor
Kalk top off via RKE float switch

Front

View from the couch

Sump

 

[Phinfan]

Looking good, good luck.

 

[downreef]

Josh I still have the birdsnest from you if you want a frag back, never looked as green in my tank as it did in yours but grows like mad and great pe. let me know.

 

[newenglandreef]

If acros were RTN'ing from the top and everything else was okay, are you sure you didn't have AEFW's? Because if there is a chance you did, you may still have them.

 

[niftyjosh]

I am 100% positive I didn't have aefw.

I decided to tear down after everything besides acros started looking bad.

 

[niftyjosh]

Josh I still have the birdsnest from you if you want a frag back, never looked as green in my tank as it did in yours but grows like mad and great pe. let me know.

I'm pretty sure I was able to save the one I gave you.

I only lost 1 or 2 Lps and one birdsnest. Luckily my gonipora survived.