Oct 18 Power Outage

[unibob]

I have been hearing more and more people that didn't have power yesterday. Anyone run into any problems with there tanks due to the outage?

 

[xxmurrxx]

Nothing in Windsor, for my area at least.
I usually use the boat battery when the power is out for a long time though.

 

[TORX]

Power was out for most of the day for most people I heard. Some places over 9 hours I think. I heard it on the AM 980 while driving through London last night.

 

[Salty Cracker]

Apex says I had some time out yesterday too, but couldn't have been too much, the coralline at the top of the tank isn't dead

 

[shipwreck]

We had no power for 10 hours that day and had no issues with the fish but don't have coral at the moment either. I have been through 20+ hour outages with my tank when I did have corals and lots of fish in the middle of winter. It's all about being prepared. A cordless drill with a beater attachment from the kitchen can whip in a lot of air into the water in a few minutes of run time, or a battery air stone. The biggest issue for me was the water temperature drop as its an old farm house with poor insulation. I luckily have a gas stove that will still run with no power and would fill a big soup pot arm the water and return it to the tank.

Or for my new setup the 4 dedicated tank circuits are all wired to a generator panel that should keep it running for quite a while, just turn off the Mhs.