POWER DOWN Temp Going Down Too

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  1. Bruce

    Bruce Giant Squid

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    Hello, at around 4am the power went out and it is now 10, it has droped from about 76.5 to 74...i wraped the tank with towels and put the house heat on high...how low can it go before it will be fatal...
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  2. Matt Rogers

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    From personal experience, I've had my old hex go into the 60's and things pulled through. I didn't have a lot of livestock though. I'd think you'd be fine for a day or so.

    This always reminds me that I haven't ordered a battery operated air pump yet. :p
     
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  3. Bruce

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    well powers up again and i have 3 death and 1 missing...my sunburst anthias, my old cleanershrimp...:( 1.5 years old and 1 new small cleaner shrimp...one that is missing is my new barnacle blenny...hes not in his barnacle but i hope hes just hiding...i did get a generator and it was on for about 4 hours...and i know my guys would have not survived much longer...just take a moment to remember the men or women that gave their lives today :(
     
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    Hey Bruce! Hope you and yours are OK...I've been watching the news..... :-/

    Can you heat water? (gas stove?) Maybe you could mildly heat a few pots...take some tank water out, and heat it slightly and slowly add back to tank?

    If your house heat is up, it should not go much lower that the air temp. I would take off any tops if you have them, to help with aeration tho.
     
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    Birdlady Finback Whale

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    Hmm. . . posted together... ::)
    Sorry about your critters... :'(
     
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  6. Bruce

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    :( im just very relieved that my blenny did not die...he was the first fish i ever got
     
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  7. Matt Rogers

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    Sorry for your loss. That sucks.
    Did you rent the generator or buy it?
     
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  8. Bruce

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    rent from ametron
     
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  9. Bruce

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    Found Barnacle Blenny dead 4:30 pm

    Wow...my nano is getting hurt the water is cloudy and smells...i better look for the fish...5 min later boom...had to mess up the whole aquascape and my anemone moved too...now hes in the back...hope he moves back...and wow was i scared i saw some crazy big worms when the power was out
     
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  10. JohnO

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    Sorry to hear it Bruce :-(

    Same thing happened to me a few years back, no power, no circulation, no oxygen, white water and stunk, :-( Wasn't happy at all

    John
     
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