Powercut to aquarium, NOW WHAT ????

Cheers every1, just to let you know I did buy an APC Smart 1000 which has been tested and works for more than an hour and thats even with all equipment going for it, obviously if I was dealling with a few days outtage then thats another story but for the short term ones then a UPS seemed like an ideal solution, I manged to get if off ebay for £30 so for the relativly small investment I'm manged to protect my tank from blackout and any power surges which may occur, not that I've ever lost any electrical items to a power surge "YET".

The hardest part though was trying to find a six way plug exstention that would then allow me to plug this into an IEC (kettle lead socket) because obviously the average UPS has kettle lead sockets and not your average plug socket, but I even managed to get hold of one of these. As someone said earlier though wait till 3am and the next power cut hits and my UPS is bleeping away I'm sure that'll be fun, grin !!!!.

My only last wish was theat aquarium equipment came with USB sockets so my UPS could now power them down before the battery gives out, surely someone could make millions from selling USB powered aqaurium equipment, hmmmm then again.
 
Ahh, I don't mean to be too critical because I am a worry wart myself, but dude, you're too worried! :shark: Man, I'm just as bad sometimes though with worrying. Honestly though, it really does depend on the kind of fish you have in your tanks as to how long they can go without any power. This time of year in England, I wouldn't even worry for like days at a time. But in the winter, I would be very concerned. Temperature is more of an issue with most species than waste problems. Most species can stand several days of waste with no problem as long as temps are normal. Ideally, it's not good to do that, but on the other hand, a power outage generally doesn't last long at all. One thing I've had problems with in the recent past related to power is when there is a power surge, filters can get ruined so make sure you're using a surge protector. At any rate I'm rambling in to worry myself now and my point was: don't worry about it.
 
When the hurricane was coming last year (the first one) I'm have to admit I wasn't even thinking about the fish tank. I was too worried about securing my house, the parrot, the cat & myself. Husband (then FH) had to go in to work, so I went to my parents' house. Turned out I never lost power at my place. (I was in that lucky 1% of people in Palm Beach CO. that DIDN'T lose power) My parents lost it for nearly a week. My mom's lightly stocked tank did fine. I think all she did is pour some tank water over the bio wheel occasionally, and she only did that after I suggested it. If I had lost power here I do have a battery powered air stone I could've used. We do have occasional power outages here that last from a few minutes to an hour or so. I don't even worry about those. I've got my cannister filster on a surge protector, but that's it. Heater? I don't even run one on my tank, don't need it here. I only own one in case of ich treatment.
 
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