power outage

With the chance of snow here in eastern NC, I am preparing for the “what ifs”. I ordered a solar battery power station from Amazon and thought id share with you all! It’s much cheaper than a generator and seems powerful enough to run pumps and a light. And switch out and run a heater when...

I used to live in Sanibel and went through the nightmare of Hurricane Ian. Now, I live in the Florida Keys. Very recently, I got into this hobby. My original thought was simple: build a basic saltwater tank, collect some tropical fish from the reef, and have some fun. The setup I have now is...

Hello! I’m panicking a bit and my anxiety causes me to go into worst case scenario thinking. I’m not home right now, no one is and won’t be for about 3 hours, and there’s a power outage -planned by the city but not announced to the residents. I have a 120 gallon tank with live rocks, a tang...

Hello! I’m panicking a bit and my anxiety causes me to go into worst case scenario thinking. I’m not home right now, no one is and won’t be for about 3 hours, and there’s a power outage -planned by the city but not announced to the residents. I have a 120 gallon tank with live rocks, a tang...

I have posted previously about my tank. A 3 gallon with inverts. In my area we had severe flooding thursday/friday to the point people lost their lives. My apartment got flooded and it damaged a lot of furniture including my bed. So I have been sleeping at my brother’s house in the meantime...

Everything is alive and looking good for now ! Fortunately,my Gyre is directly plugged into the wall with an emergency battery backup system which kicks on when the power is cutoff however, it did not need to kick on since I had no power outage... For some reason the GFCI was triggered around...

We lost power during the night and I didn't find out till 6 hours later. Battery backup was only connected to wave pumps and didn't get the rest connected back up with a generator until 9 hours after the power outage. My ammonia the night before was 0.13, 48 hours later it has jumped to 1.44...

Okay so my power was out for 42 hours straight, no lights, no flow, no heating!! The tank, at its coldest temperature was 71.4 Fahrenheit. Mostly everything seemed to have recovered fine EXCEPT for GSP (Green Starry Polyp) soft coral. I would figure that this would be the most resilient in my...

I am in Florida and we are about to get hit with a hurricane. This is my first hurricane season with a reef tank. In the past, I've kept freshwater tanks. Those just required a battery powered air pump with an airstone (which i think i still have somewhere), and sometimes a heater. What can I do...

Power outages/interruptions are inevitable here in South Florida with all the storms rolling through. Last week I experienced 2x brief power outages. When power was restored my GHL ProfiLux 4 (Firmware 7.33) failed to connect to my network via WiFi preventing me from connecting using myGHL...

Hello We lost power yesterday at around 7 due to snow storm and wind. No ETA from local power company on when we will see it back on. The tank has been covered in blankets since power went out and this morning we started employing hot water bags to float on the surface. We were siphoning water...

It’s hurricane season, but also I’ve had a plan for a while to get battery bubblers to throw on the tanks when I go on vacation. If I’m home, I’ll just use the generator. Trouble is, I can’t find any great options. So what is everyone using?! I’m looking for: 1) Long run time (at least 24h but...

Hello all, I have a 220 gallon saltwater tank with a 40 gallon sump. How do I know how much flow I need in the event of a power outage? I see most reefers have battery backups for their power heads to run 8-10 hours off of. I have 2 MP40s in my tank. Do I need battery backups for both? Just...

Hello everyone! So I am doing my research regarding installing a battery backup for my aquarium and have come across a few questions. I am hoping someone can provide some input. 6 foot 165 gallon aquarium. I am currently running 2 Reef Octo Pulse 4's and 2 Tunze 6095's for flow. These are...

Okay r2r I’m back with another question trying to expand my knowledge just a little more to take that next step in this awesome hobby we have. Hope this question well help me many others and at the same time help some people revise their plans. this week my question is on power outages. For...

What do you do if the power goes out for a Aqueon 30 HOB?

Here is the story of how I prevented my reef tank from crashing during the TX winter storm a few weeks ago. It was truly a miracle that I managed to have such few losses considering what happened. This storm was completely unprecedented and there was really no way we Texans could’ve anticipated...

I am starting a new Biocube 32 reef tank, but I live in Maine and often experience power outages. These often last 2-3 days and every few years we get some that last a week or more. Last year I lost power for 7 days, had it back for 1 and lost it again for another 2 days due to bad snow and ice...

I just wanted to post this for reference to others in the future that might be worried about their tanks being without power while they are away. I have been on vacation for the last 6 days and while I was away a tropical storm blew through the area this past Tuesday. I was able to tell via my...

What are your hurricane preps for the tanks!? Mine at the moment is 2 battery bubblers and a battery pack to run a powerhead on and off for a few days.

Local fish shop Coral Sea Aquarium in West Palm Beach, FL, bordered up, where new owner James Wood camped out for days in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Learn more about their story at the end of Part II of our three part series. Image Credit: Coral Sea Aquarium Rev suggested I share this...