How cold can a saltwater aquarium get?

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  1. Jgut3

    Jgut3 Fire Worm

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    Lps, fish and inverts in the tank. Right now its at 72. Im right in the middle of the tornado destuction in alabama 14 dead in my county alone. We have no power or anyway to get gas. No gas within a 100 miles of us. I have a blanket on the tank right now. Power should be back on here sometime tomorrow were on a main line. Fingers crossed. Thanks for your help.
     
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  2. BTowned

    BTowned Peppermint Shrimp

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    My tank goes down to 69 degrees in the cold of the winter, never noticed anything bad come from it. Just don't crank the temps back up too fast
     
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  3. dowtish

    dowtish Horrid Stonefish

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    I'm glad to here that you are okay, such a sad situation. Since gas is not an option a battery backup would come in handy.
     
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  4. grinder37

    grinder37 Whip-Lash Squid

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    Sorry about the series of events.I would be more concerned about keeping the water oxygenated than the temp.
     
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  5. rlman41299

    rlman41299 Skunk Shrimp

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    i second to that
     
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  6. Jgut3

    Jgut3 Fire Worm

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    Ive been adding hydrogen peroxide to the tank every six hours so it good on oxygen. We got out ok i guess. Community next to us is gone. No power for them for 2-6 weeks.
     
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  7. cbs3315

    cbs3315 Ritteri Anemone

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    we had an ice storm here a couple of years ago and was without power for over a week and i had no way of getting heat to my tank. the house temp actually got down to 47 and i never lost a single fish or coral. i would say you should be ok. jmo
     
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  8. BTowned

    BTowned Peppermint Shrimp

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    Do whatever you have to, to get that water oxygenated, even grabbing a pitcher and scooping it out of the tank, and dumping it back in will do wonders.
     
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  9. Jgut3

    Jgut3 Fire Worm

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    Yeah ive been do that also. My fish so far are breathing normal. Thanks for the quick help guys means alot.
     
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  10. Pickupman66

    Pickupman66 Tassled File Fish

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    jgut, Hate to hear it. HOpe you got power back on. that storm had me without power for 25 hours while we were 4 states away! thankfully a friend came by and hooked up a battery backup.
    I now have a generator in the ready.
     
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