I just wanted to post this for reference to others in the future that might be worried about their tanks being without power while they are away.
I have been on vacation for the last 6 days and while I was away a tropical storm blew through the area this past Tuesday. I was able to tell via my arlo cameras that I didn't lose power and all was good. Well Thursday morning I noticed the cameras not connecting... got in touch with a neighbor Thur evening who told me the power had been out for almost 24hrs at that point. My heart sank and I figured all was lost. I kept checking the ConEd outage maps and it was still out when I went to sleep last night at about 11pm. Sometime over night the power was restored, which would have put the total time at least 28hrs...
I came home expecting the worst but was shocked to see all was fine! All corals look good, RFA looks good, fish are all out and looking for food. I was amazed. Tank is a 60g cube with a screen top, only 5 fish tho which was probably the most important thing. The coral are all in a 7.5g tank with no fish thats plumbed in to the system.
Even more impressive was my FW tank that's 34g and has a large cichlid, catfish and pleco in it, but it has a full glass top to help with evap. I could have sworn they were goners because of the top but nope, they are fine too.
I ordered 2 bait bubblers anyway to have on hand in case this happens again. But for anyone worried about their tanks being without water movement for a significant amount of time, it's not always a death sentence if you are lightly stocked.
I have been on vacation for the last 6 days and while I was away a tropical storm blew through the area this past Tuesday. I was able to tell via my arlo cameras that I didn't lose power and all was good. Well Thursday morning I noticed the cameras not connecting... got in touch with a neighbor Thur evening who told me the power had been out for almost 24hrs at that point. My heart sank and I figured all was lost. I kept checking the ConEd outage maps and it was still out when I went to sleep last night at about 11pm. Sometime over night the power was restored, which would have put the total time at least 28hrs...
I came home expecting the worst but was shocked to see all was fine! All corals look good, RFA looks good, fish are all out and looking for food. I was amazed. Tank is a 60g cube with a screen top, only 5 fish tho which was probably the most important thing. The coral are all in a 7.5g tank with no fish thats plumbed in to the system.
Even more impressive was my FW tank that's 34g and has a large cichlid, catfish and pleco in it, but it has a full glass top to help with evap. I could have sworn they were goners because of the top but nope, they are fine too.
I ordered 2 bait bubblers anyway to have on hand in case this happens again. But for anyone worried about their tanks being without water movement for a significant amount of time, it's not always a death sentence if you are lightly stocked.
