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Power Outage Tripped Breaker

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Jojo, Sep 6, 2018.

  1. Sep 6, 2018 #1
    Jojo Urbandale, IA

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    Good evening. I've been into saltwater for 12 yrs or so and recently got into sps. Was out of town for 48hrs and during that time a storm tripped breaker. Long story short tank dropped 12 degrees. Lost quite a few expensive sps. Lesson learned. Getting a camera to watch over tank.
     
  2. Sep 10, 2018 #2
    Maureen Urbandale, IA

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    That is too bad!! I know one day this week our power went out and I woke up to hear silence of the house and a draining tank. It is always scary when that happens. Fortunately the power came on again quickly so no damage done.
     
  3. Sep 10, 2018 #3
    Jojo Urbandale, IA

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    It sure is scary. It could have been much worse. I will definitely take more precautions going forward. Cheers
     
  4. Sep 11, 2018 #4
    beckerj3 West Des Moines, IA

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    Oh that's too bad. What are you getting for a camera?
     
  5. Sep 11, 2018 #5
    Jojo Urbandale, IA

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    Not sure yet. Need to go to Bestbuy. I'm also thinking about dropping my temp from 82 to 79. What do you run yours at?
     
  6. Sep 11, 2018 #6
    Maureen Urbandale, IA

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    Mine is 77° to 79°
     
  7. Sep 11, 2018 #7
    Jojo Urbandale, IA

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    Thanks!
     
  8. Sep 12, 2018 #8
    Actuary Adel, IA

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    I had a similar experience occur several years back. I was a out of town, a power outage occurred, I had a temporarily tank set up with too small of a sump (which then overflowed a bit), water made its way along the floor to a surge protector, when the power flipped back on the breaker tripped. If I recall, the power on the tanks had only been off for about 12-18 hours. I didn't have any coral losses, but I lost several fish. My thought was the oxygen drop was more devastating than the temperature drop (from 77ish down to 72ish).
     
  9. Sep 12, 2018 #9
    Jojo Urbandale, IA

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    Sorry to hear that. That is a good point about the oxygen loss.
     

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