HELP! FILTER LEFT OFF FOR HOURS!

[Pelagikos]

I have an AIO mixed reef with fish by Waterbox. 50.3g.

I turned the filter off last night at about 8:00 p.m. to feed and dose phyto.

...woke up this morning to a cloudy tank... Only then to realize that the filter had been left off all night! 12+ hours.

Somehow temperature is still reading 78 but the water is super cloudy!

No one seems to be super ticked except maybe the Duncan.

The auto-doser feeds directly into the return chamber, so did my knee jerk reaction to quickly turn it back on this morning before fully waking up could have caused any trouble?



Sorry the picture doesn't represent how cloudy it really is!



What have I done and what do I need to do to remedy the situation... if anything?

Reduce feeding? Test parameters? WC?

Thanks so much in advance!

 

[Stephen8169301]

From what I read salt tanks can go a little with filter off 2 days or so let it ride maybe do a water change in a day or so that’s my opinion

 

[Tamberav]

A filter isn't needed on a tank but the problem is likely that your auto doser was running in a no flow spot and precipitated and when you turned the tank back on...it snowed.

Also stagnate water can cause problems so be carful about that, overnight probably not so much though.

Right now, I would just do a water change.

 

[Pelagikos]

From what I read salt tanks can go a little with filter off 2 days or so let it ride maybe do a water change in a day or so that’s my opinion

Really? That's a lot longer than I thought!

 

[Pelagikos]

A filter isn't needed on a tank but the problem is likely that your auto doser was running in a no flow spot and precipitated and when you turned the tank back on...it snowed.

Also stagnate water can cause problems so be carful about that, overnight probably not so much though.

Right now, I would just do a water change.

Oh certainly...completely understand about the possibility of precipitation, but tank was already cloudy before filter was turned back on.
Probably didn't help any though! Could the precipitation be long-lasting or possibly more than an eyesore?

 

[ilikefish69]

I'm just sitting here wondering how you got a RFA at the top of your scape. Beautiful!

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have an AIO mixed reef with fish by Waterbox. 50.3g.

I turned the filter off last night at about 8:00 p.m. to feed and dose phyto.

...woke up this morning to a cloudy tank... Only then to realize that the filter had been left off all night! 12+ hours.

Somehow temperature is still reading 78 but the water is super cloudy!

No one seems to be super ticked except maybe the Duncan.

The auto-doser feeds directly into the return chamber, so did my knee jerk reaction to quickly turn it back on this morning before fully waking up could have caused any trouble?



Sorry the picture doesn't represent how cloudy it really is!



What have I done and what do I need to do to remedy the situation... if anything?

Reduce feeding? Test parameters? WC?

Thanks so much in advance!

clean any filter elements and start back up. Will gradually clear up
You can add a little liquid bacteria if you have some

 

[Tamberav]

Oh certainly...completely understand about the possibility of precipitation, but tank was already cloudy before filter was turned back on.
Probably didn't help any though! Could the precipitation be long-lasting or possibly more than an eyesore?

Precipitation should clear up, I would just put some new floss in or what not. Bacterial bloom can take longer since they keep breeding

 

[Pelagikos]

I'm just sitting here wondering how you got a RFA at the top of your scape. Beautiful!

Thanks! There are two actually and they just move around that single rock. Lol
About a year ago they started off in a smaller tank down towards the bottom and when I moved this piece to the bigger tank, they just never left.

They go on daily walkabouts on their little slice of paradise.

 

[Pelagikos]

clean any filter elements and start back up. Will gradually clear up
You can add a little liquid bacteria if you have some

Sounds a lot better than what I had imagined Thanks a lot!

 

[Pelagikos]

Precipitation should clear up, I would just put some new floss in or what not. Bacterial bloom can take longer since they keep breeding

Thank you so much!