Summer heat wave: a cautionary tale

mossimo654

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Hi all

I live in a typically temperate climate and have never had any issues with this.

However, two days ago I noticed that every single soft coral and most of my LPS and gorgs were receded and/or droopy. However all my sps were totally fine. I was very confused since my sps are more typically "difficult" corals like acros.

I assumed that is was because my salinity had creeped up slightly (1.027) and dropped it. However that didn't do the trick. I took a day and a half for my numbskull brain to put together that we're in a historic heat wave and my room gets particularly hot. I checked the temp and it was just over 90! Needless to say I took corrective measures immediately like turning off lights, directing all fans towards the tank and unplugging heaters.

However, I'm pretty sure my blasto colony is already completely bleached :( The others are still receded but will hopefully come back. I've gotten the temp down to around 81. I normally have it between 79 and 80.

I read online that these corals tend to come from deeper parts of the reef and thus can't handle those temps whereas my sps can.

Anyway, take it from me: if there's a heatwave coming, prepare!
 
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