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phosphatimus
04/18/2006, 07:11 PM
ok i have a 55 gal with a gonnapora and a hammercoral and some other life in it but mainly worried about the two i have a 220 watt 2 light vho and a 130 watt pc i fell asleep at the computer and woke up at like 8:30 and forgot to turn them off i can see that it looks like i scorched the hell out of them they look like a little dry looking not as big what do i do?

Lpabsolute
04/18/2006, 07:21 PM
Leave the lights off for a while. Hopefully the corals will be ok. I would suggest getting a timer from your LFS or hardware store. Cheap to buy but you'll never have this prob. again.

REEFKEEPA
04/18/2006, 07:23 PM
They should recover.

fsa
04/18/2006, 10:34 PM
Definitely get a timer. You should be able to get a decent one around 8 or 10 dollars. The one I have, I think I bought it at Wal Mart. I have had it for 2-3 years now with no problems.
Frank

CrystalAZ
04/18/2006, 10:43 PM
Your corals will probably be fine. Just go right back to a normal schedule.

I definitely second the timer though. I'd get one right away...

Crystal

Ti
04/18/2006, 10:44 PM
they'll b fine

Rock Anemone
04/18/2006, 11:59 PM
Ditto with all of the above, best of luck as well! Get a timer though as quick as possible, even one at a hardware store will work just fine.

Rock Anemone:D

Sk8r
04/19/2006, 12:02 AM
You may have an algae or cyano outbreak in a few days. If the former, just be patient with the snails. If the latter, chemi-clean. Did the same thing---went to sleep and left the actinics on all night. Everything survived, but I had to monitor chemistry closely for a week or so, and the cyano took off.