This guy stated what I say all the time. Crap happens, No reason to cry " I'm out", "done". A loss of a coral or corals or having algae problems is no reason to quit.
Now! For a more interesting thing. I hope this guy chimes in. What was the water temp on this set up having the lights on non stop for a week? I get there probably is a chiller, open top which means evap. must have been crazy and a chiller can only keep up for so long having the condensor and coil right next to each other. They'd start to cancel each other out I would think running for so long which would add heat to the tank too.
But what does this say about the hardiness of coral? Light 24/7? Does this or can it disprove global warming impact on the reefs? After all this is a closed system not accessible to billions of gallons of surrounding water nor the cooling effect of night time. Just thoughts.