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Here's the (hypothetical) situation:
You have a medium sized reef tank (50-100 gal). There's a power outage and you have a small appliance battery and an AC converter. What do you run on the battery power to keep the system alive with as little disruption as possible - little to no loss of fish and coral?
To be specific, the power outage will last 3 days (72hr) . Your battery is a 12V, 100 Amp-hour model like this. You have an AC converter so you could run any of your plug-in equipment. The tank is in a location where the temp will be stable enough to not be a big issue.
Would you run airstones for O2/gas exchange with the idea that it'll also provide enough flow?
Would you run a powerhead for flow with the idea that flow across the surface gives enough gas exchange?
Would you run LED lights near-continuously for 72hr to produce O2 by photosynthesis?
Would you do some combination? Do something else entirely? Do you think it's impossible?
The most helpful responses would be specific, with approximate wattage of equipment since you have to make it 72 hours on 12V, 100 Amp-hours battery.
You have a medium sized reef tank (50-100 gal). There's a power outage and you have a small appliance battery and an AC converter. What do you run on the battery power to keep the system alive with as little disruption as possible - little to no loss of fish and coral?
To be specific, the power outage will last 3 days (72hr) . Your battery is a 12V, 100 Amp-hour model like this. You have an AC converter so you could run any of your plug-in equipment. The tank is in a location where the temp will be stable enough to not be a big issue.
Would you run airstones for O2/gas exchange with the idea that it'll also provide enough flow?
Would you run a powerhead for flow with the idea that flow across the surface gives enough gas exchange?
Would you run LED lights near-continuously for 72hr to produce O2 by photosynthesis?
Would you do some combination? Do something else entirely? Do you think it's impossible?
The most helpful responses would be specific, with approximate wattage of equipment since you have to make it 72 hours on 12V, 100 Amp-hours battery.