Lights out?

Biocubehqi · 07/07/2012, 09:39 PM

So the air conditioner in our apartment building went out today. Our tank temp crept up.... We now have it stable, but I am worried about tomorrow.. Would we be able to keep our mh off to or row without a bad effect on our corals and tank in general? Or what should we do?

Any advice or ideas would be great!

Thanks!

webos · 07/07/2012, 09:41 PM

I've heard of people freezing pop bottles of water and putting it their sump

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Biocubehqi · 07/07/2012, 09:50 PM

Also a little tank info

We have a 29 gallon biocube hqi..

Our current stock:
1 clownfish
1 royal gramma
2 heads of frogspawn
1 moon coral
1 rock with button polyps
1 ricordea mushroom
Random mushrooms
1 turbo snail
2 Astraea snails
3 nassarius snails
10 blue leg hermits

Our water params are
pH: 8.3
Nitrates: 0
Calcium:460
Phosphates:0.25
Kh:11
Hydrometer read: 1.025

We run our ecoxoctic panorama pro blue led from: 9:30-11:30am,
Our metal halide from 10:30 - 4:30pm,
And our panorama again from; 3:30 - 9:30pm

Biocubehqi · 07/07/2012, 09:56 PM

Would it be ok to leave the lights off for a day? Or would it hurt our tank/inhabitants

webos · 07/07/2012, 10:19 PM

That I'm not sure of only been doing saltwater for two years but I think leaving the lights should be ok but not a 100% sure.

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Michigan Mike · 07/07/2012, 10:31 PM

a day or two is fine

mike_cmu04 · 07/07/2012, 11:42 PM

yes leave the lights off and freeze some water in pop bottles.

mal7887 · 07/08/2012, 05:37 AM

I've had to drop ice in the tank when our power has been out, and it gets hot in Florida quick with no power. Tank will be fine without light for a few days. When a storm or Hurricane goes over the ocean, it can be up to week with no sunlight depending on how big and how fast it's moving.

jasin401 · 07/08/2012, 04:57 PM

i kill the lights when our power goes out too...oh wait maybe because i cant power the lights without power

the corals will be fine. a little ****ed off for a few days, but fine. i also freeze ro/di water in ziplock bags and swap them out when needed to keep the temp down. you should be able to fit the bags in a chember in the back

07/07/2012, 09:39 PM	#1
Biocubehqi Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Illinois Posts: 777	Lights out? So the air conditioner in our apartment building went out today. Our tank temp crept up.... We now have it stable, but I am worried about tomorrow.. Would we be able to keep our mh off to or row without a bad effect on our corals and tank in general? Or what should we do? Any advice or ideas would be great! Thanks!

07/07/2012, 09:41 PM	#2
webos Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Benton City Posts: 41	I've heard of people freezing pop bottles of water and putting it their sump Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ 29g Eclipse 3 Current Tank Info: 55g with 20l sump. 2 chromis and 2 f/p clowns.

07/07/2012, 10:19 PM	#5
webos Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Benton City Posts: 41	That I'm not sure of only been doing saltwater for two years but I think leaving the lights should be ok but not a 100% sure. Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ 29g Eclipse 3 Current Tank Info: 55g with 20l sump. 2 chromis and 2 f/p clowns.

07/07/2012, 11:42 PM	#7
mike_cmu04 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Shepherd, Mi Posts: 2,348	yes leave the lights off and freeze some water in pop bottles. __________________ 92 Gallon corner tank, 2-radion gen 2 led lights, 2 mp40's Current Tank Info: 92 Gallon Corner Tank

07/08/2012, 05:37 AM	#8
mal7887 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Tampa Posts: 643	I've had to drop ice in the tank when our power has been out, and it gets hot in Florida quick with no power. Tank will be fine without light for a few days. When a storm or Hurricane goes over the ocean, it can be up to week with no sunlight depending on how big and how fast it's moving. __________________ Matt Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining. Current Tank Info: 190

07/07/2012, 09:50 PM	#3
Biocubehqi Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Illinois Posts: 777	Also a little tank info We have a 29 gallon biocube hqi.. Our current stock: 1 clownfish 1 royal gramma 2 heads of frogspawn 1 moon coral 1 rock with button polyps 1 ricordea mushroom Random mushrooms 1 turbo snail 2 Astraea snails 3 nassarius snails 10 blue leg hermits Our water params are pH: 8.3 Nitrates: 0 Calcium:460 Phosphates:0.25 Kh:11 Hydrometer read: 1.025 We run our ecoxoctic panorama pro blue led from: 9:30-11:30am, Our metal halide from 10:30 - 4:30pm, And our panorama again from; 3:30 - 9:30pm

07/07/2012, 09:56 PM	#4
Biocubehqi Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Illinois Posts: 777	Would it be ok to leave the lights off for a day? Or would it hurt our tank/inhabitants

07/07/2012, 10:31 PM	#6
Michigan Mike Freedom costs a buckofive Join Date: May 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,002	a day or two is fine

07/08/2012, 04:57 PM	#9
jasin401 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Providence Posts: 252	i kill the lights when our power goes out too...oh wait maybe because i cant power the lights without power the corals will be fine. a little ****ed off for a few days, but fine. i also freeze ro/di water in ziplock bags and swap them out when needed to keep the temp down. you should be able to fit the bags in a chember in the back