my bad, no flow for 10 hrs

DLANDINO · 03/16/2009, 03:04 PM

Today I turned my circulation pumps off at 6:30am to feel my sun coral and forgot to turn the flow back on until 5pm when I got home. My skimmer was pumping all day but no real flow. How bad is it? Everything looks ok except some of the more sensitive corals are sliming a bit. Thanks.

Dave

cato · 03/16/2009, 05:23 PM

Dave how could you do such a thing??? JK How was tank temp?? I would think the corals would be OK if temp was OK. How are your fish?

DLANDINO · 03/16/2009, 06:07 PM

HI Cato, I know! It is crazy. I am going to make excuses and blame it on 2 hrs of sleep a night since my son was born and working full time. But, still, really no excuse. With the exception of flow temp was fine, 80 degrees, skimmer was uninterrupted and lights are on a reduced schedule so they had come on only 5 min before I got home. Fish are good and now that a few hrs have passed all SPS and LPS are open and fine. I think I dodged a bullet. I need to give my wife, who was home, a class on what to look for in the future. Thanks for the response. Do you think I am ok, long term?

Dave

sdheath · 03/16/2009, 07:13 PM

I'm guessing you'll be fine. You use a HOB skimmer, right? That should have at least provided a little bit of flow as well as adding oxygen to the water. As a side note, that is one of the things I love about my AquaController. No more forgetting to turn the pumps on or, as was more often the case, not feeding for fear of forgetting.

DLANDINO · 03/16/2009, 07:23 PM

Yes, HOB Deltec mce600 skimmer. As for the controler, I know...there are still many many toys that I want to get!

03/16/2009, 03:04 PM	#1
DLANDINO B.P.O.E 1784 Westbrook Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Clinton, CT USA Posts: 4,652	my bad, no flow for 10 hrs Today I turned my circulation pumps off at 6:30am to feel my sun coral and forgot to turn the flow back on until 5pm when I got home. My skimmer was pumping all day but no real flow. How bad is it? Everything looks ok except some of the more sensitive corals are sliming a bit. Thanks. Dave __________________ Dave Current Tank Info: 46 Gallon mixed reef and an office Fluval Spec pico

03/16/2009, 05:23 PM	#2
cato New England Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: North Central CT Posts: 5,398	Dave how could you do such a thing??? JK How was tank temp?? I would think the corals would be OK if temp was OK. How are your fish? __________________ -Cato I swear it's an illness... Current Tank Info: 300g Starphire, Deltec, Geo, Radium, VorTech... Last edited by cato; 03/16/2009 at 05:42 PM.

03/16/2009, 06:07 PM	#3
DLANDINO B.P.O.E 1784 Westbrook Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Clinton, CT USA Posts: 4,652	HI Cato, I know! It is crazy. I am going to make excuses and blame it on 2 hrs of sleep a night since my son was born and working full time. But, still, really no excuse. With the exception of flow temp was fine, 80 degrees, skimmer was uninterrupted and lights are on a reduced schedule so they had come on only 5 min before I got home. Fish are good and now that a few hrs have passed all SPS and LPS are open and fine. I think I dodged a bullet. I need to give my wife, who was home, a class on what to look for in the future. Thanks for the response. Do you think I am ok, long term? Dave __________________ Dave Current Tank Info: 46 Gallon mixed reef and an office Fluval Spec pico

03/16/2009, 07:13 PM	#4
sdheath Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Simsbury, CT Posts: 2,017	I'm guessing you'll be fine. You use a HOB skimmer, right? That should have at least provided a little bit of flow as well as adding oxygen to the water. As a side note, that is one of the things I love about my AquaController. No more forgetting to turn the pumps on or, as was more often the case, not feeding for fear of forgetting. __________________ -- Steve Current Tank Info: 120G with 40G Sump, 2x Radion LED, 2x MP40Wes, RLSS Skimmer, ozone

03/16/2009, 07:23 PM	#5
DLANDINO B.P.O.E 1784 Westbrook Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Clinton, CT USA Posts: 4,652	Yes, HOB Deltec mce600 skimmer. As for the controler, I know...there are still many many toys that I want to get! __________________ Dave Current Tank Info: 46 Gallon mixed reef and an office Fluval Spec pico