do u guys and gals, with smaller tanks, 30 gallons or less, use a battery operated air pump, when u lose electricity?.....if u do, which one do u use????
air pump, battery operated
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I prefer spending the extra dough on a battery opperated filter. Granted, they use lots of battery juice n all and they might not filter my prefered 8-10x turnover rate but they keep the fish alive!
So no, I do not use air pumps in the event of a power outage.
So no, I do not use air pumps in the event of a power outage.
Originally posted by gcvt
Welcome to AC!
I have a Penn-Plax Silent Air B11 and use it on tanks up to 100g. Works great
I have a number of these, too, and I agree they really work well. At $10.99 a pop, they're cheap insurance, esp. for moderately- to heavily-stocked tanks.
Jim
I don't think I've ever seen these... what kind do you have? How long will they run on a set of batteries?
Jim
Argh... I just had the name of the filter on my mind as a friend is asking for one.
I bought it from a company in Canada. They are rare, and as far as battery consumption goes, they are rather inefficient. They last for 3-4 hours before you need to replace the batterys. But as I said, they have saved my fish's life more than once! I dont have enough of these filters to run on all 18 aquariums so in the past I have crunched fish together in about 11 aquariums but it does work.
I think the brand name was Stellar... or something like that. Hang on, I am surfing the net now to look for them.
I bought it from a company in Canada. They are rare, and as far as battery consumption goes, they are rather inefficient. They last for 3-4 hours before you need to replace the batterys. But as I said, they have saved my fish's life more than once! I dont have enough of these filters to run on all 18 aquariums so in the past I have crunched fish together in about 11 aquariums but it does work.
I think the brand name was Stellar... or something like that. Hang on, I am surfing the net now to look for them.
I am still looking... will not give up until I find exactly what the names are and where you can find them. 