I had a power cut today in fish room, tank temperatures have dropped to about 65f and the filters have been off,, whats the chances of the bacteria in the filters being dead now,, I keep big fish and multiple tanks I have 3 fx5 filters and 3 fluval 406 filters and 2 xp3 filters, I have never had a power cut before and iam fearing the worst that the filters are dead they could have been of for anything from 2 hours to 6 hours, any comments welcome
Power cut in fishroom
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I think your alright in terms of beneficial bacteria, they can tolerate a wide range of parameters. I think the most important thing is to bring the temperature up gradually
Nah, you're fine.
Last year I got power cut for 12 hours, my tanks didn't have any issue nor my fishes, water temperature dropped around 55F (recently my heater failed and water dropped around 50F and none of my fishes die and all of them are SA species, I noticed the activity level in tank is slow down like everyone stick close together and pretty much same spot). In next few days my area getting a power cut for 2~4 hours too and I don't even worry about that
Last year I got power cut for 12 hours, my tanks didn't have any issue nor my fishes, water temperature dropped around 55F (recently my heater failed and water dropped around 50F and none of my fishes die and all of them are SA species, I noticed the activity level in tank is slow down like everyone stick close together and pretty much same spot). In next few days my area getting a power cut for 2~4 hours too and I don't even worry about that
Becides my rays and saltwater tank it helps that all my fish are obligate air breathers...lol
Thanks for replies it's reassuring, water smelt a bit eggy so I done a 60% water change on all my tanks just finished! that's why iam only just getting on here now to reply... Lol