It is very unusual in my area to have a power outage, and if there is one, i rely on my generator. however, today during the 7 hour power outage, the generator broke, and i have no emergency setups on 40 g. luckily, my gf brought me her portable aerator with air stone and all the 3 fishes and the cleaner shrimp i have on the tank survived, the corals seemed unhappy but nothing died. after the power outage, and the pump turned on, the tank gets very cloudy, and I immediately did 50% WC. the cloudiness seemed to fade, but it is still fairly cloudy. i don't have any ammonia test kit currently, and would take like 3 days to order them online. could it be an ammonia spike? or is it just some debris flying all over the tank or bacteria blooming? FYI the tank doesn't smell at all unlike ammonia spike during cycling. Thank you
Power outage, cloudy water?!
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KrisReef
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Whatever damage may have happened in the 7 hour outage followed by a 50%wc is done. Things you might look at(if you have them):
Do you have a deep sand bed?
Do you have canister filtration with media or pads that could have gone anoxic and are still foul?
Your GF is a keeper!
Do you have a deep sand bed?
Do you have canister filtration with media or pads that could have gone anoxic and are still foul?
Your GF is a keeper!
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Nope, turned it off when the power came back
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well, the sand bed on the DT is probably 2 inch thick, and the only stuffs in my sump are Protein skimmer, UV sterilizer, and a return pump. Do you think I need to run carbon on a reactor to remove the cloudiness? thanks for the help
and YES she is a keeper!
KrisReef
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well, the sand bed on the DT is probably 2 inch thick, and the only stuffs in my sump are Protein skimmer, UV sterilizer, and a return pump. Do you think I need to run carbon on a reactor to remove the cloudiness? thanks for the help
and YES she is a keeper!
If the fish are acting normal and not stressed then there is probably nothing else you need to do. The cloudiness should go away on it own without any additional need for carbon.
