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BParksJ28

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well after cleaning up after hurricane Charley....now we are expected to be directly hit by Frances...a very strong storm.

I live in Daytona Beach...Charley did some damage but it wasnt too bad but this storm is supposedly worse than Andrew so I dont know wha tto expect.

I live in appartment right now on the top (third) floor and i have 2 55 gallon tanks up here. My mom sells homes and she told the roofs of block homes can only withstand 120 mph winds...and the hurricane Frances has 140 mph with gusts up to 170 mph....so im expecting the appartment complex (which btw is wood from what iheard on the second and third floor) to be gone when i return...

my poor fish they will be gone too...

what do u guys think...should i expect to have these tanks in tact when i return...or are they doomed....

what would u do in my position?
 
Dow whatever is in your power to save the fish! MUST SAVE FISH! :lol: Well for someone obsessive like me that would be the course of action. 55 Gallons isn't cheap, I'd hate to lose 2 of them.
 
o and i just wanted to add that this isnt my priority...that my priority is keeping my family and myself safe but i was just bored and curious of what others would do...

we r evacuating the appartment but going to my grandparents house...which is safer....but i dont know if it is safe enough.. we shall see....

the next three days are preparation days...boarding up the windows....getting water, batteries, flashlights, etc.

ok bye
 
ya it wasnt cheap...but insurance will cover it...ooo i hate to think like that these are animal lives....
 
Well why don't you empty the tanks and take the fish with you? You could take the tanks with you too and keep the fish in some containers for several days... couldn't you? Are your tanks insured or something? :p
 
Why do people insist on building wooden houses in areas with regular extreme weather?

Here in Britain, the weather is very rarely anything violent, and yet wooden houses here are very rare!
 
BParksJ28 said:
ya it wasnt cheap...but insurance will cover it...ooo i hate to think like that these are animal lives....
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Oops :*) Came too late
 
Personally, I don't think you can rely on things one way or the other, it is silly to speculate as to weather or not your home will be there when you get back. Like Charley did, Frances can move and hit somewhere different. On top of that, nature is very funny (not funny ha ha) about how it goes about wrecking things. Your neighbors home may be totatled and your home may have only slight damage, I have seen this before, albiet with tornadoes and not hurricanes.

In any event, if moving the fish is a possiblity, than do so. If not, you can try shelltering them a bit. Try doing a water change before you leave, again, if possible. Don't risk your safety for the fish. Wrap your tanks in towels, this will help with small debris and will help insulate the tanks. If you can get them, get a couple baterry operated air pumps and hook them up before you leave. They may not last until you can come home, but they will certainly help extend the lives of your fish. Resist the temptation to give them big meals before you leave, with no one to do water changes and the very good chance of no electricity to powwer the filters, more food will equal more waste, which will remain in the tanks and harm your fish. If you do not have wooden canopies for your tanks, maybe lay some plywood over the tops along with the towels, this will prevent smaller debris from entering and may provide some protection from even larger debris.

I agree it is terrible to lose your fish, but I also agree it is far more important to protect your family. Taking the fish with you and leaving the tanks is an option, but IMO not that good an option. If the tanks are destroyed, you will have to find someplace to house the fish, as whatever containers you have won't do for the long term, so the fish will end up dead anyhow. I can not imagine that if your home were to be destroyed with the fish tanks, and you had the fish with you, that you would spend money on fish equipment at such a time.

Good luck to you and your fish!

\Dan
 
Personally, I don't think you can rely on things one way or the other, it is silly to speculate as to weather or not your home will be there when you get back. Like Charley did, Frances can move and hit somewhere different. On top of that, nature is very funny (not funny ha ha) about how it goes about wrecking things. Your neighbors home may be totatled and your home may have only slight damage, I have seen this before, albiet with tornadoes and not hurricanes


Didn't that come form that movie TWISTER or sumtin.
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Dan's advise sounds right on. Yeah, it would suck to lose all your fish, but they are "just" fish :/

We're looking at a similar situation here in Savannah, but we're in a 1 story brick house... We haven't thought about evacuation yet, it could still go way south of both of us...
 
Charley did some damage but it wasnt too bad but this storm is supposedly worse than Andrew so I dont know wha tto expect.
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Well technically, it is not as strong as Andrew was yet (Andrew was a CAT5, this one will have to gain 15 mph in sustained winds to reach CAT5 status, although strengthening is expected and that perhaps may yet happen), and the uncertainty is very high. They really don't know where it's going to go, don't get too attached to the center of projection. Remember, right up until about half an hour before Charley hit, they were expecting it to hit Tampa, and it completely missed us. We didn't even get any rain.
 
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