If NO Power over night! becareful your fish tank!!

[pisces]

i have once experience very expensive! just no power about 6 ~7 hours, came back home, my 2 ray died! that usually 2 ~3 times happen a year,so after i went to Canadian Tire purchase Power-Backup ,,it can auto run over 13 hours while the power out , so after i dont have this trouble!
Warring , this is not my Tank!! i read one of Aquarium site member same happen,,but........he hurt more than me x 1000 times!! i feel sad with him!!
*remember must need get power-backup, otherwise same this.........

[O.C.D Fishies]

wow that really sucks, thanks for the sad sad warning.

[Brisch]

Im so sorry for your loses, I hope you don't get discouraged from fish keeping

[pisces]

this is not my fishs , i just warring let the BCA know need get the Power-backup in case !
i feel sorry for his BIG LOSE !!!

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

That's why I have battery packs for short outages & a portable gas generator for outages lasting more than a few hours. With thousands of dollars worth of fish and corals to protect, can't be too careful.

[tony1928]

Yeah, especially true for SW tanks. Most of my SW friends have instant on portable generators in case of blackouts.

[TCR]

HMMMM... perhaps time to get a small generator... seeing as i work for yamaha.. i could get one pretty cheap

[charles]

or come get some brand new Hagen battery power air pump (comes with airline tubing and airstone) for $5 each...

[Ursus sapien]

^^^Charles, is that enough to prevent something like this?

I vaguely remember seeing power bars with a rechargeable battery built in, does anyone have experience with those?

thanks, pisces, for the reminder.

[charles]

a few hours, sure. When I have power outage, I made sure I cover the tanks with towels or blankets to help keeping the heat in. Then battery air pump to help on moving the surface of water.