Hell has broke loose. During backwashing, the pressure in the sandfitler built and exploded. I turned on the pump and a hole opened up on the side of the filter; water started spraying all over the back room. I quickly turned off the pump closed off the valves so the whole tank didn't drain. It needs to be replaced but there is a ton of pipe work in front of it, so it isn't going anywhere until I want to remove the plumbing. So replacing it isn't really and option, and most people I've talked to said its not a good idea to try to repair it. I'm going to leave it bypassed and see if the smaller sand filter from system 2 can handle the whole tank. I'm not sure what went wrong, either something got clogged in the filter, or I forgot to open the waste valve.
Also the final tropical fish, the spot fin butterfly fish, disappeared. And the algae truf scrubber is leaking, and not growing algae. It needs to be sealed up with silicone and the screen needs to be ruffed up. The salinity is also low due to a problem that happened when we tried to back wash it. When I backwash the filters I use fresh water to not waste our precious salt water. But this time a good amount of fresh water ended up in the tank. The pH I'm still having a problem getting under control. Baking soda isn't working.
The other tropicals have died off in previous days. The blue-coronet fish died because I couldn't get him to eat. By the time special food arrived in the mail, he was was dead.
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