So I had my 29 g SW tank up and running thanks to the great help I got here and things had been going fine for months. I was working the kinks out of a top off schedule and running into some issues with my water change system (due to a weak water pump) but other than that, things were fine. Then I come home late last week and everything in the tank is dead. My two clownfish are dead. My mushroom coral is dead. Everything is dead. In investigating I find the temperature in the tank is 90+ because one or both of my heaters malfunctioned (both had nice glowing lights on them) and killed everything.
So I spent the weekend cleaning it up and I'm thinking I'm just going to replace both heaters to be safe. I'm wondering if there's anything I could've done to prevent this. Also, what's the best way to recover. Once I replace the heaters should I just go out and buy more livestock or should I let it sit for a week or three and treat it like it's a brand new tank again?
So I spent the weekend cleaning it up and I'm thinking I'm just going to replace both heaters to be safe. I'm wondering if there's anything I could've done to prevent this. Also, what's the best way to recover. Once I replace the heaters should I just go out and buy more livestock or should I let it sit for a week or three and treat it like it's a brand new tank again?