- Location
- long island
Its been 12 days now and I'm still out of power from Hurricane Sandy and there is no word from LIPA as to when I'll be getting it back.
Unfortunately I've lost everything in my 80gal of three years, thousands gone. We had a generator which was running the heat in the house and my tank but it failed 3 days ago. I was also using a power inverter connected to the car during the times when the generator was off. But when the generator failed and the house temperature dropped to 50 degrees, the tank heater couldn't compete with the cold room temperature. The tanks temperature this morning was 48 degrees. Being too cold to sleep in the house and having to attend college full-time, I couldn't keep up with demand of tank. Now I'm faced with a clouded tank and complete whip out of livestock.
What is salvageable from the tank now, once I drain the water? (no fish or corals are alive at this point) sand or rocks? What advice would you give to reduce headaches and help me get back to were I once was. I can not drain the tank until power is restored, since I can't mix/heat new water. It's depressing and I'm annoyed at the fact I didn't have control of the situation. I don't want to leave the hobby so soon.
Unfortunately I've lost everything in my 80gal of three years, thousands gone. We had a generator which was running the heat in the house and my tank but it failed 3 days ago. I was also using a power inverter connected to the car during the times when the generator was off. But when the generator failed and the house temperature dropped to 50 degrees, the tank heater couldn't compete with the cold room temperature. The tanks temperature this morning was 48 degrees. Being too cold to sleep in the house and having to attend college full-time, I couldn't keep up with demand of tank. Now I'm faced with a clouded tank and complete whip out of livestock.
What is salvageable from the tank now, once I drain the water? (no fish or corals are alive at this point) sand or rocks? What advice would you give to reduce headaches and help me get back to were I once was. I can not drain the tank until power is restored, since I can't mix/heat new water. It's depressing and I'm annoyed at the fact I didn't have control of the situation. I don't want to leave the hobby so soon.