Surviving a power outtage

[clockman]

Tough question to answer as most of us have a tank full of live rock for the primary source of biological filtration. Do you have a tank full of live rock? If so, most of your biological filtration is taking place there and not in your sump. If you don't have live rock then you will have a build up of nitrogenous wastes that will harm the fish but they will die long before that if you don't aerate the water. Keeping your biological filter alive is important but I do believe it will recover quickly even without the addition of a power head to the sump. Dead fish in your main tank.......well, that's another story.

 

[acabgd]

With lots of fish anything more than 45-60 minutes without water movement already becomes critical.

 

[tom g]

power outages

power outages

I have my tank run for a few hours with no power and no ill effects . after our ice storm we had here at x mas time in Toronto , I did purchase a generator . but as for fellow reefers several lost there complete tanks and livestock after a few days .

 

[tom g]

fyi

fyi

I just ran a test with my 1000 watt inverter /battery from my old car charged with a trickle
charger./2 korailia water pumps and a heater. In a large pail of water.

Results 4.5 hours on straight battery.....

 

[Jimbo530]

i always just drain my sumps water into a bucket and put it back in the diplay tank letting it overflow back down several times a day. figured this created water movement and oxidized the water from pouring it in as well as filtered the water with sump still. temp always seems ok but never had extended black out.

 

[Kungpaoshizzi]

Few hours on UPS isn't bad..

I've actually seen tanks do fine after hours of zero activity.. It's the insanely stocked ones you have to worry about.. But if you're around, just splash around the water every now and then..