Clownfish and power outage
 

We had a 12 hour power loss, the house temp got down to about 61 degrees.
When the power came back both my clowns were very slugish, but active,
unbtil one got suckedagainst the protein skimmer(cpr backpack), as soon as
it happened i shut it off. but it looks like the damage was done. Is ther
any hope for these guys to come back?

During the outage i was able to heat some water up in my outdoor grille, put
the water in plastic juice bottles, and float them in the tank to keep the
temp somewhat higher than the temp in the house.

Clownfish and power outage
 

During the outage i was able to heat some water up in my outdoor grille,
put
the water in plastic juice bottles, and float them in the tank to keep the
temp somewhat higher than the temp in the house.


Let the temperature go back up slowly, the one that got sucked up will
probably die, or get a disease from removing it's coating. Sorry to hear
about your mishap.

Clownfish and power outage
 

UPDATE:
Both of the clownfish appear to be doing well. After the power returned i
watched the clownfish and other inverts slowly come back from the deep
freeze, the house actually got down below 50 degrees not 61. The smaller
clown helped the larger stay upright until she was able to keep herself
right. This lasted for about 45 minutes. At that point, once she was able to
stay upright, she began to reassert her dominance. Showed me just how much
a will tolive these lil guys have. Ive been watching the tank today for any
signs of damage by the cold, but so far so good.

Before the outage i was planning on going out my LFS to pick up a new piece
of LR to add some diversity to the tank, but i decided against adding
anything after i read Big O's post, and realized that adding anything
foreign to the tank would just cause more problems, with the chance of
adding a foreign disease.



"...." wrote in message
...
We had a 12 hour power loss, the house temp got down to about 61 degrees.
When the power came back both my clowns were very slugish, but active,
unbtil one got suckedagainst the protein skimmer(cpr backpack), as soon as
it happened i shut it off. but it looks like the damage was done. Is ther
any hope for these guys to come back?

During the outage i was able to heat some water up in my outdoor grille,
put
the water in plastic juice bottles, and float them in the tank to keep the
temp somewhat higher than the temp in the house.

Clownfish and power outage
 

so what did the tank temp drop to?

I've had power outages for 5-6 hrs in the past and tank temp dropped very
little in that time.

now my tropical (fresh water) tanks drop temp considerably faster then the
marine.

kc

"...." wrote in message
. ..
UPDATE:
Both of the clownfish appear to be doing well. After the power returned i
watched the clownfish and other inverts slowly come back from the deep
freeze, the house actually got down below 50 degrees not 61. The smaller
clown helped the larger stay upright until she was able to keep herself
right. This lasted for about 45 minutes. At that point, once she was able
to
stay upright, she began to reassert her dominance. Showed me just how
much
a will tolive these lil guys have. Ive been watching the tank today for
any
signs of damage by the cold, but so far so good.

Before the outage i was planning on going out my LFS to pick up a new
piece
of LR to add some diversity to the tank, but i decided against adding
anything after i read Big O's post, and realized that adding anything
foreign to the tank would just cause more problems, with the chance of
adding a foreign disease.



"...." wrote in message
...
We had a 12 hour power loss, the house temp got down to about 61
degrees.
When the power came back both my clowns were very slugish, but active,
unbtil one got suckedagainst the protein skimmer(cpr backpack), as soon
as
it happened i shut it off. but it looks like the damage was done. Is
ther
any hope for these guys to come back?

During the outage i was able to heat some water up in my outdoor grille,
put
the water in plastic juice bottles, and float them in the tank to keep
the
temp somewhat higher than the temp in the house.

Clownfish and power outage
 

Since you just had a sudden issue occur, I'd wait to make sure everything
settles down. However, in abotu a week if all is well, you can add new fully
cured LR to your tank without fear.

I'm happy to read your clownfish are doing well. The male caring for the
female...awwwww! :)

Marc


"...." wrote:

UPDATE:
Both of the clownfish appear to be doing well. After the power returned i
watched the clownfish and other inverts slowly come back from the deep
freeze, the house actually got down below 50 degrees not 61. The smaller
clown helped the larger stay upright until she was able to keep herself
right. This lasted for about 45 minutes. At that point, once she was able to
stay upright, she began to reassert her dominance. Showed me just how much
a will tolive these lil guys have. Ive been watching the tank today for any
signs of damage by the cold, but so far so good.

Before the outage i was planning on going out my LFS to pick up a new piece
of LR to add some diversity to the tank, but i decided against adding
anything after i read Big O's post, and realized that adding anything
foreign to the tank would just cause more problems, with the chance of
adding a foreign disease.

"...." wrote in message
...
We had a 12 hour power loss, the house temp got down to about 61 degrees.
When the power came back both my clowns were very slugish, but active,
unbtil one got suckedagainst the protein skimmer(cpr backpack), as soon as
it happened i shut it off. but it looks like the damage was done. Is ther
any hope for these guys to come back?

During the outage i was able to heat some water up in my outdoor grille,
put
the water in plastic juice bottles, and float them in the tank to keep the
temp somewhat higher than the temp in the house.



--
Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com