Upcoming Planned Power Outage Advice

[Zakary2003]

They are cutting the power to my dorm from 9:30am to 5:30pm for repairs on 3/18, during my spring break. I will be out of town, and so will all the other students in my building.

I have a battery powered airstone already set up. It will automatically trigger when it loses power and it is advertised to last for 12 hours on a charge at max speed, so I think I have oxygenation covered.

I'm a little concerned about temperature though. I'm in St. Petersburg Florida and the high is 75, but my dorm gets a lot of direct sunlight. I'll be closing the blinds. Normally I'd just add bags of ice if it gets too warm, but I won't be there. Any suggestions for how to control temps?

Anything else I should do to prepare?

The tank is a 20 gallon all in one mixed reef. I have it pretty heavily stocked with a yasha goby, two clownfish, a tailspot blenny, pistol shrimp, skunk cleaner shrimp, and captive bred mandarin from biota. I also have a bubble tip anemone, some rock flower anemones and lots of LPS, some zoas and clove/star polyps, and a couple SPS colonies.

 

[mann1139]

Your ability to control temperature depends on how long you are out of the room.

Do you have to leave that morning, or are you gone all week?

Are you allowed to put up blinds?

 

[Zakary2003]

Your ability to control temperature depends on how long you are out of the room.

Do you have to leave that morning, or are you gone all week?

Are you allowed to put up blinds?

I'm gone all week

 

[mann1139]

I'm gone all week

Okay that limits the options.

Focus on cooling the room. If you can, lower the temp on your AC a couple degrees before you leave (70 vs 72). Your heater should be able to keep up and it will give a headstart.

Blinds/curtains in the room to keep heat out. Even if you have to tape something up for the week, it sounded like sunlight was your #1 concern.

Can you remotely kill your lighting before and after the outage?

Basically look for any heat sources and minimize them before and during the outage.