Power Outage

[kvn1691]

What should I do during a power outage???

 

[Macimage]

The best idea is to rent or buy a generator. Otherwise, you can get battery operated air pumps at either your lfs or in the fishing department of Walmart and stock up on batteries. You need to aerate the water to keep the oxygen level up.

Hopefully, you will not have heat or cooling issues at this time of year. If your tank gets too cold, you can wrap it with blankets. There is not much you can do if it gets too hot, unless you have a generator and can run your chiller.

Good luck!

 

[jimsplace]

You could also look at buying a power inverter which operates off of a car battery. It should provide enough power to run your powerheads for several hours. You can recharge the battery with your car.

 

[snorvich]

Macimage has the right idea. Personally, I have a whole house generator.

 

[Macimage]

Originally posted by snorvich
Macimage has the right idea. Personally, I have a whole house generator.

Yes on the whole house generator! We will be building our next home and it will definitely have an automatic whole house generator. For now, we have three stand alone ones.

Joyce