power outtage,need generator or power inv.
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ColaAddict
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Bringin out the big spoon to manually stir my tank. Hope power comes back soon. People across the street from me have power 
Pufferpunk
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Last night was a nightmare! What it did do what show what my Hubby is made of & how much he really loves me! Electricity went off 8:30 last night. Lost my 1st fish around midnight. Spent the rest of the night using a hand air pump & a pitcher to keep tanks aerated. Sat at the rental place at 6am, they opened at 7. Just as I got everything plugged into the generator, the electricity went back on. I think that fish was old...
I'm buying a generator. All the FW tanks seemed OK. I think it's because I have live plants in them. Every inch of the reef tank has O2-consuming life in there. Even the pods were struggling to breathe. Brittle stars were lined up along the rim.
I have to say, I have the best hubby in the word! He was up all night with me helping to keep everything alive. Even Kalvin followed me from room to room.
I'm buying a generator. All the FW tanks seemed OK. I think it's because I have live plants in them. Every inch of the reef tank has O2-consuming life in there. Even the pods were struggling to breathe. Brittle stars were lined up along the rim.
I have to say, I have the best hubby in the word! He was up all night with me helping to keep everything alive. Even Kalvin followed me from room to room.
trackfast
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THAT'S a good man! :the20man:
WeePee
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that seems a bit ridiculous to lose a fish that quickly. very sorry for the loss.
why don't you just get yourself a nice mp40 with battery backup?
Pufferpunk
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Bi-colored pseudochromis. I got several years ago from someone, so who knows how old it was.
ColaAddict
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49 hours encounting for my power being out. Then the Generator I bought from home depot yesterday broke and stopped working... WTF! Good thing a family member has one that I'm borrowing right now.
Pufferpunk
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What bad luck! Keep us posted. How is everything fairing?
ColaAddict
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It doesn't seem like I have lost any aquarium life so far, but my nitrates bumped up a little in my big tank from the power being off for 10hrs until I got a Gen. Today my neighbor told me that she was gonna come talk to us about turning off the generator because she couldn't sleep last night due to noise, so my wife had to explain to her that we wouldn't use a generator except we have aquariums that need it, hopefully she understood because we weren't gonna turn the Gen. off at night even if she requested
Did you add oil? Take it back, you can't return for cash but store credit or a replacement.
ColaAddict
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I replaced the oil after the first day. oil/gas/air filter, I checked everything, I don't know why it died. It started making funny noises, like higher RPM and sounded like it was puffing out air a few hrs before it died.
jcarlilesiu
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Lights really shouldn't be an issue in just a few days.
Our light fixture died and we went without lights for 7+ days before our LED fixtures arrives with no ill effects for the coral. Soft, hard, and LPS.
The only problem was our anemone moving around the tank with a "who turned off the **** light" look.
Pufferpunk
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Coral need flow, more than light. Are you getting flow to everything? Which ones are suffering? I find the fish go 1st.