Hanging in there!

Head Case

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 16, 2024
Messages
28
Reaction score
49
Location
H-town
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Day 2 of no power after Beryl gave us a little taste of what it had to offer. Yesterday was cool, no more than 81. Today it hit low 90s. Thank goodness for the generator and battery bubblers! Able to run the tank during the day and then use bubblers at night. Today the tank temp got to 82 before I could get some bagged frozen water in to cool it. Got it down to 78.

Pretty sure I will lose a montipora frag, and we definitely lost a few of the clean up crew. Everything else is hanging in there!

Fingers crossed Centerpoint can get these repairs quickly but I think we can keep it going until they do.
 
OP
OP
H

Head Case

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 16, 2024
Messages
28
Reaction score
49
Location
H-town
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
How is everything doing? Have you got power back yet?

No power, and probably looking at another 2-3 days before it is restored. 93 today, about 90 in the house. The ice packs are not keeping up, but we are cycling them from the tank back into the freezer. Was able to get the tank temp down from 82 to 80 this morning, but I doubt we’ll manage much longer. So far everything is still alive. Two zoa frags, a grandis Paly frag, and a montipora digitata are showing stress. Purple stylo frag is also starting to show stress, but the fish, nems, and other corals still seem ok. All snails except a big turbo have died. Green algae is beginning to form on the rocks.

Water parameters other than temp are high but manageable. Probably do a 30-40% water change once this is alll over. Reload the snails too.
 

Sumbub

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 13, 2009
Messages
385
Reaction score
528
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Do you have a pump running on the tank? Or are you on bubblers only? You may need to move the water some here and there.
 

tbrown

Nominated Cronie Intern - Might be failing?
View Badges
Joined
Nov 22, 2019
Messages
58,985
Reaction score
144,770
Location
Peoria, AZ
Rating - 100%
2   0   0
You should have no problem going without lights for a few days. Many people do 2-3 day full blackouts to control algae explosions.
 

Sumbub

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 13, 2009
Messages
385
Reaction score
528
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
You're doing everything you can. Sometimes corals can be sensitive and sometimes they're bulletproof. I hope your lights are coming on soon!
 

NanoNana

Well-Known Member
View Badges
Joined
Feb 20, 2024
Messages
702
Reaction score
1,025
Location
US
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I did this in FRESHWATER way back when we were without power for two weeks.
Hopefully someone with more salt experience will be able to say yay or nay.
Water coming out of RODI was cooler than tank water. I did massive WC to bring temps down to a place that ice could keep up. Starting with 72-74 degree water vs 80 made quite a bit of difference as far as being able to keep temps down. I had to cool the tank with new water a several times but found that it helped enormously. Keeping the rodi water in a bucket cool was easier than cooling the whole tank.
 
OP
OP
H

Head Case

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 16, 2024
Messages
28
Reaction score
49
Location
H-town
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Day 5 coming to an end. No power, but other than a few stressed corals and the carcasses of my cleanup crew, I haven’t lost anything yet. I do think my monitpora frags are likely checking out, as is the smurfette Zoa frag. Water got close to 90 yesterday, but today was cloudy and rained for a bit. No more than 86 today. We’re supposedly close to getting the lights on, but they ain’t on until they’re on.
 
OP
OP
H

Head Case

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 16, 2024
Messages
28
Reaction score
49
Location
H-town
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
7 days in the Texas summer heat, but we made it! Power back on. Gonna cool the tank slowly then change 20 of 75gal. Lots of cleanup and tank TLC over the next few days. but we survived.

IMG_0013.jpeg
 

PharmrJohn

The Dude Abides
View Badges
Joined
Mar 19, 2019
Messages
2,761
Reaction score
6,561
Location
Shelton, Washington
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
7 days in the Texas summer heat, but we made it! Power back on. Gonna cool the tank slowly then change 20 of 75gal. Lots of cleanup and tank TLC over the next few days. but we survived.

IMG_0013.jpeg
Been following. That sounded like a nightmare. Nothing like continuous stress to increase blood pressure! Did you have any casualties?
 
Back
Top