JVIEW

Hello, here in california we have a storm passing through that has knocked out our power a couple times and I am wondering which part of my aquarium to keep running ( i have an emergency generator) the filter or the heater .

Diggly

thats a tough one.

What sort of temperature is your house during the storm with no power? if its still quite warm I would run the filter as the tank should be ok.

Shawnie

definitely filter IMO....we have major winter outages here in the north east...im so not ready for that...in cali, the heat shouldnt be as much an issue and if it is, it drops slowly..but lack of oxygen can kill fast

JVIEW

My house doesnt get very cold. its about 60 to 70 degrees room temperature

Lucy

Welcom to FishLore
There's some recommendations here:
Time to prepare for power outages

If you use th search feature, you'll find several threads about this topic.

Diggly

I would say filter then for definite, especially as you arent in a cold environment.

aquarist48

Hello JView. I agree that the filter should be run. You could also alternate between the two should the temperature become a real issue. The temperature will not fall as fast in larger tanks compared to smaller ones.
Great link above to another thread on this same subject.
Best of luck!
Ken

Alasse

If the power goes out here, which it does fairly often (a sparrow only has to pass wind on the power lines *rolleyes*) my filters, lights, heaters stay off until the power restarts. I've had it go off in winter for 8 hours with no adverse effects

ynaggo

Make sure too watch out for air pumps as the water can flow out of the inline tubes, get a check valve if you do have one.

ATP

I say the filter, but if it's cold the heater. (or you could turn on the heater and if it starts to get cold switch to the heater and switch back when it's right again.


Now that I've spent thousands on fish, I should probably get a generator..... kinda scared that two years ago, there was a power outage lasted a week over here.