You can buy these devices from Cabelas (they are intended for livewells and minnowwells but work for aquariums).
air pump, battery operated
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Yes, that is one place... I have seen those before, unfortunately there are not too many Cabela's around. I am lucky enough to live less than 15 minutes from the Cabela's in Dundee, Michigan. I will have to go check them out again.
http://www.cabelas.com
They are primarialy a mail-order firm. One of their kits even is set up to allow you to use a regular cooler as a baitwell (or in our case a quarintene tank).
They are primarialy a mail-order firm. One of their kits even is set up to allow you to use a regular cooler as a baitwell (or in our case a quarintene tank).
The one near me is the newest, and its HUGE. These stores attract people from all over the midwest for some reason. They have a HUGE waterfall hooked up to a pond going around the store. The fish in the pond are all native fish which would be found in the great lakes.... huge fish. 
I just used a Penn Plaxx Silent Air for a long move. It was noisy but I got five days of operation out of two D cells. I would definitely recommend it.
anyone have the azoo pumps? i was looking at those on foster and smith and considering getting a few. i am transfering colleges in august-to one that is 2 hours away and needed a few. the azoo ones are cheap so of course they interested me 
LOL, I was just going to post a question on battery operated pumps!
Has anybody tried that one that recharges? Is it worth the extra money or should I just get the penn-plax?
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...tk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallany&Np=1&N=2004&Nty=1
I'm scared to death of power outages now, my husband turned off the power once to work on the electrical and then I nearly had a heart attack when I couldn't get my pump's impeller to start again! (a Tetratec I've since gotten a new filter and tank since then!).
On the Penn-plax is it strong enough that one could handle a 55 gallon tank or should I get more than one? What about for my smaller tanks? (a 5 and a 10 gallon).
Thanks
Has anybody tried that one that recharges? Is it worth the extra money or should I just get the penn-plax?
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...tk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallany&Np=1&N=2004&Nty=1
I'm scared to death of power outages now, my husband turned off the power once to work on the electrical and then I nearly had a heart attack when I couldn't get my pump's impeller to start again! (a Tetratec I've since gotten a new filter and tank since then!).
On the Penn-plax is it strong enough that one could handle a 55 gallon tank or should I get more than one? What about for my smaller tanks? (a 5 and a 10 gallon).
Thanks
If you are worried about power outages you my want to consider a UPS. These are designed for computers but they will power and aquarium for a while.
