Power down for 9 hours, help?

michika · #1 04-07-2007, 05:44 PM

Add a powerhead to airate the water, and slowly start bringing the water temperature back up.

andsoitgoes · #2 04-07-2007, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by michika

Add a powerhead to airate the water, and slowly start bringing the water temperature back up.

I've got my 2 MJ1200's in the display running, and the return pump plus the AC1000 (pusing through UV sterilizer) in the sump to keep the water moving. The heater is back on and is slowly going to bring the temp back up.

michika · #3 04-07-2007, 05:51 PM

Are any of your corals stressed? They may be releasing something into the water, so perhaps adding carbon to the mix would be good.

Other then that its just a wating game. I really hope everything pulls through for you.

Ruth · #4 04-07-2007, 05:57 PM

Point the power heads at the surface so that you get lots of surface movement to force oxygen into the water. Also if you have a skimmer make sure that it is running.
Angels are very finicky about low oxygen levels. I lost 2 beautiful angels when I lost circulation in my tank overnight.

andsoitgoes · #5 04-07-2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Ruth

Point the power heads at the surface so that you get lots of surface movement to force oxygen into the water. Also if you have a skimmer make sure that it is running.
Angels are very finicky about low oxygen levels. I lost 2 beautiful angels when I lost circulation in my tank overnight.

I was worried about that, thought of you when this happened.

I've got both pointed right at the surface making some nice waves, I'm going to keep the lights off for another few hours.

Skimmer is running as well.

All the corals are actually looking crappy, but nothing is looking really bad. I need to add in some carbon but I'll have to wait until I get home to do that.

UPDATE - Seems that everything is perking back up. My tang is kosher, and my Angel is gone from the spot he was, so maybe that's a good sign, I hope...

Raf · #6 04-07-2007, 06:51 PM

did you do anything to the tank during the power outage to provide 02 and heat?

andsoitgoes · #7 04-07-2007, 06:54 PM

Unfortunately not - usually our power outtages are a few hours, when it happened I figured there'd be no issues and realized there were when our daughters woke us up in the morning and I was late for work