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09-11-2007, 04:41 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2007
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 |  Not sure if my tank survived the heat wave.
I need some advice, please. I was out of town for two and a half days and during that time we had a massive heat wave. When we returned our tank temperature was off the chart....into the 90's!!!!!! (We haven't bought a chiller because up until now it wasn't neccessary considering what a cool climate we live in). Miraculously all of our fish and snails and crustaceans survived! We are having problems with our Frog Spawn and small pink brain coral. Our Frog Spawn looks like it's trying to hang in there, but it definitely is injured. Our brain coral looks a little crusty. What can I do? I know it needs some TLC, but I don't know what.  This all happened a week ago, now the water temp is back down to normal. Any advice would be great......I feel like a terrible tank mommy. BTW: Can we all have a moment of silence for my friends' tanks.....they were out of town during the heat wave and the power went out for three days.....it's a total loss, everything perished.  | 
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09-11-2007, 05:01 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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Wow, not a good thing to have happen! Too bad! As for your tank, try to get things back as close to where they were before you left. A water change, test the water parameters, clean the filter/skimmer to ensure it is functioning correctly.
What do the corals look like? Your Brain coral may have some detritus accumulating on it that may need to be blown off. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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09-11-2007, 05:05 PM
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| | Plankton
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I'm on my way home, I will post pictures tonight of what they look like. Thanks. | |
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09-11-2007, 06:15 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Sorry about yours and your friends tank. I'm so scared of that happening to me I bought a controller that will page me if anything happens. Might not help if I'm a couple of states away but at least I can have someone go over and start the generator for a while. Nice to have family and friends around. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | 
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09-11-2007, 07:30 PM
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| | Plankton
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The first picture is of my green fungia who was harrassed and started to die, I've been slowly nursing him back to health, but I think this is the best I'll be able to do. The second picture is my pink brain coral, looking rather crusty,and finally my frog spawn who doesn't look dead, but hasn't come out in a little over a week. Any help/advice would be great! | |
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09-12-2007, 07:04 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Those pictures are really small. Can you post larger versions of thos pics? | |
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09-12-2007, 07:16 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Crap...almost Murphy's law that this stuff happens while you are away from home couple of days...
But sounds like you got thru power outage pretty well.
Frogspawn is pretty durable...It should get tired of pouting in few days and start expanding again.
Good Luck!
Also send sympathies to friend about loss.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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09-12-2007, 12:09 PM
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| | Plankton
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I'll post larger pictures this evening. sorry they are so small. | |
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