Hoping for the best! Is there someone in the area who can throw a battery powered bubbler from Walmart on it till you can get home?
Working on it... looks like ETA 6 hours on the bubbler. Fingers crossed power comes back before that.
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Hoping for the best! Is there someone in the area who can throw a battery powered bubbler from Walmart on it till you can get home?
No way...probably need at least two of those...connected to NG and then the other to Propane, just in case.Overkill.
LOL!You realize she has a 5 gallon tank in a plastic container with 1 Damsel, running a MP40 and Radion, right?
Since your tank is small and you are looking at portably batteries.A very stressful few hours. My power went out since 2 thankfully it just turned back on. As I’m frantically running to the store and trying to figure out a plan. Now I’m investing in a large portable battery.
I require an update on this situation.....please. I have been having anxiety issues all day over it.Working on it... looks like ETA 6 hours on the bubbler. Fingers crossed power comes back before that.
I require an update on this situation.....please. I have been having anxiety issues all day over it.
If you were closer, I have a extra battery powered air pump you could have.Ordered a battery bubbler but Petco cancelled it. My buddy is going to try and find one and then get to the house. More to come. In some respects, it could be worse. I just started the tank 2 months ago. Worst case I'll be down 2 clowns and CUC.
If you were closer, I have a extra battery powered air pump you could have.
Down here in Olympia, we seem to have at least one good one every year.I appreciate that. We've never had an outage in the last two years, Murphy in full effect at the moment.
Down here in Olympia, we seem to have at least one good one every year.
Sometimes several.
Right on. 100A LiFePO4 + small inverter (maybe 400w) + small charger, and one case of red.Learning that might be the case. I'll be building a battery backup when I get home. I'm consoling myself with Napa wines at the moment. I'm at my 4th winery of the day.
Right on. 100A LiFePO4 + small inverter (maybe 400w) + small charger, and one case of red.
Not sure; I had an electrician hardwire it directly into the existing panel and then create a cable so that I could plug the generator directly into the external outlet that she installed on the side of the house. Expensive, but nice and easy to use.what make/model transfer switch?
I am one of them. Lost power for 18 hours last night/today. Of course I had everything planned except for a long duration power outage. I lost two fish so far, hopefully that is the extent but I am not happy with myself for not having a better backup plan. I am planning on getting a 2000W portable gas generator soon to keep a few things powered in the future.I learned years ago a gas powered generator is very good insurance.
Had one since the early 90's. Wouldn't even think of not having one now.
You don't need a whole house generator. Mine only powers about 1/2 my house, but I have lights, heat, entertainment center, hot water heater, and oh yeah both my tanks have full power.
You don't need the transfer switch either, but it sure is nice not having a hundred feet of extension cords all over the place.
Harbor Freight sells pretty reliable generators.
Just had a wind storm blow through last night. I see on the local news thousands of people without power. I wonder how many of them have fish tanks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Oops click wrong button before adding pic.I have these on all my tanks hooked to a Nero power head that disturbs the water surface. This guarantees that I have oxygen when the power goes out. I also have a portable generator that I can run which will
Power all 6 of my tanks. Takes a little while to get all the cords run, but the battery pack gives me the time to get home and set up if I’m not there at the time.
Unfortunately it isn’t automatic so probably not good enough if I’m out of town.
I bought several D battery air pumps, I often use them if purchasing a larger fish as I’m 3+ hours from LFS. I think they can be very helpful and have used them during power outage and also if I need to quickly increase O2 in tank.I bought one of these…in the event a power outage happens again.
I require an update on this situation.....please. I have been having anxiety issues all day over it.