Just wondering

[Alf500series]

If I were to lose power, about how long do I have on a 60 gallon tank before I need to start worrying about fish & coral loss?

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[JaySchulz]

I think Ecotech's battery backup advertises that it roughly takes 4 hours before loss of life in the tank.

 

[Reeferfourlife]

It will depend how many fishes and corals you have in the tank. Lost of oxygen is what we worry about.

 

[Tisbe]

It depends on the amount of livestock in the tank here is a link that describes what can happen in just 3 hours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC1MXVUFN50

 

[SeaCucumberFan]

I've had my livestock alive with no waves no light no nothing for 15 hours and none of them died

 

[Ron Reefman]

Every tank is different. Every animal is different. When our power goes out, and it does regularly with SW Florida thunder storms, I fire up the generator at 1 to 2 hours.

 

[Sk8r]

In summer, with no ac, and room warming, 4 hours; submerging ziplocs of freshwater ice, plus running a Plax bubbler (Amazon) on battery will give you more time.
In winter, with room temperature dropping, 8 hours or more. I managed 8 days but it wasn't easy, and did lose some critters, plus worms.

 

[Alf500series]

Awesome. I've got a battery powered air pump just in case. I bought it back YEARS ago for my freshwater tank but never had to use it. Better safe than sorry

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[abIngenui]

If you are handy sort of fellow, you can look up a couple guides that use 12v car batteries to power all the equipment by inverting them to AC. If you have a stash of them, you can swap them out as they die and then recharge them once the power comes back on.

Or you can buy a generator.

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