Power was out for 24hrs due to storm

[Jsimon]

So everyone I need advise. My power went out due to the ice storms, it was out for 36 hours. 8 hours of that I had a working UPS, my generator never would start. The water temp went down to 53 degrees. Power is now up, aquarium is at 72 degrees. And fish are moving. Not sure if coral survived yet. What steps can I take to save this aquarium?

 

[CrimsonTide]

So everyone I need advise. My power went out due to the ice storms, it was out for 36 hours. 8 hours of that I had a working UPS, my generator never would start. The water temp went down to 53 degrees. Power is now up, aquarium is at 72 degrees. And fish are moving. Not sure if coral survived yet. What steps can I take to save this aquarium?

Mine wasn't put as long as yours a couple weeks back in an snow ice event but it was still out for like 9hrs and was down in the 50s water temp. Everything survived. I didn't feed the corals for a couple of days to make sure they didn't get stressed more. How long have you had power back and the temp back up?

 

[Jsimon]

Power since 7 pm tonighttemp was up 4 hours later. I even put a electric heater blowing on the glass

 

[Jsimon]

By the way…. Roll Tide!

 

[CrimsonTide]

Power since 7 pm tonighttemp was up 4 hours later. I even put a electric heater blowing on the glass

Well I would wait till the morning and see what all corals open up and see which are ticked at you. I would assume if your fish are doing fine now they'll be fine. The corals i think you'll need to see just how they do when they get light on them tomorrow. Do any of them look bad or bleached at this point or brown?

And Roll Tide as well! I thought the name was a good play of words for a fish forum as well as my fandom.

 

[bobnicaragua]

I live in a Dallas suburb and lost my entire 135 gal sps tank last year. Without power 5 days and did not own a generator ( I own one now).
Tank got down to 38 degrees. We were boiling tank water on the fireplace and dumping it back in for a while.

 

[CrimsonTide]

I live in a Dallas suburb and lost my entire 135 gal sps tank last year. Without power 5 days and did not own a generator ( I own one now).
Tank got down to 38 degrees. We were boiling tank water on the fireplace and dumping it back in for a while.

Sorry about that. Its crazy.

 

[Jsimon]

No nothing looks brown, or bleached, so I’ll keep a close eye on the tank. I grew up in Wetumpka so I am a Bama fan also.

 

[mdb_talon]

I would expect that since it was gradual decrease in temp and was not that low that long that most will be ok. I have received delayed shipments of coral with water that cold and even a bit colder and most things survived(though did have some losses as well). Not exactly the same thing but hopefully gives you some hope.

 

[Jsimon]

I was screwed with no power and no gas pressure. The gas fireplace was close enough that it could have kept the temps up. Then I went to start the generator and it wouldn’t start. I had run it 2 weeks ago. So if most of the aquarium lives I’ll be a happy man

 

[CrimsonTide]

No nothing looks brown, or bleached, so I’ll keep a close eye on the tank. I grew up in Wetumpka so I am a Bama fan also.

Well glad they didn't talk you into being a Auburn fan that close to the enemy!

If nothing looks brown or bleached you might be safe for now. Update this thread tomorrow with the status of everything. I understand how you feel though. I literally watched the transformer blow on my street and knew I was in a world of hurt. I have a car power inverter but the fuse was magically blown so couldn't use it and luckily I had a battery powered air pump so I tossed it on the tank found a glass lid I had laying around threw it on and threw on blankets and towels and just prayed as I watched the temp go down in my house. I knew I wasn't getting power back very quick theres like 15 houses in my neighborhood out in the middle of nowhere. I was a low priority.

 

[Jsimon]

So it is looking good, no dead fish, no apparent dead coral. Just a whole bunch of ticked off coral that has half opened. And water that is a lil cloudy

 

[CrimsonTide]

So it is looking good, no dead fish, no apparent dead coral. Just a whole bunch of ticked off coral that has half opened. And water that is a lil cloudy

You may want to do a waterchange but sounds good so far!

 

[Picassoclown]

Power is back on. I got lucky everyone! Still got the generator coming with back up options as well! Thanks again for the help!