The temp on my tank usually stays around 80 and the other day the timer did not work right and the lights stayed on from 1:30 p.m to 1:30 a.m and when i got home that morning the temp was at 95. it is a reef tank with softies and LPS. Things look a little dismall this morning especially the toadstool and the hammer coral. Just wanted to know if they were going to be good or am i in trouble?
Temp sky rocketed.. am i OK?
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Good thing to do after stuff happen to our tank is to do a 10%water change just to be sure.
What done are done now. It may or may not hurt your corals depend on how big your tank are and how fast the temp raise and lower.
Your corals are in shock, but you be supprice at how tought those guys are
What done are done now. It may or may not hurt your corals depend on how big your tank are and how fast the temp raise and lower.
Your corals are in shock, but you be supprice at how tought those guys are
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Lower the temp slowly, water change, run carbon... bout all you can do.
How long was it at that temp? Some softies don't do well with high temps even for short periods of time.
I hoope everything works out well for you. Don't really have any advice other than to reiterate what a fantastic investment a controller is. Doesn't matter which you choose, even the most basic provides a few layers of protection against timer failures.
Might be a consideration if you can swing it in the budget...
Might be a consideration if you can swing it in the budget...
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def run new carbon if you havent started already. That way if you do have some die off it doesnt kill the whole tank... hopefully.
15 degree change in 12 hours - You would be extremely lucky to keep everything. what would scare me is that your lighting is capable of makign your water reach those kind of temps...better get a safeguard in place for the future....a controller is a great investment
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If your hammer coral doesnt make it... let me know. I got a bunch of it.
Are you sure you don't have a heater gone wild? 12 hours with the lights on should not bring the tank to anywhere near that temp... if 12 hours raised the temp 15 degrees, then with an 8-hour photoperiod you'd be climbing about 2/3 of that much, or to approximately 90 degrees.
If it climbs to 81 with a 7-8 hour light cycle as you said, another 4 hours would not take it another 14 degrees higher.
True, a controller is a great thing (reliable heater control and can kill the lights if the tank goes above a temp you specify), but it sounds like you have some defective equipment that needs to be replaced.
If it climbs to 81 with a 7-8 hour light cycle as you said, another 4 hours would not take it another 14 degrees higher.
True, a controller is a great thing (reliable heater control and can kill the lights if the tank goes above a temp you specify), but it sounds like you have some defective equipment that needs to be replaced.
