So yesterday we had some mild storms but nothing too big, I get home about 6 to a sunny beautiful home and find my power has been out since 10 a.m with an estimated turn on time of 2:30 am. So I rush to Home Depot to rent a generator and get it set up with the pumps running by 730. Well the fish are still alive but almost half my coral has bleached including my Homewrecker that I just pulled the trigger on 2 weeks prior. At this point I'm pretty done and depressed with this and don't want to spend a single ounce of money or my time further but also realize this was freak accident (only my block was knocked out). Sorry for the log intro but anyways is there anyway to save this Homewrecker or is it toast?
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Hang in thereSo yesterday we had some mild storms but nothing too big, I get home about 6 to a sunny beautiful home and find my power has been out since 10 a.m with an estimated turn on time of 2:30 am. So I rush to Home Depot to rent a generator and get it set up with the pumps running by 730. Well the fish are still alive but almost half my coral has bleached including my Homewrecker that I just pulled the trigger on 2 weeks prior. At this point I'm pretty done and depressed with this and don't want to spend a single ounce of money or my time further but also realize this was freak accident (only my block was knocked out). Sorry for the log intro but anyways is there anyway to save this Homewrecker or is it toast?
I had an issue a month or so ago where all my corals bleached out as well for a different reason. If they're not completely bleached they'll come back. If it's one thing i've learned is that if you get everything back on track and give them time, they'll recover 
this is where a controller helps. It would tell you the power is out.
I have an Apex, I was at work and I live alone so even if I had noticed the alert the soonest I could get back to my tank and hook up a generator is maybe a 30 min difference. Unfortunately I work in corporate and I can't just leave if I have a tank emergency because I drive an hour into Dallas for work
Yes that is difficult and removes a lot of value of having an apex alert system. Very sorry for your loss.
If it were me I’d have a back up generator with an auto transfer switch. Power out ..power on !!
I installed one at my house. Not for my fish more for my heat and ac and refrigerator and chest freezer.. oh and my fish too
I installed one at my house. Not for my fish more for my heat and ac and refrigerator and chest freezer.. oh and my fish too
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You can also purchase a battery backup. Larger the better. Have one of your power heads connected to it. Plugs into the power outlet. So even if your power goes out you have water circulating for as long as the battery lasts. The coral might come back if you give it time and some special loving care.
What a bummer. Yea stay the course and they’ll recover.
A cheap trick is to put one powerhead on a smaller battery backup. Generally I’d say the one that does the most surface agitation.
Besides temp (mine regularly goes from 75-84 sometimes) it’s oxygenation that’s the problem. Flow also helps some organisms breath.
A cheap trick is to put one powerhead on a smaller battery backup. Generally I’d say the one that does the most surface agitation.
Besides temp (mine regularly goes from 75-84 sometimes) it’s oxygenation that’s the problem. Flow also helps some organisms breath.
I have used fluidized bed sand filters for years. Keeping water flowing through them is essential, so I use computer UPS (uninterrupted power supply) systems as my battery backup. I only have the essentials plugged into it, the pump for the FB, and an air pump with airstones to keep the oxygen supply up so the FB doesn't deplete the oxygen in the tank. It also beeps when it goes into battery mode, so you know somethings up with the power. They also recharge themselves when the power is restored.
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This is fricking terrible. It’s hard to imagine anything worse happening to a tank owner. Having broken down and made a massive (and tiny) purchase and having it all go wrong really sucks. I can’t tell you how much I sympathize.
I’m going to encourage you to not let it get to you though. Do your best to try to recover. I’ve promised myself for years that there is one reason I will not quit this hobby, and that’s that it defeats me.
What you’ve been through really sucks. When you’re feeling better, let’s talk about what we can do to help you try to avoid this fate in future. Nothing is going to make it foolproof, but you may be able to get a bit safer. Until then, I’m really sorry to hear this dude. Hang in there.
I’m going to encourage you to not let it get to you though. Do your best to try to recover. I’ve promised myself for years that there is one reason I will not quit this hobby, and that’s that it defeats me.
What you’ve been through really sucks. When you’re feeling better, let’s talk about what we can do to help you try to avoid this fate in future. Nothing is going to make it foolproof, but you may be able to get a bit safer. Until then, I’m really sorry to hear this dude. Hang in there.
