Power back on. Now What?

[beapeams]

Could someone answer a few questions for me and then give as much information to Newbies like me to help them Recover. The question is: What exactly do we need to do with our tanks now that the power is back on?

I am lucky, like Shooter, that my tank is in the basement so the temp of my tank dropped 2 degrees. I was able to run my Tunze 6060 and a powerhead to aerate the water, using a battery backup from work. It lasted about 5~6 hours then I would charge it at my Mom's house and bring it back. My corals and Fish(save my Moorish) survived. I have a bunch of Macro in my Sump and it should have had plenty of oxygen from the Macro, would occasionly hookup a pump to the sump to move water (thanks jpgraft for mention this to me). I know that I need to do a water change (doing a 20% change today) and I already run Carbon, Purigen and polyfilters. I plan on testing my water and adjusting water acorrdingling (Raise KH/PH and Calcium, and add Stability to help replenish any lost bacteria) if needed.

What else do I need to do and what are things I should look out for.

Thanks for everyones help.
Sean

 

[MayoBoy]

The main thing I noticed when I kicked the Tunze and Seio on was the huge ammount of dead pods and bristle worms. The floated all over the tank and eventually went someplace or other. I tested for ammonia and nitrites but they were both zero so I'm not worried about it.

 

[mjasgt]

Power loss

Power loss

I was out of town when the power went out. All my fish, corals and inverts appear to be dead. Can I save the live rock and substrate? I am assuming that I have to recycle the whole thing again but I am unsure as to how to cure the live rock and substrate. Any and all help will be appreciated. Both tanks (75 and 29 long) are about 5 years old.

 

[MayoBoy]

I would just take all the dead stuff out, change some water, run some charcoal and let it run as normal. I went through that a couple of years ago and lots of stuff ended up coming back.