Experienced my first powe outage

Craig Lambert · 04-14-2006, 04:11 PM

Not a pleasant experience, and I don't care to go through it again.

I put a battery operated air stone in the tank and took off for Home Depot. I'm now the proud owner of a Coleman Generator. When I returned home from Home Depot, the power was back on. 1hour and 45 minutes seems to have caused no problems. The temp only fell about 1.5 degrees.

Charlie97L · 04-14-2006, 04:14 PM

great to hear you got through it! i have a yellowtop optima in my car, and a translator thing, that should run everything but lights for about 3 days... a generator's just not in the cards right now.

i'm glad everything survived ok!

Gina · 04-14-2006, 05:10 PM

When Isabell hit here a couple of years ago, we were without power for 2 days. Used battery operated airstones for 1 of those days then borrowed Mark's fathers generator. We still have it!!

Annie742 · 04-14-2006, 05:13 PM

Wow ours was out for about an hour too today. First think I thought of was my tanks LOL.
Glad to hear everything did ok.

Chiefmcfuz · 04-14-2006, 05:39 PM

A UPS on your filter/return pump and heater is also a way to go if you can't do the generator thing.

Witfull · 04-15-2006, 07:01 AM

the car inverters are good,,as long as you dont have to leave the house,,,i can see me calling out of work for that,,,Um, i cant get to work, my fishtank is hooked up to the car~~

billyr98 · 04-15-2006, 06:25 PM

haha - I am thinking about a ups for my return pump... I had my power off for 2 hours last weekend, I had to change my service cable! I was nervous as hell. But everything in the tank was fine.. Just smelled fishy in the room..

jimeluiz · 04-15-2006, 06:32 PM

The stress is always a killer.

Yet every episode seems to come out alright. I'm learning my tank is much heartier and more resilliant than I first thought. I don't want to get too complacent but those critters have not survived thousands of years on the planet because they are super fragile. When the chips are down they know how to survive.

I think if your tank is established and has a steady quality environment -- it'll weather most time-limited crisis.

That's not to say I don't freak --

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Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Experienced my first powe outage great to hear you got through it! i have a yellowtop optima in my car, and a translator thing, that should run everything but lights for about 3 days... a generator's just not in the cards right now. i'm glad everything survived ok! __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

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Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,834 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Experienced my first powe outage When Isabell hit here a couple of years ago, we were without power for 2 days. Used battery operated airstones for 1 of those days then borrowed Mark's fathers generator. We still have it!! __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

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Annie742 Star Polyps Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 174 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Experienced my first powe outage Wow ours was out for about an hour too today. First think I thought of was my tanks LOL. Glad to hear everything did ok.

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Chiefmcfuz Fire Coral Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NY Posts: 80 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Experienced my first powe outage A UPS on your filter/return pump and heater is also a way to go if you can't do the generator thing. __________________ In the imortal words of homer simpson "I am smart, I am smart, S-M-R-T... I mean S-M-A-R-T."

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billyr98 Reefing Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Posts: 5,400 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Experienced my first powe outage haha - I am thinking about a ups for my return pump... I had my power off for 2 hours last weekend, I had to change my service cable! I was nervous as hell. But everything in the tank was fine.. Just smelled fishy in the room.. __________________ Billyr98 -=NJRC Treasurer=- My 450g Reef Tank ~~~ Its HERE!!!

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jimeluiz Achilles Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Niteroi, Brasil Posts: 829 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Experienced my first powe outage The stress is always a killer. Yet every episode seems to come out alright. I'm learning my tank is much heartier and more resilliant than I first thought. I don't want to get too complacent but those critters have not survived thousands of years on the planet because they are super fragile. When the chips are down they know how to survive. I think if your tank is established and has a steady quality environment -- it'll weather most time-limited crisis. That's not to say I don't freak -- __________________ Sold the tank prior to our move. Setting up our new life in Brazil.

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