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My tank Crashed

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by marionreefer, Mar 2, 2014.

  1. Mar 2, 2014 #1
    marionreefer

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    My tank crashed and only four Clownfish survived. Somehow the tank water dropped down to 62 degrees. I have the Clownfish in a 30-gallon tank for now with just an air stone and some live rock I pulled out of the tank before everything went south. I cleaned off the rest of the live rock and have it in a 55-gallon tank. The water in the 55-gallon is 10 gallons of the old water and 45 gallons of the new water. My question is will the 55-gallon tank have to go through the nitrogen cycle again or can I put the Clownfish in now? I don’t think my live rock is alive although there are still coralline algae on the rocks. What are the next steps I should do?
     
  2. Mar 2, 2014 #2
    Lee

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    That's a bummer! How long did you keep the live rock out of the water? If it was only a few minutes than you are probably okay. Do you have any type of filter media that would still have some bio-life on it? What makes you think your live rock is no longer "alive"? Unless you let it compeltely dry out, it should still have bacterica/critters that survived the low-temp.
     
  3. Mar 2, 2014 #3
    blackx-runner Cedar Rapids, IA

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    I would watch for a cycle. If there was any die off of critters inside the rock due to the cold it could cause a cycle as they decay. I would monitor it for a little while before putting the fish back in there.
     
  4. Mar 2, 2014 #4
    Kpotter2 North liberty, IA

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    +1 what David said. I am guessing that most of the organisms on live rock did OK, but watch for it.
     
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  5. Mar 2, 2014 #5
    marionreefer

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    Thanks for the advice. The rocks were never out of the water but the water was very cloudy. I figured cloudy water is better than no water. I checked the tank with a small flashlight and did not see any small critters. The live rock does not have a bad smell to it; I just don’t want to kill the fish I worked so hard to save by not making sure it is safe.
     

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