need help

[aznnutty]

saw my temp this morning at 70 but both heaters are on? 350 watts for my 75g. lost of power maybe? whats my best course of action?

 

[chuggy]

check to see if the heaters are hot first if not go get some new ones

 

[Dave Stewart]

Sounds like power if you lost both heaters. I have a small UPS installed.

 

[PhilipOSU]

What are you measuring your temp with? I would double check the temp with a reading from different measuring device to reconfirm the 70 deg.

 

[aznnutty]

yeah its 70. feels cold. both heaters r hot. hope nothing dies

 

[Tswifty]

You'll probably be ok, especially if the power went out, and the temp dropped slowly.

I believe 60 degrees is the lower threshold regardless of how slow it gets there, when things start to die.

I had an SPS frag arrive at my house at 63 degress, and just acclimated it slowly, and it rebounded just fine.

 

[funkyman]

Most of the time it's not so much the temp itself as it is how fast the temp changed and by how much.

 

[itZme]

Yesterday afternoon I put my hand into the tank and thought it felt cold. I checked and the controller said it was 70.1 degrees !

I went over to figure out what was up and found that I had unplugged 2 out of 3 heaters I use and forgot to put them back. I added the two 300 watt heaters and they kicked on and it took about 14-16 hours to get the temps from 70.1 up to 77 again.

Things started looking much happier than they had been before. I wonder how long it had been so low. Another one of those "DOH! " moments like Homer Simpson.