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02/28/2020, 09:57 AM
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lost power. Tank temp dropped to 70 degrees.
Are my inhabitants doomed? I covered the tank with a blanket. The power is back on. The temp is back up to 75.
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02/28/2020, 10:03 AM
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Should be fine
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02/28/2020, 10:32 AM
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Yeah should be okay, fish are smart and will go in/around the rocks that hold a bit more heat.
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02/28/2020, 10:54 AM
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should be just fine. i've had my tank without heat for up to 16 hours before (battery backups on the pwoerheads to keep circulation going).
temp dropped to the mid 60's, roughly ambient for the room, and everyone was just fine when things warmed back up.
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02/29/2020, 07:28 AM
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Not a problem at all.. I run my tank at that temp all winter long (no heaters for me...keep house at 68 in the winter) corals/fish,etc.. All do just fine.
The bigger danger in a power outage is the loss of water circulation/oxygenation.. A battery powered bubbler is cheap insurance there..
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03/02/2020, 08:52 PM
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lost power. Tank temp dropped to 70 degrees.
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What do you keep in the tanks you run at 68 degrees? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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03/02/2020, 09:25 PM
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Fish (wrasses,kole tang, singapore angelfish, mandarin goby) Urchins, cucumbers, snails, starfish Basically anything you want can be kept at that temp... Saves quite a bit on electricity as I dont need hundreds of watts of heaters running multiple times a day...
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03/02/2020, 09:42 PM
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Wow, I’m so glad to hear that.. I’m a lot less afraid of losing power now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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03/03/2020, 02:26 AM
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I lost fish during power outages not because of temperature drops but because the algae in the tanks were consuming oxygen instead of producing it. This isn't really an issue if the pumps are running but if the lights and the pumps are out it can quickly lead to oxygen deprivation and fish and inverts suffocating. Most of our tank inhabitants can handle temperature drops down to 18°C for a few hours. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
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