How prepared are you?

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I’d like hear how prepared you all are in case of anything going wrong with your tank. Here’s what I have for my 180 gallon...

3- copper power
1-500 ml cupermine
5 gallons of activated carbon
200 gallons of rodi
5 boxes of salt

3 controllers
4 vectra l1 pumps
8 bags of purigen
2 - polylab medic
1-500 ml cuprisorb

1 liter pho’s guard
7- kanaplex (5 gram)
2- metroplex (5 gram)
2 focus
30 oz prazipro

Cycled media in sump
2-Ecotech Battery back up
Generator
8 -55 gallon plastic drums

Tons of new life spectrum pellets/ dry food
Battery backup air pumps
2- 800 watt fined heater
2- 500 watt fined heaters
300 watt fine heater

2 - blue line heater controllers
refractometer
7- 27"tongs
 
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Um...I have an extra main pump...my old one and that's about it. That's what LFS are for
 
In my +/- 40 years of reefing I've learned that bad things happen when you least expect it. On a holiday, in the evening, when you're leaving on vacation...

Pre-plumbed return pump
Skimmer Pump & Skimmer cup
ATO Pump
Dosing Pump & replacement pump tubing
Apex head unit & Apex Heater probe
probe calibration chemicals
Wetside for my mp40QD
Heaters
Rodi filter sets
Full set of t5 bulbs
Kessil LED
All primary test kits & backup glass testing vials for each
Dosing elements
Food (frozen & dry)
Reactor cartridges/pads
Rox 0.8 carbon & HC GFO
Polyfilters
Plumbing parts (pipe, connectors, valves)
Boxes of salt
Ecotech battery backup for my MP40's
3400w portable generator

Basically I have a dry goods store in my closet!

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/what-do-you-keep-backups-of-just-in-case-you-run-out.709825/
 

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