Thanks for looking at my question.
I have a fish tank set-up at my office. Occasionally, for whatever reason, the power goes out on the weekend.
I have a red sea nano filter for my mini-bow 2.5 gallon tank. When the filter is unplugged, the water dumps out of the filter. When the filter is plugged back in, the filter gurgles and it will not suction up water into the filter unless i take some water and pour it into the filter. than it starts to filter again.
This seems to be how the nano works, i just needs help in suctioning the water back up.
Does anyone know of a surge protector that, once the power is shut off, it stays off? I don't want to set the office on fire because my filter couldn't sputter enough water back into it's holding tank. Or a back-up battery that will work for more than 8 hours? Is there a way to deal with this "office danger" if I am not here at the office to deal with it. I know the simple solution is to unplug the dang thing when I am away, but what about trips? Are betta fish hardy enough to go in a unfiltered 2 gallon for 2 weeks?
Or should i do this:
1) Run the filter while I am at the office and only at the office.
2)When on long trips (i will be gone next saturday for 2 weeks, a coworker is watching the fishies) use the huge whisper filter that came with the aquarium (it stays slightly above the water level but sits inside the tank)
3) forget the dang back-up battery
Is there a way to get the nano to work a little "harder" besides just flipping it's switch?
any suggestions?
I have a fish tank set-up at my office. Occasionally, for whatever reason, the power goes out on the weekend.
I have a red sea nano filter for my mini-bow 2.5 gallon tank. When the filter is unplugged, the water dumps out of the filter. When the filter is plugged back in, the filter gurgles and it will not suction up water into the filter unless i take some water and pour it into the filter. than it starts to filter again.
This seems to be how the nano works, i just needs help in suctioning the water back up.
Does anyone know of a surge protector that, once the power is shut off, it stays off? I don't want to set the office on fire because my filter couldn't sputter enough water back into it's holding tank. Or a back-up battery that will work for more than 8 hours? Is there a way to deal with this "office danger" if I am not here at the office to deal with it. I know the simple solution is to unplug the dang thing when I am away, but what about trips? Are betta fish hardy enough to go in a unfiltered 2 gallon for 2 weeks?
Or should i do this:
1) Run the filter while I am at the office and only at the office.
2)When on long trips (i will be gone next saturday for 2 weeks, a coworker is watching the fishies) use the huge whisper filter that came with the aquarium (it stays slightly above the water level but sits inside the tank)
3) forget the dang back-up battery
Is there a way to get the nano to work a little "harder" besides just flipping it's switch?
any suggestions?
