Help! Irma - no power

[lickyricky]

Just got home to Miami and haven't lost any livestock yet. Emergency air pump kept everything alive. The tank is probability really hot and my Xenia and GSP appear be to be losing color?! What should I do?

 

[ChiCity]

Just got home to Miami and haven't lost any livestock yet. Emergency air pump kept everything alive. The tank is probability really hot and my Xenia and GSP appear be to be losing color?! What should I do?

Get some ice and place some bags in the sump or around the tank, see if you can bring the temps down to ideal levels with this method

 

[Tuffyyyyy]

Do you still not have power? If not, I don't think there's much you can do. Good on you for having an emergency air pump. Just make sure the tank stays aerated. I don't think I'd worry about it besides that.

 

[Gweeds1980]

Just got home to Miami and haven't lost any livestock yet. Emergency air pump kept everything alive. The tank is probability really hot and my Xenia and GSP appear be to be losing color?! What should I do?

Battery powered fan blowing over the surface will help to lose a lot of heat... do you have a thermometer to check that's the problem? Being without light for a day or so will cause some loss of colour too, they'll pick back up after lights are back on. 3/4 days without light before you'll start getting proper issues, even then gsp and xenia are really resilient as corals go.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Air exchange with the water by means of taking a cup full of tank water and dumping it back in the tank, will help by adding oxygen. Air bubblers are also recommended if you can continue to have a source of batteries.

Cooling the tank by means of bags of ice, that don't leak, by placing them into the water will help bring down the temperature if above 82 degrees.

If possible, running a battery operated fan blowing air across the water surface will help bring the temperature down.

 

[Mopartech]

Not much you can do if you don't have any power. Float some Ziploc bags filled with ice in your tank. That is if you can get your hands on any ice.

 

[lickyricky]

Battery powered fan blowing over the surface will help to lose a lot of heat... do you have a thermometer to check that's the problem? Being without light for a day or so will cause some loss of colour too, they'll pick back up after lights are back on. 3/4 days without light before you'll start getting proper issues, even then gsp and xenia are really resilient as corals go.

Temp appears to be at 80

 

[ChiCity]

Get some ice and place some bags in the sump or around the tank, see if you can bring the temps down to ideal levels with this method

 

[Gweeds1980]

Be fine at 80... worry if it gets above about 82. Likely no light is causing loss of colour. I Run my tank as normal between 80 and 82... normal reef temps.