[Wazzel]

At some point in late spring or early summer my hearer controller malfunctioned. Not totally sure when since there was no obvious signs something was wrong. Over the late spring early summer my tank took a down turn and I lost several colonies. The ones that did not die looked pail and stopped growing. A few weeks ago it totally fried and my tank got to feeling like bath water. I pulled the heated, added a $8 desk fan and replaced the heater. Since then they die off has ended, colors have improved and the half dead ones have started to regrow.

I really have no clue how hot my tank had been running since I did not have a secondary way to measure temp. A guess would be mid to upper 80's. I now have a secondary temp probe via GHL P4. Still need to move the heater to the power bar and put in a high temp cut off.

If you do not have a secondary way to check temp you should probably get one. Even an old school $3 thermometer would would have saved me a lot of grief.