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Oh good I’m not a weirdo after all since others do the same thing lol
no, your still a weirdo.... we just like you because we are weirdo's too...
as for the OP...
i went thru many outages in florida with the hurricanes... before my generator, i had power out for 3 days...
pitcher of water over and over for 5 minutes, then a break for 30 minutes just like was stated earlier got me through it fine....
if you can get to a wall mart, get a power inverter and you can plug it into your cars cigarette lighter and run an extension cord to the main pump... that will get you through.... i kept my car running for a day to circulate the tank.... i also got an inverter big enough to run my fridge too... but i had to switch between the 2. it couldn't run them at the same time
I did not know that. I just figured that a sleeping fish would require less oxygen then one that was being stressed out by someone stirring the tank.The fish require the same amount of oxygen awake or asleep.
Also if the tank is covered the CO2 will be trapped and will not dissipate as normal. This will also deplete the oxygen faster
If your fish seem to be gasping at the surface for air adding hydrogen peroxide will help. Also if you have a flashlight or even a candle put it near the tank. The light will promote photosnthsis and thus raise oxygen.
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Like someone stated earlier Walmart(or Lowe’s, Home Depot or any hardware store that’s open in your area and probably even truck stops)sells power converters that are simple to use with your vehicle that’s probably what I would do at this point
If you have a cordless drill, you could put a suitable mixer on it and use that to mix water. Just watch the fish dont come near. And ve careful with splashing water.
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Tunze nanostream pump with the battery adaptor. Automatically detects power loss and switches to battery
With the right battery it can run 30-40 hours
With the right battery it can run 30-40 hours
You got to get the one with the controller
http://www.aquacave.com/tunze-turbe...gbLLtGngyFwn-jljatWxXefD87ybEvi4aAntYEALw_wcB
125 for the pump. Another 20 ish for the battery power adapter. 40 for a battery
expensive is only relative to how much time and money in fish and corals could you possibly lose
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