Pekitivey Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Just had a power outage and it's gonna get to about 4 degrees Celsius here tonight. I've wrapped my three tanks in every possible blanket and sleeping bag I have. Anything else I can do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcalberto Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I don't think so. They should be good for several hours. If you have a USB air pump, you can use an external battery or even something like a laptop to power it up, but other than that I don't think you can do anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlinchaser Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Don't panic, I had a 12 day power outage last month... went a couple days with nothing and then ran everything off and on the rest of the time, disabled all heaters and lights the entire time didnt lose anything or really even see much stress. Just didn't feed much. Maybe 2 or 3 small feedings the entire time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolina Guy Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) Do you have any way to heat water? I've kept fish alive during power outages by putting hot water (that I heated on a kerosene heater) into plastic 2 liter soft drink bottles and putting them into the tank. (Cap the bottles, of course.) I'd replace the hot water periodically (after several hours). The fish would hover by those warm bottles, and I didn't lose a single fish, even for several days during an ice storm. You could use smaller bottles, of course, for small tanks. Edited September 25, 2020 by Carolina Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyLoach Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I would not add an air stone, because it would be pumping cold air into the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 @Pekitivey This might not be a good time to ask seeing as your power is out, but how is it going? I suspect power outages are the 100% sure things* that will happen that we as fishkeepers are least prepared for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pekitivey Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 Hi Daniel, thankful it only lasted an hour! It was completely unexpected as no storms or rough weather. Our national electrical company were on the case pretty fast and had it sorted. I live in a small town in Waterford, Ireland. Maybe only a few hundred people. Nearest city is an hour. So I was surprised it was fixed as quick. We plan to build a house in the near future and I will 100% be building in redundant power for when this happens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pekitivey Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 On 9/25/2020 at 1:11 AM, FriendlyLoach said: I would not add an air stone, because it would be pumping cold air into the tank. Be interesting to do some testing around this to see the difference in temperature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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