Blackout!

[sean rand]

Hi i have 150 fish only system. My area is expanding a blackoutthis weekend and i only have 1 backup battery. Should i put it on my return pump or wavemaker?

 

[JumboShrimp]

Fortunately it’s fish only. Corals would want ‘flow’... fish only need oxygen. Without a photo of your system, I would get the wave maker going, breaking the water at the surface, and devote any other electrical power to a few cheap air pumps with air stones (deep into the tank, for as much bubble rise and surface break.)

 

[W1ngz]

get a small air pump and run it with that, the battery will likely last longer.

 

[MnFish1]

Hi i have 150 fish only system. My area is expanding a blackoutthis weekend and i only have 1 backup battery. Should i put it on my return pump or wavemaker?

How long will it be? (the blackout). Assume you dont need a heater. Also how big is the tank? How big is the wave maker? etc. Otherwise its hard to answer the question. Agree with those saying wavemaker +- an ayirstone - one suggestion - get a couple extra battery packs. Even though you think you have enough - its always good for redundancy (why are they doing this - and how often is it going to happen?). Good Luck

 

[sean rand]

How long will it be? (the blackout). Assume you dont need a heater. Also how big is the tank? How big is the wave maker? etc. Otherwise its hard to answer the question. Agree with those saying wavemaker +- an ayirstone - one suggestion - get a couple extra battery packs. Even though you think you have enough - its always good for redundancy (why are they doing this - and how often is it going to happen?). Good Luck

Its a mp40. Tank is 6 ft long

 

[MnFish1]

Its a mp40. Tank is 6 ft long

how heavy is your return flow? - BTW - thats a big tank for just an MP 40 - And are you sure you have a big enough battery pack for an MP40 to last (however long the blackout is lasting?). What fish etc do you have?

 

[sean rand]

how heavy is your return flow? - BTW - thats a big tank for just an MP 40 - And are you sure you have a big enough battery pack for an MP40 to last (however long the blackout is lasting?). What fish etc do you have?

I have a gyre also but its not hooked up to the battery

 

[MnFish1]

I have a gyre also but its not hooked up to the battery

Cool. I would consider another battery.

 

[ourcoralreef]

Just the powerhead to get water moving and as others have said add oxygen back into the water by having the water break the surface

In a fish only i personally wouldn’t use anything fancy a regular small pump would even work

Get a couple of bait bucket - bubble makers they use two D batteries and last about 40 hours

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Everything work out good I hope.

@sean rand ?

Could always use real world examples to see what worked for you.

 

[sean rand]

Everything work out good I hope.

@sean rand ?

Could always use real world examples to see what worked for you.

Yes. In my area there was no blackout but there was a blackout on the ither side of town. A friend of mine has a huge reef tank luckily he has a generator