Crazy storm 11hrs with no power

[fishoholic]

I'm glad everythings ok with your tank. It must of gave you quite the scare!

[surgeonfish]

Chris
What generator did you end up getting? My power went out this morning (construction near our house) but only for 1 hour. However, you start getting worried as the time passes. I am going to get a generator ASAP. Since my sump is in the basement I would have to run up and down the stairs to keep some form of circulation going. I am not sure a small battery powered air pump would make any difference in large tanks.
Shane

[Slick Fork]

I ended up grabbing the one I linked to earlier in the thread. Canadian Tire has them on for $100 off. Puts out a true sinewave so my pumps don't know they're not plugged into the wall (probably a better wave than the one off the "grid" out here!). Very lightweight so I can keep it out in the shop and run it over here when I need it. 850 watts continuous operation is the rating so I can run the fridge, my sump return, skimmer and powerheads with it. Probably the actinics too in a pinch!

It won't do me any good though unless I'm at home to plug it in so my next investment will be a Tunze 6055 that I can use a standard battery backup with so that even if the power goes out while I'm at work, there'll be flow until I get home!

It was a little scary, I thought for sure I was going to start losing stuff. 1 night like that was enough to convince me to have an emergency set-up.