zacharin0 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Okay, so i stupidly left the fan on for a long period of time in my cycling reef tank and the temperature dropped a whole 5 degrees in about 6 hours. Is most of my bacteria dead now? Does it have to be recycled? I was almost done too! Link to comment
driftsaru Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 I don't believe a temp drop of 5degrees would kill bacteria off Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 I had a power outage in a snow storm and my tank got to 67'ish. The bacteria had no problems. Link to comment
brandon429 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 I can't think of any scenario a reefer could do to kill their bac other than by dosing antibiotics or true drying The bac are the strongest communities in the tank. Wrong salinity won't kill them, temp 90 degrees or 50, long air exposure but not true desiccation etc. no standard aquarium mishap sterilizes our surfaces agreed all above. Also, when reading online material about marine bac be sure and not consult materials that sell it in a bottle, bac are presented as easy to kill there, so you'll buy more. Link to comment
cruiZe Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 I had a power outage in a snow storm and my tank got to 67'ish. The bacteria had no problems. Ouch! 67 is pretty cold. Mine has dropped to 70 or so in the same situation. Oh how I love hauling buckets up the ladder to create a siphon water flow at 3am Cooked some water on the stove too ! I even had frogspawn heads 1" out of the water in 55 degree air! (did loose a few heads but most recovered) Zach your tank is 100% fine. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Ouch! 67 is pretty cold. Mine has dropped to 70 or so in the same situation. Oh how I love hauling buckets up the ladder to create a siphon water flow at 3am Cooked some water on the stove too ! I even had frogspawn heads 1" out of the water in 55 degree air! (did loose a few heads but most recovered) Zach your tank is 100% fine. The only thing I lost was a cardinal fish. All the corals, SPS, clams, ect were just fine. The temp dropped so gradual I think most handled it okay. I know with shipping that too cold > too hot any day! Link to comment
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