BrianReefer
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So i'm here to report another 'just my luck' story - while i was out of town on vacation, my ATO's emergency float switch triggered a false positive and the ATO shut off. No RODI going in, which meant lowering water, which meant no return flow, no heater, etc. My APEX alerted me based on a PH and temp issues. It was probably in this state for 2-3 days.
I guess I'm lucky that EVERYTHING didn't die, but I'm frustrated and sad to report lost of a bunch of high end coals. Fox Flame, Z's Cotton Candy, LRO Magic Kingdom, Voodoo Magic, many others. So so sad, they were all mini colonies and all gone =(.
Anyways, it's been back up and temp, PH, parameters have been stable for 2 weeks now. But my SPS are still struggling. Many are really bleached and I fear barely hanging on or on their way out. The tank is barely using any Alkalinity - maybe 20ml /day when it used to use 70ml/day. I suspect temp dropped to the low 70's, (maybe hit 70), unsure of PH. I measured ALK right away when it was back up and running and it dropped to 7, i normally keep it at 8, it normally uses much more alk but I guess the temp drop slowed everything down. Salinity obviously went up a bit too. Ended up needing to add 15g of RODI into the sump, the overall tank + sump volume is normally 116g.
My question: With all of the above said, am i extremely lucky/shouldn't be complaining that anything even survived? Being stable for 2 weeks now, should I expect the frags/mini colonies that survived to likley make it? Is there anything else i should do in this 'recovery' period to increase chances of survival?
**Also, without the skimmer, GFO, UV, running since there was no active sump going due to water volume, i also have experienced a dino outbreak. That's icing on the cake. But it is getting on my dead/dying frags and i'm manually removing, what else should i do there? Current readings:
PH: 8.24
Temp: 78
Alk: 7.7
Cal: 460
Mg: 1300
Any help, guidance, welcome. Thank you!
I guess I'm lucky that EVERYTHING didn't die, but I'm frustrated and sad to report lost of a bunch of high end coals. Fox Flame, Z's Cotton Candy, LRO Magic Kingdom, Voodoo Magic, many others. So so sad, they were all mini colonies and all gone =(.
Anyways, it's been back up and temp, PH, parameters have been stable for 2 weeks now. But my SPS are still struggling. Many are really bleached and I fear barely hanging on or on their way out. The tank is barely using any Alkalinity - maybe 20ml /day when it used to use 70ml/day. I suspect temp dropped to the low 70's, (maybe hit 70), unsure of PH. I measured ALK right away when it was back up and running and it dropped to 7, i normally keep it at 8, it normally uses much more alk but I guess the temp drop slowed everything down. Salinity obviously went up a bit too. Ended up needing to add 15g of RODI into the sump, the overall tank + sump volume is normally 116g.
My question: With all of the above said, am i extremely lucky/shouldn't be complaining that anything even survived? Being stable for 2 weeks now, should I expect the frags/mini colonies that survived to likley make it? Is there anything else i should do in this 'recovery' period to increase chances of survival?
**Also, without the skimmer, GFO, UV, running since there was no active sump going due to water volume, i also have experienced a dino outbreak. That's icing on the cake. But it is getting on my dead/dying frags and i'm manually removing, what else should i do there? Current readings:
PH: 8.24
Temp: 78
Alk: 7.7
Cal: 460
Mg: 1300
Any help, guidance, welcome. Thank you!
