My worst day in Reefing :(

[buttons buster]

So the day is 12/31/07.
I was going to post this then, but was too stressed.
So I'll post it now.

Ok so my family decided it would be best to go down to see my cousins on the weekend before news years.
i was thinking oh great, how are my fish tanks going to be?
But I decided that it's only two days so it can't be that bad.
Boy was I wrong.

I was worried about salinity change due to evaporation, but that was the least of my problems.

I don't know exactly when, but the power went out.

Probably sometime saturday.

So since the power went out, we had no way to heat the tanks.
So when we got back the tanks were 50 degrees.
If you put your hands in the tanks they would literally be stinging after about 10 seconds.


So as you may presume this is really bad for the inhabitants.
All the corals were closed up, and there was a lot of milky substance floating around in the tanks.


I was literally about to cry, but not really.
i got thrown into a bit of rage though lol.
Even though fish tanks are suposed to calm you down.

My dad fixed the circuit breaker, and I got power back.
I turned the heaters back on, and got the temps back up.

The corals are starting to make a recovery.
Well kinda anyway.

I did a water change also.


Well,
i guess this is my rant.

I guess my question would be,
is there any thing I can do?




Ps.
2008 is a new year right?