cyano

It seems I can finally rest easy again for a second as I have recorded 0 instances of death among my corals in a week. Nature seems to have run it's course and in fact whatever it was the chaeto must have learned to like because i turned it over to rotate it for light and it exploded in an orgy of growth. As previously stated in older posts all test showed signs being good with no spikes or drops in any parameter and the same can still be told today. I did run out of carbon through the process and will be purchasing more since I am still thinking that it was possibly some sort of toxin I will continue to dose carbon.

All livestock seem happy and in a few places where the "rolling death" had hit it is showing signs of new coral growth already. The rose millipora was heavily damaged and most of the dead branches removed but still shows signs of life in a couple which I have not disturbed. Some blue snowflake polyps are springing back up where everything had died. The xenia is back to full form and is even pulsing again as well as the zoas are back to full bloom. The blue ricordia mushroom that has been in the tank for about 8 months unchanged has split for the first time making it only the third mushroom that I have ever had any success with . The duncan was completely unaffected and it's 4 baby heads are now also grabbing food and eating what the parent head missed. Lastly the toadstool looks as happy and as healthy as it's ever been!

All the fish still are completely unaffected by any of this and the cleaner shrimp shed this morning. All snails and crabs also look fantastic with no deaths recorded. So after a month of the coral apocalypse-

the dead corals were: thousands of snowflake polyps, pink lemonade acropora, and 2 separate orange monti caps

the corals that were affected but have either recovered or are recovering: Xenia, toadstool leather, purple and green common mushrooms, zoas (all colors), and rose millapora

the unaffected corals (at least visually): Galaxea, candy, duncan, green star polyps, 2 of the other orange monti caps and the one green monti frag, ricordia, and the branching hammer coral

I do have a recurring caulerpa problem I have to tackle now but I would like to thank every person on reef addicts for their support, advice, and for reading, and responding everyone gave sound helpful advice and even condolences which all went appreciated.