dlandino

glad you and your family and your tank made it through the storm safely. people don't realize how dependent they are on the grid. Everyone should have at least a solar charger and a few batteries with a inverter. The wife and I have been talking about getting off the grid when we move next year.

Man, 9 days must have been awful. I know when I was running my generator, I didn't want to leave the house to run to the local gas station to refill the fuel jugs. Thinking my house was alone seemed dangerous, and the risk that the generator could be stolen wasn't ruled out either. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

So happy you all came through safe and sound. You've definitely opened my mind on how to prepare for even the smallest of power outages. Time to store some water!

I'm glad to share the story and thanks all. I must try and be back here more often.

Yes, I agree.

Update - way over due. This tank crashed soon after the power came back on. It started with an uncontrollable hair algae outbreak and then uncontrollable po4, no3, and eventually STN and RTN. After about a 5 month struggle and trying to salvage at least something from the setup I just ended up donating the live rock to a new reefer for a tank start up. I started over again and am very happy with my new mostly LPS tank.