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<\/a>A piece of live rock with slime on it.<\/p><\/div>\n
It also means that the concern in a recent post<\/a> was irrelevant by the time I have raised it. All my camel shrimp are dead, and the beautiful Duncan coral<\/a> was just a rotting piece of organic matter when I have found it.<\/p>\n My Duncan coral is dead.<\/p><\/div>\n The devastation is great, I have even lost some animals that I had for over ten years. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n Interestingly even most of the pest Aiptasia anemones<\/a> seem to have vanished, even though it seems to be nearly impossible to kill them intentionally.<\/p>\n But some creatures did survive. The first ones were of course the hardy bristle worms.<\/p>\n Some bristle worms have survived the power blackout but even the Ricordea Yuma<\/em><\/a> got bleached.<\/p><\/div>\n A number of snails have survived, the Nassarius snails<\/a>, most of the Conches<\/a>, and most of the Cerith snales are still alive. The Turbo and Astrea snails are, on the other hand, all dead.<\/p>\n Most of the Nassarius snails have mostly survived days without power.<\/p><\/div>\n Some of my Conches have also made it through the power blackout.<\/p><\/div>\n From the delicate cnidaria in the tank I still have various mushroom anemones, although most of them are gone, and a half of the Ricordia yuma that are still alive have bleached almost completely.<\/p>\n Surprisingly the expensive and delicate Dendrophyllia coral seems to be still alive, although the polyps don’t want to open.<\/p>\n Dendrophyllia after the power blackckout.<\/p><\/div>\n I have also found a Cerianthus anemone alive that was lost behind some rocks months ago.<\/p>\n A Cerianthus tube anemone still living and looking healthy even though nearly everything has died around it in the tank during the power blackout.<\/p><\/div>\n Most of the crustaceans are gone, various shrimps<\/a> and crabs<\/a> nearly all dead, except for the hermit crabs<\/a> that seem to be able to overcome almost anything.<\/p>\n Hermit crab still alive after the power blackout. Notice that the shell is covered in some slimy stuff just like the rocks.<\/p><\/div>\n So my reef tank is now in ruins, but some creatures still struggle to survive or even thrive in spite of adverse conditions. And I continue to try to rebuild what was lost, even though some of the live stock took me years to acquire. Some have bits and pieces living<\/a> in other people’s tanks, so even the dead ones are not all completely dead.<\/p>\n Currently I am performing water changes, and I am still trying to remove as much organic matter from the tank as possible. We will see what happens and how the surviving organisms recover.<\/p>\n After several water changes, the corals that are still alive are now recovering. My reef tank recovering from the damage caused by the 2013\/December Toronto power blackout. I have added a few new snails, urchins to graze on the blooming algae, and a Kole tang for similar reasons.<\/p>\n A few pieces of fresh live rock were also introduced in an attempt to increase biodiversity.<\/p>\n I am also adding some Nitra-Guard, since the previous portion seems to have melted away.<\/p>\n Nitra-Guard.<\/p><\/div>\n We will see what happens in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n Dendrophyllia is looking good. The Kole tang<\/a> is working out reducing the jungle of hair algae on the rocks. Now, I just need more patience.<\/p>\n The Kole tang that I have added recently is doing a good job of reducing the hairy green algae growing on the rocks.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It seems that power blackouts in Toronto are just way too common. There seems to be a really big one every ten years or so (in 2003 because of the hot weather, and in 2013 because of the ice storm) … Continue reading <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Update 01\/February\/2014<\/h2>\n
\nThe Dendrophyllia has opened up and it is now eating. The Ricordea Yuma<\/em> specimens that were completely bleached are regaining some green color. Even the remining button polyps started to recover although the now ubiquitous hairy green algae are trying to suffocate them.<\/p>\n<\/a>
Small images, clockwise starting from the top: New live rock being added to increase biodiversity, Dendrophyllia now opens, Ricordea Yuma<\/em> is regaining green color after being bleached, Button polyps are recovering while struggling with hair algae, some Aiptasias did survive and started to invade the tank again, Dendrophyllia eating.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>Update 10\/February\/2014<\/h2>\n
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