rickztahone
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I had one on Monday, and let me tell you, it was not fun. Of course I am still in the planning stages of my 22g (thank goodness) but I have my 75g discus tank up and running. Well, Monday was the hottest day yet, it hit 115F! And the power went out. The worst part was, I was at work and it takes me about 1.5hrs to get home in traffic.
Sent wife to buy a battery powered pump since she couldn't find my reserved one for emergencies.
I got home about 2hrs later and took out my media from the sump, put it in a juice container with an airline hose under it. Also floated ice in the containers. After all it was 115F outside and about 100 inside!
Here's the pic whilst the power was off and before it came on:
Power Outage 1 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr
Power was off for right around 24hrs
When the power came back on:
Power Outage 2 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr
I could hardly see my discus lol
during water change:
Power Outage 3 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr
They get daily 70% water changes so I had the barrel full ready for this
after WC:
Power Outage 4 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr
Still murky!
About an hour later:
Power Outage 5 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr
Cleared up well and they are all acting normal. In fact, the all acted normal through this whole thing. I had a lot of bacteria die off on me, hence the cloudiness, but enough of it is in tact that it didn't really affect them. Relied on SAFE to neutralize any ammonia or nitrite but none was present that I observed. Will do their daily WC tonight when I get home but called the Mrs. and she said they look perfect.
Moral of the story?
Ricky really wishes he had money for a generator....:lol:
Sent wife to buy a battery powered pump since she couldn't find my reserved one for emergencies.
I got home about 2hrs later and took out my media from the sump, put it in a juice container with an airline hose under it. Also floated ice in the containers. After all it was 115F outside and about 100 inside!
Here's the pic whilst the power was off and before it came on:
Power Outage 1 by Rick Vasquez, on FlickrPower was off for right around 24hrs
When the power came back on:
Power Outage 2 by Rick Vasquez, on FlickrI could hardly see my discus lol
during water change:
Power Outage 3 by Rick Vasquez, on FlickrThey get daily 70% water changes so I had the barrel full ready for this
after WC:
Power Outage 4 by Rick Vasquez, on FlickrStill murky!
About an hour later:
Power Outage 5 by Rick Vasquez, on FlickrCleared up well and they are all acting normal. In fact, the all acted normal through this whole thing. I had a lot of bacteria die off on me, hence the cloudiness, but enough of it is in tact that it didn't really affect them. Relied on SAFE to neutralize any ammonia or nitrite but none was present that I observed. Will do their daily WC tonight when I get home but called the Mrs. and she said they look perfect.
Moral of the story?
Ricky really wishes he had money for a generator....:lol:
. I'm aiming for an 8" discus and a couple of these might reach that. I generally feed about 3-4 times daily and 2 of which are beef heart mix which foul the water badly. Large wc's are absolutely necessary
