Temp Dropped to 70 from 78

Fishfish0001 · 11/15/2010, 07:05 PM

So today it appears my heater got unplugged somehow, no sure exactly, but the tank temp dropped to 70 over the coarse of 12 or so hours from 78 degrees. I just plugged the heater back in, will there be any issues with this? My corals seemed a little unhappy, which was what alerted me to the issue, they were a bit closed, and things were a bit slower than usual.

I have:
1 Maroon Clown
1 Fire Shrimp
1 Tuxedo Urchin
1 BTA
Assorted crabs and snails and some corals

snorvich · 11/15/2010, 07:15 PM

Be sure the temperature comes up slowly, ideally over a couple of days. Otherwise, no issues.

Porcupinepuffer · 11/15/2010, 07:30 PM

You'll be fine. I had a similar situation to this happen. I noticed my pulsing xenia's were sort of shriveled up, but everything was fine when the temp started SLOWLY rising back up.

aleonn · 11/15/2010, 07:54 PM

I'd manually set the heater up 1-2 degrees each day. The livestock are otherwise looking good?

Fishfish0001 · 11/16/2010, 04:30 PM

Everything looks fine. I just plugged the heater back in, which was probably a bad idea, but nothing bad has happened. Raised to 76 over about 10 hours which is almost the normal temp.

ashtree68 · 11/16/2010, 04:41 PM

I've had that happen a few times, things get angry and such but other than that all was well. I did like you did and just plugged the heater straight back in.

kingfisher62 · 11/16/2010, 05:04 PM

One winter I forgot to plug my heater back in after maintainance for a week. Water was 68 degrees when I realized it. Funny thing was all , week long i was noticing how great all my corals looked. They actually seemed to enjoy it!
Raised it slowly over a couple of days with no issues

Brian94558 · 11/16/2010, 05:06 PM

I've had this happen a number of times, thanks to the wonderfully reliable stealth heaters! Everything has always turned out fine. livestock seem to handle lower temps just fine.

11/15/2010, 07:05 PM	#1
Fishfish0001 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA Posts: 353	Temp Dropped to 70 from 78 So today it appears my heater got unplugged somehow, no sure exactly, but the tank temp dropped to 70 over the coarse of 12 or so hours from 78 degrees. I just plugged the heater back in, will there be any issues with this? My corals seemed a little unhappy, which was what alerted me to the issue, they were a bit closed, and things were a bit slower than usual. I have: 1 Maroon Clown 1 Fire Shrimp 1 Tuxedo Urchin 1 BTA Assorted crabs and snails and some corals

11/15/2010, 07:15 PM	#2
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	Be sure the temperature comes up slowly, ideally over a couple of days. Otherwise, no issues. __________________ Warmest regards, ~Steve~

11/15/2010, 07:30 PM	#3
Porcupinepuffer Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 299	You'll be fine. I had a similar situation to this happen. I noticed my pulsing xenia's were sort of shriveled up, but everything was fine when the temp started SLOWLY rising back up. __________________ 120g AGA~145lbs Haitian LR~DA RK2 Controler~2x 14k 250 DE MH's~2x Ovrflows~96W Actnics~Mag 12 Rturn~Modified BKing 180 Skimer~Phsban Ractr~GEO Kalk Ractr~Powerheads:MP40w/Seio 820/modified Psweep 270 Current Tank Info: 120 AGA

11/16/2010, 04:41 PM	#6
ashtree68 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Lincoln Park-Chicago Posts: 1,922	I've had that happen a few times, things get angry and such but other than that all was well. I did like you did and just plugged the heater straight back in. __________________ -Ashton

11/16/2010, 05:04 PM	#7
kingfisher62 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 4,972	One winter I forgot to plug my heater back in after maintainance for a week. Water was 68 degrees when I realized it. Funny thing was all , week long i was noticing how great all my corals looked. They actually seemed to enjoy it! Raised it slowly over a couple of days with no issues __________________ 55g Tank - 216W T5's Foxface, tomato clown, yellow tailed damsel, Starrie Blennie, LPS and softies 29G Biocube- 120W LED's 2 percular clown, Six line Wrasse , LPS and softies Current Tank Info: 55 gl. Reef tank ,29g biocube Reef

11/15/2010, 07:54 PM	#4
aleonn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 4,041	I'd manually set the heater up 1-2 degrees each day. The livestock are otherwise looking good?

11/16/2010, 04:30 PM	#5
Fishfish0001 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA Posts: 353	Everything looks fine. I just plugged the heater back in, which was probably a bad idea, but nothing bad has happened. Raised to 76 over about 10 hours which is almost the normal temp.

11/16/2010, 05:06 PM	#8
Brian94558 Moved On Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 56	I've had this happen a number of times, thanks to the wonderfully reliable stealth heaters! Everything has always turned out fine. livestock seem to handle lower temps just fine.

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