Unplugged in the night

[Astronomiii]

Hello,

I had a 55 gallon tank at school that was already fully cycled, fish ready, everything. However I came to school this morning and noticed that the night custodian had unplugged the entire extension cord that was plugged in to the canister filter, hangover filter, airpump and heater. Beacuse everything was off last night, do I need to restart the 5 week nitrogen cycle? Just know school is ending soon and the teachers + students have been begging for fish and this would be a total party pooped on if we have to wait 5 weeks again

 

[Rocky998]

Hello,

I had a 55 gallon tank at school that was already fully cycled, fish ready, everything. However I came to school this morning and noticed that the night custodian had unplugged the entire extension cord that was plugged in to the canister filter, hangover filter, airpump and heater. Beacuse everything was off last night, do I need to restart the 5 week nitrogen cycle? Just know school is ending soon and the teachers + students have been begging for fish and this would be a total party pooped on if we have to wait 5 weeks again

Thats insane! Why would they do that! I would just continue the cycle where you left off and see how it does. If the stuff was only off for the night, it shouldnt do too much harm but its still messed up the custodian did that

 

[Colin_T]

It should be fine. Just monitor the ammonia and nitrite over the next few weeks and if there is none, you're good to go.

 

[Naughts]

Hello,

I had a 55 gallon tank at school that was already fully cycled, fish ready, everything. However I came to school this morning and noticed that the night custodian had unplugged the entire extension cord that was plugged in to the canister filter, hangover filter, airpump and heater. Beacuse everything was off last night, do I need to restart the 5 week nitrogen cycle? Just know school is ending soon and the teachers + students have been begging for fish and this would be a total party pooped on if we have to wait 5 weeks again

We had this, the cleaner unplugged an incubator of chicks eggs

But your cycle shouldn't be effected much.

 

[Essjay]

If you are worried, and you did a fishless cycle, just add another 3 ppm dose of ammonia. If it cleared to zero ammonia and zero nitrite in 24 hours the tank is still cycled.

 

[Astronomiii]

Hi everyone,

Thank you for the help so far. I retested the water just now and I want to know if this is a bad sign

Ammonia : 0.25 - .5 ppm
Nitrite : 0
Nitrate: 0

I am worried because nitrate and nitrite are at 0 now, and ammonia is coming up, is this because last night without oxygen killed everything?

 

[PheonixKingZ]

It should be fine. Just monitor the ammonia and nitrite over the next few weeks and if there is none, you're good to go.

Agree with this. Plug everything back in and monitor your parameters over the next few days.

 

[Astronomiii]

It should be fine. Just monitor the ammonia and nitrite over the next few weeks and if there is none, you're good to go.

I tested it again, there was about 0.1-0.2 ppm of ammonia, however no nitrite

 

[itiwhetu]

Get some duct tape and put it over the plug so it can't be removed again

 

[Deleted member 149562]

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