Tank Emergency Kit - suggestions please
 

Does anyone have a tank emergency/survival kit? I seem to be learning things the hard way with my tank (3.5 years) and wondering what sort of things that the more experienced reefers make sure you always have on hand. Besides some of the obvious (water prepped, quarantine tank, generator for power, battery operated air pump, etc.) what other things do you always keep on hand?

Iodine, antibiotics, ich Tx, red slime Tx, etc.

Thank you for your suggestions.

A spare heater and a spare powerhead. That's about it for my emergency preparation.

I have a 20 gallons tank just in case but I never have water ready at all time. I do my water change once a month so only once a month that I have water ready to use.

Do you keep water ready at all time? Wondering how long a batch of water can stay on the side like that?

The above plus:

battery operated air pump/stone. Hydrogen peroxide, enough salt to make a sizeable water change

A few bins you can use in an emergency. They work for temp fish and coral storage just in case your tank leaks or breaks.

A mop.

I bottle selcon
1 bottle kent garlic extreme
1 pkg neomycin based anti bacterial
1 bottle seachem prime

A battery pack with converter(like the ones for jump starting cars)and a whole shwack of carbon:lol:

Battery back up
Extra heaters
20 gallons of fresh RODI kept in spare tank heated and circulating
Salt

Lots of cash in my wallet !!!!

ah ah, lol!

I hope I will never need that one.

I do have 2 large power pack.

This. Or a cheap kiddie pool and a bunch of foam mats (for heat and support) will also work. I pick up a few at the end of ever summer season when they're often on sale. If you don't mind Spongebob and the like, your wallet won't either.

:shocked!:

No doubt! Hopefully I'll never need that one but I'll knock on wood just in case.

Do they even make mops any more? LOL

THIS x 1 000 000!

For those slime wars that corals just randomly engage in.

Here is what is my "Just in Case" shelf and I aim for a week's worth of supply. I also am trying to QT fish/inverts and corals separately. I also write when I bought it on the container in sharpie or grease pencil.

- White Vinegar
- Baking soda
- Polyfilter
- Carbon & Bags / reactor
- Phosban
- Cupuramine and SEPARATE QT system (Go to town labelling things too)
- Prazipro (or something for internal parasites)
- Paraguard (for something for external parasites)
- Water conditioner (good for a pinch)
- Interceptor/Bayer Advanced Complete Insect Killer (Interceptor replacement for coral DIP ONLY)
- Coral RX, Revive, etc. (a secondary not Red Bugs targeted dip)
- Airstones, pump and hose - oxygenation has a huge benefit and its cheap to do.
- Kiddy pool, tarp, and foam play mats in case of tank breakage.
- Superglue (cyanoacrylate)
- Clean extra buckets
- Towels - you can never have too many extra
- Rubber gloves
- Empty eye dropper and syringes for dosing
- Extra powerbar