no flow through fuge for a week. No heat, no circulation! Yikes!

[crustytheclown]

So when i did my water change last week i forgot to turn the pump back on that feeds my fuge with fresh water. so its been sitting stagnant for a week or so. No heat, and no circulation. it has had light. So i was going to just plug it back in when i noticed it but thought that the cold water coming in to my display from there wasnt good. than i started thinking about the water quality of the fuge being stagnant and gross. So i think im just gonna drain and replace as much water as i can in the fuge with fresh saltwater. Do you think there will be any die of that i should worry about affecting my water in the display. I have alot of sps that im kinda worried about? any thoughts would be awesome

 

[asn-naso]

Have you tested the water in your fuge to see if it's started it's own cycle from anything that has died from the cold and stagnant water?

 

[djkms]

If it were me I would completely drain down the fuge and replace the sand. I wouldn't risk my DT due to a fuge error. Stagnant water (even worse, stagnant sand) for 24 hours can be bad news let alone a week. I am overly cautious though.

 

[Smiley]

Ive done that before.....I just started mine back up and prayed for the best. Never had an issue. Ive done this multiple times without issues.

Sent from my C771

 

[bigfoot610]

iirc the water actually seperates a little and has a higher salinity on the bottom id rinse it out and refill

 

[ReefCheif]

I did this when I first set up the 180, IT WAS BAD NEWS. There was so much ammonia and Nitrate in the water is spiked my tank, took 2 weeks to get it back to normal, lost a few SPS in the process, was not happy and wished I would have just drained it.

 

[crustytheclown]

i drained it and filled it with brand new fresh saltwater. started it back up and everything seems to be just fine now.