what do you do for a Emergency help!

[fishtk75]

All of you have a plan for a Emergency that been in the hobby for a long time?
As if the Power goes out or main pump goes out and so on is there a list of what you should have something on hand and to do so I can setup something too for not if but when it will happen.
If you all please help not only me but all that are new to the hobby that will read this post thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

There are a couple of things you can do for a power outage. Battery powered air pumps and help out. I have 2 they run several hours on a single D battery. You could get and inverter and run the main pump off of your car battery. If you have the cash you could get a generator. This way not only do you have th power to run the tank, but if you get it large enough you can also run the fridge and a TV.

As far as the main pump going down, unless you have a spare on hand there is not much you can do. Hopfully it is not your only circulation for the tank. A closed loop or powerheads will keep the tank just fine for a few days while you get the pump changed out.

 

[WRASSER]

Wazzel is right on with his list. I lost 17 fish the first night of hurricane Katrina. They told us the storm wasnt going to be bad. Next day I used a power converter to run one of three tank 1/2 hr each. That was only 5 days with out power. Durring hurricane Wilma Iuse a battery operated air pump for 12 days with out power. We had gas lines for miles, people fighting over stupid stuff. So I couldn't use the converter, the pump worked fine. I would go through a pair of batteries in 24 hrs.

 

[shaunw60]

I recently refurbed a 1500 UA UPS for about $100. It just needed new batteries and can power my main return pump for about 5 hours.

 

[fishtk75]

Thank you all.
I have down now a refurbed APC backup hooked up to a marine deep cycle battery,Generator and Solarpanels for battery charging.

I will buy a extra same size mag pump,heater that is in the tank and use it now for mixing the saltwater then if they go out I will have a emergency plan.