I'm loosing my tank guys!!!!!!!!

Amphiprion said:
And that is because the significantly higher presence of ions that conduct energy (heat or electricity).

I am sorry for your losses. It sucks to lose everything at once, especially when you have had it a while or become attached. Trust me, I know. I lost 10+ year old corals, etc. when mine went under. Don't lose hope, though. Just get through this and keep forging ahead.

Interestingly enough, an air conditioning unit went out on us at the shop a week ago and we lost over $1700 worth of stock.
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WOW!!! That really bites!!! Sorry to hear about that one, crap!!!

IceH2O said:
That sucks LG.

Here I was contemplating a SW tank even had bid on one a few months back. The AC sucks in my house. To much sun not enough shade so the house is baking all day. Central air running all day and it still hits 85 in here,been 100 degrees everyday for the past week outside. FW tanks are staying around 80 though so all is good.

You have a backup plan for the LR,any rubble anywhere you could put in a sump in case the big pieces die?
Hate to see you lose the inverts too.
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Well, I have the 3 powerheads going all pointing different ways, the airstone and the fan blowing on it...the temp has actually come down to just under 90 right now, so I hoping it continues to drop, once the bottles of water are frozen I'll throw them in there to. I just left the water that was in them in it.

Really, Ice no I do not have a "back up" hoping it can bounce back though. They are not completely white yet, but big portions are and where they were soooo purple much of that is a lighter pink color now.

Oh, I know what I wanted to ask...should I pull the corals out too?
 
sorry to hear the story
i dont know a lot about coral but is it not the algae that gives the coral color? you were saying the were turning white so if the temp lowered could the symbiotic algae come back and help the coral survive

again never kept SW but it just popped in my head as i am watching something about coral bleaching and was hoping that the logic would carry
 
Ice, have your airconditioner serviced because it should work much better than that. I have the same problem every year and even now. i don't even know how hot my tank was the other day when my conditioner stoped working right. I'm waiting for air conditioner guy to call me to tell me when he can stop by and I hope my air doesn't go out completely by then...I wouldn't take corals out, however I would gradualy drop the temperature through the day with ice bottles. you can also use ziper lock bags and use regular ice from the store. make sure to double bag and check bags for holes, don't freeze ice right in those bags because holes will develop most likely. I had the same problem last year and this is what I did. and yes, your corals can recover if they didn't die yet, as long as you can get everything back to normal as soon as possible. you don't want it to be an on going thing. I always fear complete crashes for different reasons. It's very upseting. good luck.
 
OMG so sorry to hear about your losses Lady G. Personally I'd leave your corals where they are and keeping floating the ice etc as I feel moving them could stress them even more.

I use similar to these on my tank. I have a set of 4 on the main tank and a set on the sump.

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Really sorry for the loss Lady .
I was watching my temp for 4 days now and getting worried even with ac running .
So looks like i will start freezing water too now .
 
Sorry to hear that G. I had the same thing happen to my reef tank last year...a few hot days and the tank was up around 96 degrees...we don't have central air. Between the lights being in a closed hood, glass tops on the tank and everything, it heated up very quicly, I lost almost all my coral and my cleaner shrimp, although hte fish pulled through. A lot of my coral came back, surprisingly, so after a few weeks after you get everything stabilized, keep an eye out.

I ended up modifying my hood to put a 4" PC fan on top pulling air out, putting some vents in the ends and taking off the glass tops. I also bought a room AC unit to keep the house cooler. I found blowing a fan directly onto the water surface helped as much as the ice bottles and was a lot less work, just keep an eye on the water level because you'll need to top up more often.
 
catpicklesdog said:
I use similar to these on my tank. I have a set of 4 on the main tank and a set on the sump.
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I had started a thread on aquariums and hot weather about a month ago, and people suggested both fans like the one to which you link and replacing the glass lid with egg crate to prevent jumping while allowing the air to circulate. I'm thinking more and more that would be a good precaution to take. :idea:
 
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