Making It Through A Twenty Three Hour Power Outage

[FishOfHex]

Hey guys just had a 23 hours power outage and i wanted to share how i made it without losing a fish or coral.

 

[Tony Jibster]

Great job! Glad you brought the system through safely. :-)

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Hey guys just had a 23 hours power outage and i wanted to share how i made it without losing a fish or coral.

Nice video!

 

[120reefkeeper]

As always great video!

 

[FishOfHex]

Great job! Glad you brought the system through safely. :-)

Me too glad it's over

 

[FishOfHex]

As always great video!

Thanks man

 

[FishOfHex]

Nice video!

Thanks for watching

 

[Jimbo]

Good job on the video. What generator were you running?

 

[Pruett-nc]

Might help others I found the other day searching for backup for power outages .

http://www.centralmainediesel.com/order/EF1000iS_Bi_Fuel.asp?page=EF1000iS_Bi_Fuel

Says it will run for 85 hours on one gas grill tank .

 

[Pagerone]

Great video on YouTube I'm a fan Fishofhex , everyone should watch this video

 

[FishOfHex]

Great video on YouTube I'm a fan Fishofhex , everyone should watch this video

Thanks for watching

 

[FishOfHex]

Good job on the video. What generator were you running?

Homedepot 2 stroke

 

[lewis.maryann08]

Awesome job I feel the same way!!!

 

[Robink]

I'm getting solar power in my next house.
Beautiful tank! glad everything made it!

 

[that Reef Guy]

Awesome Video!

 

[stunreefer Verified Sponsor]

Great job getting to work quick, every minute counts!

Not sure if it was just for video, but I would keep the lights off during an outage in the future. SPS can take 72 hour of no light just fine. Most other corals can stretch 4-5 days. Even LEDs put off enough heat to raise tank temps, plus a fuge light. Additional fan(s) pointed right at the water would reduce frequency of ice additions as well.

 

[FishOfHex]

Great job getting to work quick, every minute counts!

Not sure if it was just for video, but I would keep the lights off during an outage in the future. SPS can take 72 hour of no light just fine. Most other corals can stretch 4-5 days. Even LEDs put off enough heat to raise tank temps, plus a fuge light. Additional fan(s) pointed right at the water would reduce frequency of ice additions as well.

I just let the apex control the lights.

 

[FishOfHex]

Awesome Video!

Thank you

 

[FishOfHex]

I'm getting solar power in my next house.
Beautiful tank! glad everything made it!

Thank you

 

[Jami]

Thank you for sharing. I actually think about this a lot, as I am new to reeling and we've had some extreme powere outages in the past. I have prepared with power back ups, but was never sure how to properly do the icing part of it. This was safe and simple! Now I feel confident I could successfully keep my tank healthy :)