Close Call

[Joe Reefer]

Thats good to hear.
Did you stay up the rest of the night stirring your tank with a spoon?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I was just reading in a fish magazine that if you have a cordless drill & a clean paint stirring attachment, you can also use that in an emergency to aggitate the water. I bought a powerpack from Canadian Tire for emergencies like this, but with 5 display tanks, I doubt it'll be enough.

Good to hear Danny that things worked out as good as they could have.

Anthony

[Moogled]

Right on, Danny.

Sometimes things go wrong, but I'm glad you got through it okay. I always freak out whenever there's a power outage in my neighborhood. Thankfully, the power always comes back on within a couple of hours.

[danny zubot]

Thats good to hear.
Did you stay up the rest of the night stirring your tank with a spoon?

No, I haven't got the energy right now, life's been too busy. Although, I could have because woke up every hour worried about being late for work.

I have read about the various things people do when the lights go out, but never though I'd need it. In my 29 years living in Calgary the powere has never gone out for this long, usually a few minutes to a couple hours at the most.

[danny zubot]

Just got word that the power wnet out again! Oh boy!

[Murminator]

Sounds like your on the old 4 phase power grid

[Ruth]

Man I hate it when the power goes out! I live in a rural area and we get periodic outages that can last for a couple of days. I bought a Honda generator so I don't have to worry about it so much - still have to have someone home to start the generator but at least I have enough power and the generator is very quiet so I can sleep as well.
Hope your power comes back on soon!

[Chad]

Those honda generators are nice.. I've been looking keeping my eye open for a used one around here..

Currently for power outtages I have 2 power packs that last upwards of 24 hrs.. this is running a heater and one pump. So, I feel relatively secure when the power goes out.

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

Did you stay up the rest of the night stirring your tank with a spoon?

Gads! During a four hour power outage one hot summer night a few years back, we stirred our 180g oscar tank, a 110g indoor goldfish pond and a 75g reef. Don't know how much it helped, but at least we felt we were doing something

Danny,

Hope all is well with your power soon! With the weather being hot and having no power, I'm sure your animals are feeling the stress. Good luck, man

[BMW Rider]

I bought a couple of the Canadian Tire, Noma 400w backup power supplies a month or so back. I have the return pump on each tank powered by one and I figure they should give me about four or five hours of run time. Hopefully that will be sufficent to get the tanks through.