kevinsimons
Reefing newb
Oh great LR guru's - you were absolutely right - it was an electrical problem. Got the digital voltometer, and after learning that you set the dial at 200V (there is no 120 setting - the 200 setting is so if there's a spike you don't blow the meter), I very quickly identified the problem - the Stealth heater was leaking voltage (about 18 on the digital meter). Stealth heater indeed - the "stealth" factor cost several nice animals their lives... like everything in the tank, it's less than a year old....:frustrat: The voltometer is now reading around 2.0 - 2.4 - it moves around alot. Even with everything powered off, I still get these readings. Is that normal?
It was a major disaster - I lost the mandarin goby, both engineer gobys, the royal gramma is missing, and the remaining two fish (maroon clown & yellow tang) are clearly distressed. If there's ANY good news here - its that the stressed clown has taken to hosting the pulsing xenia. IF he pulls through - that will be a nice thing to see him there. It's a big if.... strangely, all the corals, snails, and shrimp are seemingly unaffected.
SO - now what? I'm leaving for a one week vacation in 15 days - should I just leave well enough alone, see if anybody survives, and start slowly re-establishing fish populations when I return? Do I risk throwing the balance off by having such a reduced bioload in the tank?
As always - any and all advise very much appreciated!
It was a major disaster - I lost the mandarin goby, both engineer gobys, the royal gramma is missing, and the remaining two fish (maroon clown & yellow tang) are clearly distressed. If there's ANY good news here - its that the stressed clown has taken to hosting the pulsing xenia. IF he pulls through - that will be a nice thing to see him there. It's a big if.... strangely, all the corals, snails, and shrimp are seemingly unaffected.
SO - now what? I'm leaving for a one week vacation in 15 days - should I just leave well enough alone, see if anybody survives, and start slowly re-establishing fish populations when I return? Do I risk throwing the balance off by having such a reduced bioload in the tank?
As always - any and all advise very much appreciated!
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