First Power Outage

[Gankutsuou]

it was only two hours, but with my obvious overstocking issues, measures needed to be taken.

So, i did a 25% water change, and planned to do so every hour, as texas like to be very hot this time of year...

What would you all have done in my situation?

 

[newfishaddict]

it was only two hours, but with my obvious overstocking issues, measures needed to be taken.

So, i did a 25% water change, and planned to do so every hour, as texas like to be very hot this time of year...

What would you all have done in my situation?

I never over stock, I understock at at about 60% of the "inch" rule....

I have not yet but am going to VERY soon, get the biggest batery containing power bar I can get (usually for computers) and use it for only my filter. A comany "APC" makes good ones...

 

[Gankutsuou]

It was a biggeners mistake, what I did. The only thing i can do now is return the pleco friday and move the dragon goby to a larger tank, but it won't be brackish sadly.... As more fish need accomidation....

The neon tetra needs friends....
The glow light tetra need friends...
The cardinal tetra need friends....
The khuli loaches need friends....

there are just more needs over all for them than for mr goby.... And i'm really sorry.... but no store will take him back, except one, who'd throw him in non brackish water of much worse condition, with all smaller literally baby gobies.

Infact, i think they ever had them with balas at one point...
So i can pray and hope for the best.... But i am planning to rectify part of what i've done to these poor dudes

 

[Coomon10]

Just out of interest... Whats the main issue with a power outage? I guess over extended times and in extreme conditions temperature could be an issue (but water retains its heat well if its cold and fish can survive hotter periods- like the summer we have just had in UK). So is it lack of water disturbance and therefore lack of oxygen? Bacteria dying off due to lack of filtering?

TIA

 

[dgwebster]

ive heard people quoting the likes of 10+ hours for no damage to a filter, but i would not want to test that one.

also, when its hot the oxygen level would be the biggest concern because as we all no, the hotter the water, the less the oxygen content... or something like that.

 

[Tolak]

Just out of interest... Whats the main issue with a power outage? I guess over extended times and in extreme conditions temperature could be an issue (but water retains its heat well if its cold and fish can survive hotter periods- like the summer we have just had in UK). So is it lack of water disturbance and therefore lack of oxygen? Bacteria dying off due to lack of filtering?

TIA

Depending on the season heat could be an issue. My power just went out for around 20 minutes earlier, but being summer it wouldn't pose a problem for several hours. In winter, it could be a problem, room temperature will decrease, increasing the rate at which your tanks would cool.

Filters not working means no bio filtration. As long as the media is wet, the bacteria should hold out for around 12 hours before dying off. It also means no aeration. The combination of ammonia & low O2 could get out of hand quickly in an overstocked tank.

I have a 5kw generator for any extended outages. It will run all the tanks, a couple of refrigerators, the sump pump, and the furnace blower in the winter. Without a generator, I would wrap tanks in blankets or other insulating material in the winter. Find a plastic cup or other container you don't mind destroying, something big enough to hold your filter media with room to spare. Drill or punch a bunch of holes in the bottom. Put your filter media in this & clip it to the side of the tank. Pour water through the filter media, you are now the pump of your filter.

 

[e11cloud]

Just out of interest... Whats the main issue with a power outage? I guess over extended times and in extreme conditions temperature could be an issue (but water retains its heat well if its cold and fish can survive hotter periods- like the summer we have just had in UK). So is it lack of water disturbance and therefore lack of oxygen? Bacteria dying off due to lack of filtering?

TIA

Depending on the season heat could be an issue. My power just went out for around 20 minutes earlier, but being summer it wouldn't pose a problem for several hours. In winter, it could be a problem, room temperature will decrease, increasing the rate at which your tanks would cool.

Filters not working means no bio filtration. As long as the media is wet, the bacteria should hold out for around 12 hours before dying off. It also means no aeration. The combination of ammonia & low O2 could get out of hand quickly in an overstocked tank.

I have a 5kw generator for any extended outages. It will run all the tanks, a couple of refrigerators, the sump pump, and the furnace blower in the winter. Without a generator, I would wrap tanks in blankets or other insulating material in the winter. Find a plastic cup or other container you don't mind destroying, something big enough to hold your filter media with room to spare. Drill or punch a bunch of holes in the bottom. Put your filter media in this & clip it to the side of the tank. Pour water through the filter media, you are now the pump of your filter.

That's a great idea! I'll have to keep that one in mind. I have one question, though...I was kind of thinking the same thing, soaking the filter in the tank, (assuming it wasn't that nasty, if so rinsing it a bit), but then also disturbing the water every now in then, especially when it's hot. The cup over the side was a much better idea than mine. I also live in Texas. In August, the average temperature is three digits...in the blazing hot sun around noon, things could get pretty hairy in that condition. So would shaking the water around with your hand at the surface briskly every now and then be sufficient?

 

[Gankutsuou]

This is texas, and this is the summer.

So heat = yes.

So to get oxygen, 25% water cfhanges an hour was probably a good idea then.

Thanks for the input all