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November 3rd, 2012, 03:12 PM | #1 |
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Saving your Tank...
Thought I'd start a forum on what you can do to protect your tanks and yourself in case of emergencies.
I'll create a link to various videos soon Lets talk equipment. What measure do you have in place to keep your tank running. Pumps UPS Heat...?
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November 5th, 2012, 06:24 PM | #2 |
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everyone that has tank should have some sort of battery back up pumps and batteries
a generator is great also but when pumps shut down for ant lenght of time clean out your filters asap try to keep the tanks warm by wraping in a blanket and keeping the covers shut do not feed your fish they will be fine skippind a few meals do water changes during will help adjusting the temp |
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Amazingly enough the ph went right back to where it was before the outage once the Temp went up. One Torch Coral is on the fence but other than that I am very pleased with the live bait pump from Bass Pro. It ran for three days on two D batteries. A smaller quieter pump ran for about a day on two AA batteries. It was much more quiet than the larger. Now I need some way of heating when power goes out.
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November 6th, 2012, 11:19 AM | #4 |
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i do know someone that has rigged up a car battery to an inverter to give temp power
I tried an apc backup they do not last for very long i also did water changes with warm water while the power was down. |
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