Power outage on Sat, need help, what to do?

[G13]

I've just been told that some electrical work will be done on saturday. Power will be out for part/most of the day. Will I be fine just running battery operated air pumps? If so, where can I purchase them? Price?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[ataylo13]

From all of the research that I have done I believe you will be ok. When I drove up I had most of my corals in an igloo with a battery powered aireator for ~40 hours. If you are sure it is going to be temporary I would go 1 pump for every 2 feet or so of tank (I read in one thread about power outages). If it could go longer I would look into renting a generator. Just my 2cents. Good luck.

 

[G13]

Getting a generator is possible but if I find out tomorrow that it's only for a few hrs, I'd like to go with some battery operated pumps. I need them anyways should the situation happen again.

@everyone, where can I purchase some of these battery operated airpumps?

 

[hansnfrans]

http://www.aquariumguys.com/silentairpump.html

This is where I got mine from. You want the Penn Plax Silent Air B11. It only goes on when the power goes out. That way you don't have to look at those crappy bubbles all the time HTH.

 

[aaronpentz]

Just go to walmart to the fishing section. They sell Battery opperated pumps for around 6 bucks. Mine ran off of 2 D cells for almost 8 hours. and they work great they come with their own airstones.

 

[ataylo13]

I got mine from walmart. It ran for almost 2 days on same batteries. I checked everytime I stopped to make sure that it was still running. I don't remember the price but they were fairly inexpensive.

 

[G13]

Thanks guys, I guess I'll be going to Walmart even though I hate that store. I have a 45 gallon tank and a 10 gallon tank....I know the 10 only needs 1 pump, what about the 45 gallon? Dimensions are 36L X 12W X 24H.

 

[aaronpentz]

Well i have a 110 with a high bio load. and one pump did it for me. They have the pumps at pretty much any big box store. Meijer,walmart,target, dicks sporting

 

[mhurley]

You can rent a small generator from HD for the day.
I'm sure a local has one you could borrow as well.