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Power Outage.....Not Good

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dcombs44
, 08-16-2010 at 01:38 PM (1637 Views)
So, our entire city (pop. 5500) lost power for about 10 hours last Thursday.

Thankfully, it was caused by a storm which lowered the temperature from triple digits down into the 80s. I was out of town for work, so I couldn't tend to my tank (10 gallons). I was quite fearful as bad things happen quickly in small tanks.

I have a battery powered air pump, but it doesn't work well when I'm not there to turn it on. I had my wife stir the tank regularly until I got home Thursday evening.

Everything has survived thus far, but my zoanthid frags are a little worse for ware. Luckily, this tank is in the early stages, and the only livestock in the tank is my 10 zoanthid frags.

It pays to be prepared......Had this have been a more delicate tank, I probably would've lost it all.

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Updated 08-16-2010 at 05:42 PM by melev

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  1. melev's Avatar
    Hi Dustin. Glad to hear your wife could help out. How come she couldn't turn on the air pump? There's a battery powered one that is sold for about $15 (online) that turns on when the power turns off.
  2. dcombs44's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    Hi Dustin. Glad to hear your wife could help out. How come she couldn't turn on the air pump? There's a battery powered one that is sold for about $15 (online) that turns on when the power turns off.
    Well, we moved about 10 months ago, and much of my reefing gear is still boxed up in various places. I've tried to pull the items out that I'll be using as I come across them, but I've yet to find the battery powered pump. Suppose I'd better do that huh?

    Not sure if you remember my RC thread Marc, but you posted in there quite frequently, as I'm sure you did many others. I had a 55 gallon tank at the time. Name's Darren by the way
  3. sedor's Avatar
    There is no way I could have convinced my wife to stir my tank regularly until I could get home.
  4. dcombs44's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by sedor
    There is no way I could have convinced my wife to stir my tank regularly until I could get home.
    Haha...She's a good one most of the time. She always says she wants to learn to take care of the tanks, but she's a bit ADD so when I try to explain the science of things, she quickly loses interest.....But, she's usually pretty willing to help with topping off and checking temperatures and such while I'm out of town.
  5. melev's Avatar
    Darren! Not Dustin. I'm sorry. I knew your username, but had your first name wrong. I do remember your thread, and I'm glad to see you posting over here.

    You definitely need to go through your boxes to find things you need as back ups, emergencies, and regular maintenance.
  6. dcombs44's Avatar
    I've found most of the necessary stuff, but not quite all of it.

    I like the setup of this site. I wasn't aware that it was here until I was digging through some stuff on melevsreef and saw the link. Best of luck with your new tank.
  7. melev's Avatar
    Thanks. I hope it all works out. FYI, you can subscribe to a blogger, and any entries they make will result in an email notification letting you know so you can keep up to date.