Need advice on MH bleached SPS

JP SPS · 06/18/2013, 09:18 AM

I went away on vacation for 10 days (famous last words) and while I was gone there was a big storm which knocked the power out. The person who was watching my tank freaked out when one of the controllers wasn't working because it was on a GFI circuit that flipped. Instead of hitting the reset button on the GFI, he unplugged all of the cords from my controller and plugged them into the wall. This of course turned my MH lights on non stop for the last 4 days. To top that off, he also unplugged the fan that was over the tank.

End result was temps in the mid to high 80's in the tank, a few dead corals, and a bunch more that are way lighter in color or bleached.

Question is, where to go from here. I did a big water change and brought the temps down slowly to about 82. Should I tun the lights off for a few days? What is the best course of action to save the corals?

franklypre · 06/18/2013, 09:32 AM

Get levels back to normal, try to keep everything stable and hope for the best.

JP SPS · 06/18/2013, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by franklypre

Get levels back to normal, try to keep everything stable and hope for the best.

Any advice on the lighting? Am I better off shutting the lights down for a day or two so the corals can recover or should I resume normal lighting schedules?

power boat jim · 06/18/2013, 09:39 AM

Since there are no guarantees either way I would just put the tank back on the schedule it was used to before the outage. Good luck!

jda · 06/18/2013, 12:28 PM

They will be OK in a few weeks. Earlier this year, I turned my lights in early for somebody stopping by and my HQI were on for 11-12 straight days. They all came back in 2-3 weeks - no deaths or anything. The first few days are the worst.

06/18/2013, 09:18 AM	#1
JP SPS Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 128	Need advice on MH bleached SPS I went away on vacation for 10 days (famous last words) and while I was gone there was a big storm which knocked the power out. The person who was watching my tank freaked out when one of the controllers wasn't working because it was on a GFI circuit that flipped. Instead of hitting the reset button on the GFI, he unplugged all of the cords from my controller and plugged them into the wall. This of course turned my MH lights on non stop for the last 4 days. To top that off, he also unplugged the fan that was over the tank. End result was temps in the mid to high 80's in the tank, a few dead corals, and a bunch more that are way lighter in color or bleached. Question is, where to go from here. I did a big water change and brought the temps down slowly to about 82. Should I tun the lights off for a few days? What is the best course of action to save the corals?

06/18/2013, 09:32 AM	#2
franklypre Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: texarkana Posts: 703	Get levels back to normal, try to keep everything stable and hope for the best.

06/18/2013, 09:39 AM	#4
power boat jim Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Wisconsin, The big peninsula Posts: 2,100	Since there are no guarantees either way I would just put the tank back on the schedule it was used to before the outage. Good luck!

06/18/2013, 12:28 PM	#5
jda Dogmatic Dinosaur Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 6,256	They will be OK in a few weeks. Earlier this year, I turned my lights in early for somebody stopping by and my HQI were on for 11-12 straight days. They all came back in 2-3 weeks - no deaths or anything. The first few days are the worst.