Help - Building has a planned power outage for 6 hours.

[KMS.Kyle]

Hello - My building is doing some repairs on the emergency power systems here next month and it looks that the power will be down for 6-7 hours.. (MOST LIKELY only 1-3 they're probably just preparing for the worst)..

I'm pretty worried because it's planned for 11pm at night until 6-7am and here are my concerns.

A: My pump - If the power is turned off and turned back on my pump won't work without being re-primed - So if I'm asleep it won't start back up. (Maybe considering buying a pump that can prime its self)

B: My fish - Oxygen/circulation - Should I be concerned here and is there something I can get (battery ran) That will help me here.

C: The temperature - My place keeps my tank at a solid 25-26 degrees Celsius so I don't really see it dropping drastically and I have an apex which will hopefully come to the rescue. (once my power turns back on and my heater)

That said - Should I plan on staying awake all night or am I over worrying?

This is only my first month in the hobby so I appreciate any input.

Thank you!

 

[SaltyDoug]

B) should be your primary concern. Something like thisshould do the trickhttp://www.bulkreefsupply.com/silent-air-pump-with-battery-powered-back-up-sab11.html

 

[KMS.Kyle]

Thank you!!!

 

[TangingOut]

I just had this exact scenario and my power was set to be turned off for 4 hours. I didn't have money to buy a generator that I would want to keep, so I just ended up renting one from home depot. Saving up and buying a nice generator is on my short list.

 

[KMS.Kyle]

Great idea as well!

Thank you!

 

[Xxero]

On a much smaller time scale, I had the same thing happen just a couple of days ago. An electrician had to cut our main power supply, and you would have thought he had asked me for a kidney or something. I thought I was going to pace a bare spot on the living room carpet, and I'm pretty sure the electrician found me to be a madman. :crazy1:

Good luck!

 

[gone fishin]

You can put a blanket over the tank to help conserve heat, it is cold where you are. The blanket has the added benefit of making the tank dark and most fish unless nocturnal will go to their sleeping spots, using less oxygen. a cheap way to help oxygenate the water is to take a pitcher and dip some water out of the tank then pour it back in to agitate the water.

Personally I would not be to worried about 6 hours. The fish should be fine and if you have coral the may be a bit agitated but should settle back down once everything comes back on. Good luck just my 2 cents.

 

[Sk8r]

If you haven't overstocked, should be no problem. Let the tank cool down naturally with no heat, don't feed, and let it come back to proper temp and oxygenation once power-out is over.