Tank flooded while out of town

[bct15]

Well I was at a Mardi Grad parade yesterday when my tank sitter called me with bad news. Frag tank drain got plugged up and flooded my living room. 90 gallon sump has only 1/2 inch of water in it now. I had him turn the cavitate pumps off, on the way home today to sum up the damage. Hopefully all of my return and feed pumps still work.

 

[ReefPops]

Oh no...sorry to hear about that. Hopefully your livestock is okay.

 

[Zoa Junkie]

Nooooo, I hope all is well. Never like hearing and reading stories like this!

 

[creefer]

Argh....hate to hear that.

Wishing you well.

 

[stacy_vennes]

Hope things get better for ya. I know what its like to go somewhere and come home to that.

 

[bct15]

Well I got home, tank sitter did good cleaning it up. All of the coral looks good, pectinas have some light colored spots on them. One oversight I had is that my heater is in the sump and now the display is somewhat cold. It says 77.8 degrees on my display thermometer, and I keep it about 79.6. Luckily the halides kept it a little warm, now it is time to brew some ro and salt mix, I guess it will be like a large water change. Below is one of the pics the tank sitter sent me yesterday

 

[T.W.]

Ahh Hate to hear that! Hope you get everything back up and running quickly!

 

[bct15]

That was a typo earlier, I meant my tank
Was at 67 degrees. A dragon face pipefish did die, I have the tank up to 72 degrees now.

 

[bct15]

Well got my tank back up 75 using hot water bottles, my tank heater in the sump, and my medal Halides...at this point i think it is safe let the heater do the rest. Gonna go to bed and assess damage tomorrow, so far there was one noticeable casualty. What are the optimum temps for a mixed reef anyway, I always keep mine at 79 but noticed absolutely no red slime at the lower temp, it was completely gone?