What to do when power is out?

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I tried searching for this as I know I have seen threads, but could not actually find anything. Yesterday our power was out for about 7 hours, and so in that time my tank (55G) was not being heated or filtered. Luckily the temperature did not drop very much at all (I keep it at 80F and it dropped to 78F) but I was worried about oxygen levels in the water and just the health of my fish (3 x juvie angels, about 4" in height).

If (and when) the power goes out again, what steps should I take? is there anything I should look to have around to try and keep things as stable as possible? Especially as I imagine when the angels get bigger and if power is out for any length of time ammo/nitrite/nitrate may start to build up.

Any tips?

Thanks.
 
You can pick up a battery powered air pump, although I personally dont think its necessary. Do you have Live plants? They should keep the water oxygentated throught short power outtages. I have a power inverter in my truck that utilized the trucks battery to create line power, in an emergency I could run my filter and heaters off of it. You can pick them up at truckstops and bigger walart type stores.

I also have a 6500 watt generator just in case...
 
Every summer I can expect a power outage or two..usually not more than 24 hours. The only thing I do is make sure the filter media stays wet...so for example, I take the bio wheel in one of my filters and float it in the tank.

Like said above, if it goes on for longer than a day, I borrow my neighbors generator and run the filters for a while...

The thing I worry about more, is when the power comes back on that the filters prime themselves and run properly.
 
Fordtrannyman said:
A battery power backup should run a filter for several hours.
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Several hours?
My 700 Watt UPS ran my stuff for about 20 minutes... (no heaters)
 
Why does the power seem to always go out at 2 in the morning, and not 5 in the evening? Our power went out last night due to a strong storm, at, of course, 2 in the morning. I own a small generator, about 4000 watts. It takes me 5 minutes to fire it up, run one cord to a surge strip, connect both my tanks surge strips, and go back to sleep. If you want peace of mind, get a generator! Most equipment on a tank is low watts, it runs for hours on minimal gas.
 
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