cognizant

So that tropical storm is hitting here, pretty hard in fact. The power is getting knocked out all over the place and I am beginning to get a little worried.

How long can fish survive in a tank if the power goes out and the filters stop working?

Martinismommy

What type of tank is it and what fish are occupying it?

Chief_waterchanger

It depends on the level of over or under stocking in the tank, whether or not it is overfed, etc.

We do not have filters on most of our tanks, but our tanks are seriously understocked as far as bioload goes.

The only surface disruptions our tanks get is daily feedings and weekly waterchanges. Again, if your tank is overstocked you could disrupt the surface by hand and be fine.

cognizant

Well right now I have a cory cat and a scissortail in a 2.5g minibow (don't flame, I know they shouldn't be in it!) but when I had the mass fish death I threw everything out and moved the two lone survivors into the already cycled 2.5g to await a new set up (and bought another 2.5g minibow to move my betta to. I divided the old water in half and added new water and fiddled around with the filters and cartridges to cycle them).

The death of the previous tank is a long story, but to make it short my 20g sprung a leak in the middle of the night. When we woke up the following morning there was about 2 inches of water left and 8 dead fish. The hard wood floors were destroyed as well. So I'm going to move Fred & Ethel into the 29g once it is set up.

But for now I have 1 2.5 with a betta and 1 2.5 with a scissortail and a cory cat. Whisper Micro Filters.

Martinismommy

The Betta will be fine for days actually as long as it isn't too hot/cold..........Not sure about the cory.....

Chief_waterchanger

We have had a betta splenden in a 3g, in the past, with no filtration and done just fine with no surface disruption other than daily feedings and weekly waterchanges.

The cory and scissortail should be about the same.


Hehe. I've been ninja'ed twice by the same ninja!

cognizant

Thank you, that makes me feel better.

Now let's keep our fingers crossed the power doesnt go out so I don't have to worry.

Martinismommy

The fish will be fine....I'm more worried about you lol.....Do you have flashlights ready?

cognizant

Flashlights, candles... stupid tropical storm... I was out this morning and they had the coastal evacuation signs up and they were making announcements about where shelters are located. Kinda scary. They haven't kicked us out yet though.

Martinismommy

I know the feeling.....We get some nasty monsoon storms here in AZ and it knocks the power out...I've had it blow up a hard drive and almost flood my house when my salt tank sump overflowed....

Stay safe!

Chief_waterchanger

Please let us know as soon as it is over so that we know all is alright with you.

cognizant

Just wanted to let everyone know that the storm has passed. No damage to my house and no power failures. My boyfriend's power is out though and a few trees fell in the neighborhood, but nothing major.