GFI Blip Badness

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During these gale winds we had my power was blipping all day. Apparently during one of the blips one of my GFIs tripped. I did not realize it until the next day. The heaters for both tanks were on that GFI. Tank temps had dropped to 70 for both the Reef and Planted tanks (120 and 125). Fish looked ok but lethargic. So I turned it back on and it took over 2 days to get back to 78. Thinking of getting another heater for both tanks as a helper heater to split the load. I'll set them both up as close as I can so they both pretty much run at the same times. Anyone do this?
 
I run 3 100 watt. Heaters in my sump, if one fails the other two should be able to maintain temp. However if the circuit fails they all shut down. This makes me think of brining a second circuit and split them up.
 

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