Black out!

[sammy32lee]

So after this supposedly tornado past my house and rips out all the trees on the block and the electric wires, I have no power in the house and my tanks been without power since 6pm. How long can I go without power? Anyone?:irked:

 

[beerfish]

Do you have any batter powered air pumps?

If not, prepare for a long night.

 

[beerfish]

Just bumped the Emergency thread. Read through it and good luck!

 

[sammy32lee]

If I had the time to bump the emergency thread and read through it I wouldn't have posted this thread!

 

[PolandSpring]

im guessing 12-20 hours, before things start getting ugly

 

[beerfish]

If I had the time to bump the emergency thread and read through it I wouldn't have posted this thread!

If you can get to MR, then the emergency thread is the best place to look. Make sure the water is oxygenated, that's the biggest issue.

 

[TheDumbSter]

idk but good luck hope all goes good!!

 

[KathyC]

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/42407-emergency-measures-use-now.html

The actual instructions are at the very beginning of the thread and as per my request the amount of chit-chat on the thread is limited.

You do NOT have 12-20 hours before things start getting ugly. You need to get oxygen into that tank NOW.

Do you have any battery operated air pumps? If not, you are going to have to manually get air in there, easiest way to do it immediately is take a clean pitcher and start picking up water out of the main tank and dump it back in from a height as high as you can get.
Do this as many times as possible and you will need to do it every hour (minimum) until you get an air pump in there

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Dude, run out to the HomeDepot or Lowes and pick up a little genorator (and hurry before others beat you to it). They have a small one for $300. Being an electrician and with plenty of experience dealing with the power company, it can take 1 - 3 days for you to get your power back (especialy with all the downed power lines this storm caused). Good luck.

 

[PolandSpring]

im guessing 12-20 hours, before things start getting ugly

dont take my advice

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Oh yeah, you have about 4 -6 hours before you start to loose all your animals.

 

[beerfish]

Oh yeah, you have about 4 -6 hours before you start to loose all your animals.

Or less... so you might want to take the time to read the thread that I bumped so you wouldn't have to search for it... but if you don't have time... good luck I guess.

 

[stbarnabas]

A guy is selling his brand new generator but I think his from Bkln but for 150$ is not bad

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Dude, stroker347 is selling one on here for $150 and he lives in Brooklyn. Its on the trade/Sale Thread.

 

[stbarnabas]

Yeah that's the guy

 

[sammy32lee]

Big thanks to lazibonez for the late night help out! When I got home the achillies tang, mystery wrasse and the hawain cleaner wrasse was on the bottom of the tank breathing heavy! Hopefully the last minute battery operated pump helps out!

 

[bigdog1428]

when i lost power i went to radio shack and bought a lil 350 watt power inverter that i ran off of a car battery,,,i was able to power 2 powerheads and my canister filter,,,,and if u want u can switch on ur leds if u have them ,,hops this helps

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Ups for return pumps has been a life saver for me.

 

[AlohaTropics]

I'm just curious. If 4-6 hours in a large volume of tank water with no power will kill corals, how do they survive 24 hours in a tiny bag with a cup of water when they ship?


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[batt600]

I'm just curious. If 4-6 hours in a large volume of tank water with no power will kill corals, how do they survive 24 hours in a tiny bag with a cup of water when they ship?


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Good point . But non of us can really say what the time line . 1 we dont now what size tank he has. 2 how many fish he stocks. 3 how many corals he has and 4 if he has a nitrate problem or anything else . This is all a factor in his time frame so no one can really say how long he has