Please, pumps are down!

[clamgal]

My plumbing is screwed and I had to shut the pumps down to prevent overflow. The overflow is not flowing.... I can't find the problem. I have to wait until tomorrow afternoon. Can I wait or will my fish die?
I have 2 picassos, 1 yellow tang, 1 blue tang, sunburst anthias, 2 clams, zoas, frogspawn, and an orange monti cap-big. I have 4 koralias still pumping. I did not feed today.

[saabtech]

how big is the tank? i would assume you have at least 12 hrs + to start getting it together.
remember your fish were in bags for a lot longer than that when they were caught.

[Big_Pun]

check for a snail in plumbing if you need help im not to far

[Gseclipse02]

so you have your power heads flowing ? if so everything will be fine ....

[Big_Pun]

is it a internal overflow, any pics of plumbing

[kkiel02]

With the koralias going you ought to be just fine until tomorrow. I accidently did the same thing a couple days ago because I forgot to turn the return pump back on before I went to work.

[clamgal]

its an oceanic internal overflow with 2 durso pipes. I noticed the sump drying out and the display tank overflowing. I cant get the durso pipes off so I cant see in the dark. My tank is 104g tank 36x24x28

[Mike]

You should be fine till you determine the problem. With 4 powerheads, you might point one up towards the water's surface to help with oxygenation of your water.

[Gseclipse02]

poke around with a metal hanger

[clamgal]

i pointed 2 koralias to the top to get more oxygen flowing, I wll tinker with it tomorrow. wish me well. thank you everyone for responding !

[CoryDude]

May want to "burp" those dursos and see if air is restricting water flow. You'll be just fine as long as your powerheads are going.

[marshall.read]

my brother's 150 gallon reef went for a couple of months on internal circulation only and monthly water changes with no harm to anything.

The power was off on my 135 gallon reef for about 12 hours with absolutely no water movement and suffered no ill effects.

you should have more than enough time to address your plumbing problem.

[ballardjr2000]

+1 on the powerheads, also poke gently in the pipe to see if anything is stuck in the pipes. also like mentioned burp the system. too much air no water flow, also if you have holes in the sides of the pipe for helping to restart the system make sure they are not clogged.

[CoryDude]

You probably already did this, but be sure to check/clean any air valves attached to the durso. Mine used to get clogged all the time and restricted excess air from leaving the top. I finally just removed it. Let us know how it turns out.

[z28pwr]

As stated before check for obstructions in the overflows such as snails, algae, dead fish, etc. Point one or two of your powerheads to the surface to where it's breaking the surface tension.

[Mike]

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