Power outage help

[corey.nolta]

Just had a tree fall and rip down power lines. Lost all power. Waiting on city to come out, so I'm sure it'll be an all day thing. I do not have a generator, so my question is how do I keep my tank from going south? Will manually stiring the surface be sufficient enough to give the tank enough o2? How often? If not, what are some other Suggestions???
It's a 90 gallon tank that is pretty decently stocked.
Thanks a ton!!!!

 

[120reefkeeper]

You'll need a battery back up and an air pump hooked up to an airstone.

Beyond that a generator would be a great asset to have right now. If you have a buddy with one borrow it. If not I'd immediately try to rent one. Don't wait do it now!!

Good luck!!

 

[120reefkeeper]

Stirring the surface will not be sufficient... You need to make some quick decisions. A decently stocked tank can go south in 4 hours or even less.

 

[redfishbluefish]

It might be helpful to let folks know the area you live in. If you're in the central NJ area, I have a generator you may use.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

If you have a DC inverter, pull the battery out of your car and hook the inverter up to a pump to circulate water. That will buy you some time to find other options. If you have a newer car with an inverter already installed in it, start the car and run an extension cord from the car to a pump to circulate water.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Is the entire neighborhood out of power or just your house? If a neighbor has power, maybe you can get them to allow you to run an extension cord?

 

[corey.nolta]

City just showed up. Looks like it didn't rip anything off of house so I shouldn't need an electrician to come out, fingers crossed. As long as that stays true, should be up and good within an hour. How much damage will occur within an hour?

 

[jsker]

+1 @AllSignsPointToFIsh

 

[jsker]

City just showed up. Looks like it didn't rip anything off of house so I shouldn't need an electrician to come out, fingers crossed. As long as that stays true, should be up and good within an hour. How much damage will occur within an hour?

some,butt was stated before and you use an extension cord to plug a power head into a neighbors power?

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

City just showed up. Looks like it didn't rip anything off of house so I shouldn't need an electrician to come out, fingers crossed. As long as that stays true, should be up and good within an hour. How much damage will occur within an hour?

I would try to get something going now and not depend on the city worker's estimate. If the transformer was damaged and requires replacement, it could take quite a bit longer than an hour.

Can you run to a local tackle shop or sporting goods store to get a battery-operated aerator pump?

 

[aabjones888]

Things can definitely go south quick like people are saying, but I lost power for 2.5 days and it was in the winter so I stirred my water by hands once every hour during daylight hours and got blankets and wrapped the tank to keep the heat in. I had to get karosine heaters to heat my house because I live way out in the country. I tried keeping my house at 72 so that my tank would never get below 72 also. Thank goodness I didn't loose one thing. I had 3 clams, sps's, lps's and zoas at the time. I did only had 2 clowns a a few gobys as far as fish goes.

Good luck and its defintaly a scary situation.

 

[corey.nolta]

Power is back on!!!! Thank you everyone for the quick replies and suggestions!

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Awesome! You've got some luck there, better than mine!

If I were you, I'd give some thought to these scenarios and how you might cope with them in the future :)

 

[aabjones888]

Good deal!

 

[corey.nolta]

The crazy thing is, the wife and I were just talking LAST NIGHT about going generator shopping. If that's not a sign I'm not sure what is ;)

 

[redfishbluefish]

Wow, that was fast. Good stuff!

 

[tthouston]

Buy this to prepare for next time
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/silen...ArGiltrFeJpElX5NmeBaN2pAsVVheJp9g8aAtfJ8P8HAQ

 

[120reefkeeper]

Awesome glad to hear it! You dodged one there. As previously stated you might want to think about the " what if scenario "

 

[corey.nolta]

Buy this to prepare for next time
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/silen...ArGiltrFeJpElX5NmeBaN2pAsVVheJp9g8aAtfJ8P8HAQ

Awesome suggestion! Might as well purchase right now

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

The crazy thing is, the wife and I were just talking LAST NIGHT about going generator shopping. If that's not a sign I'm not sure what is ;)

I guess All Signs Point To Generator! :)