royy
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I don't know how the event that unfolded involving my tank actully ended without the loss of tank life.
Tuesday night the power went out while we were sleeping. It was back on before I woke up. I never checked the tank not thinking there could be a problem. Wed. I work 2 jobs so I left before the tank lights go on, and I get home after they are off. Thursday I go to work. I come home Thursday and the tank is off. I figure we were having another power outage. I go in the kitchen and all the clocks are working fine. Then it hits me. The tank has not been on since Tuesday night. It is now Thursday evening. I notice the GFIC kicked off. It must have tripped during the outage. I fire the tank back up. My temp is reading 65. I figure all the fish and corals would be dead with 2 days of no water movement and low temp. To my suprise, as the lights warm up, I see a clownfish. Then I see my coral beauty. About a half an hour later the yellow tang pops out. All the corals look fine. I can't believe I did not lose one fish or coral. I guess the bioload is low enough. I have 6 fish in a 90.
Well, I guess I should play the lottery or something.
BTW, Friday night and the fish are acting like nothing ever happened.
Roy
Tuesday night the power went out while we were sleeping. It was back on before I woke up. I never checked the tank not thinking there could be a problem. Wed. I work 2 jobs so I left before the tank lights go on, and I get home after they are off. Thursday I go to work. I come home Thursday and the tank is off. I figure we were having another power outage. I go in the kitchen and all the clocks are working fine. Then it hits me. The tank has not been on since Tuesday night. It is now Thursday evening. I notice the GFIC kicked off. It must have tripped during the outage. I fire the tank back up. My temp is reading 65. I figure all the fish and corals would be dead with 2 days of no water movement and low temp. To my suprise, as the lights warm up, I see a clownfish. Then I see my coral beauty. About a half an hour later the yellow tang pops out. All the corals look fine. I can't believe I did not lose one fish or coral. I guess the bioload is low enough. I have 6 fish in a 90.
Well, I guess I should play the lottery or something.
BTW, Friday night and the fish are acting like nothing ever happened.
Roy