I left the house for three days to go to a conference, first time leaving the tank unattended. While I can control the tank remotely, look at temperature and ph, and have video, I had no clue what I was coming back to.
My auto-doser went a little overboard (even after I reprogrammed it twice) and likely dosed too much NoPo4x, as my glass, rock, equipment and plumbing were covered in a whitish translucent slime. The slime clogged almost everything, the UV filter failed, both reactors failed and the skimmer failed. When I removed the return line it looks like the pipe was coated in a very thick layer of it, allowing only half the water to pass.
My wrasses were mia, both of them, even after scraping down everything and syphoning out the bacteria. After killing the return 3 times, I spotted the male wrasse in the overflow and grabbed him. He was being harassed by every tank-mate. When I put the net with the male into the tank the female came out and I saw even the smallest clownfish try to take a nip. I transferred the male (who was totally white) into the frag tank. As soon as he was put in the tank, the juvenile tang started attacking. I pulled all the frag racks, and nabbed the tang.
I tried catching the female in a net without success. Using an inverse coke bottle, I finally nabbed the female this morning and got her into the frag tank. The male has almost fully recovered, and the female is in good shape. Now there is no one to bother them in the tank, but it is significantly too small, and at 4" tall it is not a good home for the jumpers.
I have to decide if I am going to get rid of the Tangs or the Wrasses, as it seems that the fairy wrasses are very susceptible to harassment.
