power went out overnight!! COLD

[cmc3502]

So the power went out and the water temp in both my tanks (aggressive 55 and a reef 30) got down to about 61-61... The corals dont look good at all and the fish i think are all alive, but all very very still and tucked away in the rockwork (for heat maybe). Will the corals survive? Should I top off with some hot water to help raise the temp? or just let the heaters natural bring the temp up?
How low can temp get before fish die?

 

[ejensen]

Can't you just fill some bottles with hot water to bring up the temp. During the summer I put frozen bottles to bring the temp down.

 

[dmjordan]

i agree with ejensen. use some water bottles to raise the temp up. this will still take a few hours so your fish should be ok. i would not add straight hot water to your tank because the drastic temp changes could be stressful for your fish.

 

[cmc3502]

will everything live?

 

[dmjordan]

my friends power went out a couple of different times in the winter. once for a couple of days. lost some corals but the fish made it ok.

 

[cmc3502]

i see all my fish except for the purple psudeochromis and the 6 line wrasse... surley the wrasse is a hardy fish.. I will say, however, those 2 fish both tend to hind away at night.