Quick story:
On Sunday I had a power outage and it killed my return pump. I had to get a new return pump which I got yesterday afternoon. Once I got the new pump, I quickly hooked it up and powered it on. All seemed to be going well until today. I kept the flow in the display going but the sump water was left alone.
Last night all of my corals looked really upset and I wasn't sure why. Today some looked alright and others looked worse. I have been wondering all day what was going on. I decided to test my parameters and everything is testing normal. I checked the temp in the tank and it was fine as well.
Then it dawned on me.
The water in my sump was not kept heated and when I turned on the new return pump, all of that colder water was blown through the tank. This was a big "uh-oh" moment of realization that I had. My question is, can this rush of colder water throughout the tank kill my corals? Both of my xenia colonies look awful - my ruby xenia is now white and my giant bali xenia looks like its heads are melting off. My sinularia is the brightest green I've ever seen which is kind of cool but it is obviously not it's happy self. My toadstools are closed up but I'm hoping they will bounce back.
What do you all think? This will be a hard lesson learned if my corals die. Hopefully it can be a lesson for others as well.
On Sunday I had a power outage and it killed my return pump. I had to get a new return pump which I got yesterday afternoon. Once I got the new pump, I quickly hooked it up and powered it on. All seemed to be going well until today. I kept the flow in the display going but the sump water was left alone.
Last night all of my corals looked really upset and I wasn't sure why. Today some looked alright and others looked worse. I have been wondering all day what was going on. I decided to test my parameters and everything is testing normal. I checked the temp in the tank and it was fine as well.
Then it dawned on me.
The water in my sump was not kept heated and when I turned on the new return pump, all of that colder water was blown through the tank. This was a big "uh-oh" moment of realization that I had. My question is, can this rush of colder water throughout the tank kill my corals? Both of my xenia colonies look awful - my ruby xenia is now white and my giant bali xenia looks like its heads are melting off. My sinularia is the brightest green I've ever seen which is kind of cool but it is obviously not it's happy self. My toadstools are closed up but I'm hoping they will bounce back.
What do you all think? This will be a hard lesson learned if my corals die. Hopefully it can be a lesson for others as well.