Hey Everyone, It's been a long time since I've written. After my father past away with cancer, my life was in shambles. I didnt really care much about anything including my tank. Needless to say, I watched my tank wither while doing almost nothing for 6 months except feed the fish, add top off water, and clean the skimmer once in a while. Large sps colonies browned and then died. I even lost zoanthids which I feel are the easiest corals for me. At the time, I didnt feel any remorse; sadness begets sadness.
Life is a bit more manageable now. I started doing water changes, filled my dosing tanks with 2 part, and started phosban and carbon. Some SPS that I thought I lost is growing out of my live rock (truly amazing) so hopefully they can become colonies again one day. Most of my fish survived through the ordeal. I only lost chromis but I think they were just killing eachother and the last one somehow jumped. I lost my neon gobies but I think they died of old age because I had them for more than 3 years.
There were a few corals I lost that I am hoping to recover if they are still within the club. I remember placing 2 frags of the MARS lokani during one of the BAR only frag swaps. Does anyone still have this? I lost almost all of my montis except the sunset and superman encrusting monti and hoping to find frags of the setosa, jedi mind trick, rainbow, forest fire digi, and superman digi (sorry bee). I would be happy to pay or trade for them back if any is available in the SF area.
I hope everyone is doing well and we can catch up again.