107 F Reef Temp Help

[Al]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11521267#post11521267 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LisaD
Can't mwlude just rinse the old rock really well and empty/scrub the tank with plain water? I don't think it needs to be dried out or cooked. Any dead on it will help with the cycle anyway, right? (at least that's what I did when I had the meltdown)

I agree with LisaD. This rock can't be any worse than some 'Live Rock' I've seen. If I had to choose between sterilizing the rock and throwing it away, I'd throw it away and buy new. But I don't think he does. I would have flushed out the tank, rock, and sand with new saltwater and recycled the rock and sand right in the tank.

Mwlude, let us know how it turns out.

 

[mwlude]

I have drained the tank and by scrubbing the rock I mean that I scrubbed off the zoos, macro algae, and star polyps. I am going to throw out the sand and by new. I'll keep posting and see how the rock progresses. I think te corraline might make it some of it is still quite purple and not bleached like the corraline on my glass. I have moved it to a bin with some water I had mixed. I just cant see throwing out 70lbs of rock. The rock is between 1-1 1/2 yrs old.

 

[LisaD]

no reason to throw it out or sterilize. you didn't have a disease wipeout, it was a temperature issue. I'm so sorry about your loss. I really do know how you feel, since it happened to me too. I lost some really great fish and corals. It pretty much ruined the holidays for me. It still makes me sad, even though it was about 15 years ago. I think you could keep the sand, too, if you rinse it well. your call. I'm just cheap.

 

[aurora]

I'd take out the live rocks and clean/rinse everything with tap water to wash off dead stuff, drain the tank and start with new freshly mixed water. Put your liverocks back in and keep your finger crossed to see if anything can come back. You'll be surprise at what may survive...some of this stuff can be quite resilent. If you have zoos...I'd bet that some survived. I wouldn't scrub (or cook) your rocks since there's a slight chance that somethings may come back and the bacteria on the rocks are probably not affected. Expect your skimmer to really crank out some foam. Your tank will likely go through a mini-cycle again but will be stable in a couple of weeks.

 

[mwlude]

The skimmer is going crazy. The ammonia has dropped from 6 to 2 in 2 days So I am assuming that there has to be some bacteria at work.

 

[twolfe98]

Sorry to hear this... Bummer man...
About 4 months ago, my 90g hit 101.
I did a 40gal water change (all I had available) over about a 3 hour period to cool the tank. 5gal at a time. Lost 90% of my sps/lps. and didn’t loose many if any softies. I think they are pretty robust. It took 3 or so days but all the zoa's, leather, polyps, anemones opened up and made a full recovery. my orange digi colony partially survived. The tips had some remaining tissue that is growing back nicely.
I did have a "mini-cycle" over the following 3-4 weeks.

The root of my "Fish Fry" goes back to my skimmer pump failing. Somehow the pump allowed water to wick through the inside of the power cord, up and over the drip loop, then leaked around the plug prongs right in to my power strip. This caused the power strip to catch on fire, blowing the house main. (crazy huh?)
The surge caused the power supply on the fans to go out and they didn’t come on for a few days. slowly increasing to 101

Hopefully you will have something that survives. Do big water changes. hope for the best.? If it looks bad Id drain/clean/rebuild and change anything you didnt like. Good luck,

hope all is well.