Chiller Died - Mayhem in tank

[Jarrod Ward]

Hi guys, looking for advice here...

My chiller temperature gauge died sometime in the past 48 hours. I was away for work, and came back to 3 out of 5 fish dead... water around 32 degrees.

Lost:

2 x lyretail anthias (M/F)

1 x whipfin fairy wrasse

Surviving:

1 x bicolor blenny

1 x coral beauty

I was able to get the chiller serviced today, but the temp was set too low and by the time I came home from work, it read 24 degrees and my thermometer read 22 degrees. Too cold! My cleaner shrimp is moving slooooooowly and my banded shrimp is moving but also slowly. Could be from the cold or the giant meal they just made of my poor fish. I could not get to the dead fish as they were jammed in crevices or MIA. My blenny and beauty look fine (and dare I say happier???).

I did a 5 gallon water change this morning (before chiller was serviced), and I plan to do again tomorrow morning. I turned the chiller setting up to 27 degrees so that it warms up slowly overnight. None of my soft corals are opening, my hammer coral is closed tight, etc.

Any advice? What to do???

Thanks guys.

JW

[ASHWIN]

Oh So Sorry To Hear

Letting temps go to 25-26..would be good..your lps dont like cold..they will probably be fine..do a water change..And Aerate Water Abit..try Getting Dead Fishes out.if you can.

[ReDDeviLs]

We needmore info, such s how big your tank vol is so we know how much the 5G is worth. Also , it will be good to test for ammonia.