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June 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| 12 hours powerless
we had nasty storms last night and i was powerlessfor 12 hours now my tank is a little cloudy could a baceria bloom happend maybe? but the good news is now fish died made me nervous though couldnt sleep had to keep checkin um with a flash light | 
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June 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Oh, no. Sorry about your power. Please keep us posted and glad you didn't lose any fish. | 
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June 27th, 2009
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| Keep an eye on your water parameters. It's unlikely that 12 hours would do too much damage to the nitrifying colonies, but it's always best to be sure.
The cloudiness could be a bloom, or it could just be a bit of debris from the 12 filterless hours. As long as you don't see any ammonia or nitrites, though, the cloudiness shouldn't hurt the fish at all.
Good luck and keep us posted. | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| yeah as soon as i got up i checked the water amonia was 0 nitrites was 0 nitrates reads 5 os i guess i will check again this evening i may be paranoid but i did do a water change right before the power went out so i guess ill leave it alone and keep testing | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| Best of luck. So far so good with your readings. Did you put all of your filter media inside the aquarium? Do you have emergency battery powered air supply? | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| no emergency air pump i should get one though and the canister stayed filled but didnt put the HOB in the aquarium i suppose the top half of the bacteria sponge is worthless now huh? | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| gmen, are you in Jersey by any chance? The storm here last nite was really severe, I lost power for 6 hours. Today is the first sunny day in almost 3 weeks. Yay !
Definitely get the battery air pumps, they'll give you such peace-of-mind, and can save your fish in long power outages, especially when the a/c goes out, and the water temp creeps up. I've got two Penn-Plax battery air pumps for my 30g that come on automatically when the power goes out. They worked like a charm last nite!
oops, just noticed you're in NY. Yep, you got the same storm we did !  | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| where did you get those pumps that sounds cool they come on auto yeah im on the nj border also .........im gonna see what petsmart has like that im goin to argue with them about one of their decos that trapped a fish 2 weeks ago a barb got trapped in the one section of it so i want store credit lol and fish credit ill make a big stink about it | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| I may have got mine at PetCo, but Petsmart has them too !
here's the link to the product at petsmart.com, in case your local store doesn't have it in stock. http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...ductId=2753043
just make sure to get the Penn-Plax B11, not the cheaper B10 model. The B11 is the one where you plug it into the wall, and it comes on automatically when power goes off. It takes two D batteries, sold separately. | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| thats pretty sweet ill have to get one ty | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| Thankfully you didnt loose any fish. Our power played blackouts but no real loss of power (have a generator anyway). We lost a huge tree on the side of the house-didnt land on the house. I heard the lightening hit the tree and the tree crack right down the limbs. Now, like another poster, we have sun today for the first time since I don't know when. Going out now to check on the garden.
Beth | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| im echoing joy here on buying the battery pump, theyre good for backup and situations like these 
good luck
tony | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| we lost power this winter for 4 days...couldnt find a battery or air pump for miles...betcha bottom dollar I have a ton of battery operated air pumps now  (generators are still super expensive after this winter grr) | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| Anytime your power goes out for that long of a period, throw all of your media into the tank...that way it will still have ammonia to feed from and with a battery back up air supply the fish and the bacteria will all have oxygen. The bacteria need oxygen to survive as well. Glad you haven't lost any fish 
The back up air usually runs around $12 or so. Well worth the money | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| do you think all my bacteria has died?man i hope not lol | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| It's hard to say...as long as your readings for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are fine I wouldn't worry too much | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by gmen4life  do you think all my bacteria has died?man i hope not lol | No ...not in the canister...and if you have a hob, they usually hold water in the filter area for a day or so ...and if it didnt, it still takes awhile for that to dry out.....and I dont think it would have died after just 12 hours... its always good to keep an eye on things for a few days, but I think you will be fine | |
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June 27th, 2009
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| sweet i was thinking bout rinsing my canister this weekend but now ill let it sit for another week or 2 ill leave it all alone and i guess no water changes unless my levels so wacky | |
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