Hurricane Dorian!!! What else do I need to do or get?

[MW319]

Well what I meant by that is my powerheads kinda splashed at the surface and pushed air bubbles down.And I downsized aquariums after storm .The smaller tanks are easier all around to deal with for me at least.And if I wanted I can just take the tanks and all the in habitants to a relatives house if power is restored sooner.

Dut I do agree on your case it may work better facing them upwards but I dont think MP40s can be faced up or down.

Your correct, mp40’s do not adjust up or down

 

[MW319]

I would advise you to get a small generator, something that can run your tank, a fridge, and some fans. Your tank should be fine for a day or two running off your MP40. But if your power is off for longer than 3 days your corals will start to suffer. If you have a sump/refugium put an air stone in there as well. And if you have an ATO that is not hooked up to your back up battery you will have to remember to top up manually while power is off. If you can though, get a generator, they are life savers for you and your tank when the power is off for long periods of time.
I am prepared for Dorian, looks like it will just miss me here in Nassau, fingers crossed. Good luck to you, stay safe.

I will be sure to manually top off manually with rodi. We have a generator but off coarse it is broken. God luck to you as well.

 

[MW319]

Ok, just ran up to pet supermarket and they did hold the 2 battier operated air pumps for me so I got them. Next went to Home Depot looking for size D batteries and they were out. Went to Staples right next door and behold I got two eight packs of size D batteries. I will look for more of them when I go out later.

Thanks for all the advise and good luck to all those who may be in the path of Dorian.

 

[Sailingeric]

Lucky you found batteries. We know this how stores look anytime a threat of a hurricane approaches Florida (or in my case here in Oregon, when there is a threat of a dusting of snow)

 

[Saveafish]

Don't laugh.. a inverter. You can run off of car batteries. Fill up cars and you have hrs of charge and recharge. 300-400w inverter will run a lot of flow pumps off a car battery.

 

[MW319]

Don't laugh.. a inverter. You can run off of car batteries. Fill up cars and you have hrs of charge and recharge. 300-400w inverter will run a lot of flow pumps off a car battery.

I was thinking about buying a marine battery, inverter and trickle charger but I can’t do that right now.

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Freeze some RODI water in containers or zip lock bags. If you lose power for an extended time, heat can become a major issue. if you have lots of frozen RODI you can place the frozen containers in the tank to cool the water. Obviously the freezer won't be running if the powers out, but keep the door closed unless you must get in and the ice should last a while. We lost power for 28 days at my house in the Keys from Irma. Nothing I could do to save my tank as there was no gas for generators anywhere in the Keys...

 

[MW319]

Freeze some RODI water in containers or zip lock bags. If you lose power for an extended time, heat can become a major issue. if you have lots of frozen RODI you can place the frozen containers in the tank to cool the water. Obviously the freezer won't be running if the powers out, but keep the door closed unless you must get in and the ice should last a while. We lost power for 28 days at my house in the Keys from Irma. Nothing I could do to save my tank as there was no gas for generators anywhere in the Keys...

Thanks I frozen a whole case of bottled water just for that purpose. Also have 10 gallons of rodi ready for top off and 40 gallons of saltwater already made up. 28 days, I can’t even imagine what I would do if that happened.

 

[wrasse man]

I have been down to Florida quite a few times in recent years on vacation and also searching for our retirement area. Considering central Florida Orlando to Clearwater not sold on any particular area as of yet, have about for years to go. But noticed very few solar powered homes and very few homes with backup generators. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why.

Part of the condition of moving down there would for my wife is not to worry so much during hurricane season. So for me, the first thing for me to do is immediately install solar and a dual fuel generator. I didnt notice but is natural gas standard down there or is it propane, or is it mainly electric for your homes? Where I live currently we are prone to long periods of power outages. A generator is essential for us, not to mention battery backups and computer UPS' on each tank.

For me redundancy on top of redundancy, I hate watching one fish suffer from disease or age, but to watch a whole tank slowly collapse would be rough.

 

[Hemmdog]

Solar panels longevity isn’t great in high humidity. I just texted my buddy who works for a solar company, I was curious too. So thats probably why, plus the occasional hurricane that would rip them off your roof in a second.

 

[MnFish1]

Should I move one of my mp40s to a higher spot in my tank in case I loose power from hurricane Dorian? Who am I kidding, I live in Orlando so I should say when I loose power. Yesterday I purchased a 2nd Vortech battery backup (last one at lfs) and I’m going to daisy chain them together to double the run time for that mp40. I’m thinking I would move it high enough to break the water surface and better oxygenate my tank.

Besides having extra top off water and premixed saltwater available in case I need to do a water change, is there anything else I should do or need? Oh and I’m freezing water bottles so I can add them to my tank to keep temperature down. I also did a large water change Tuesday.

Waterbox 170 - 5 months old, fish, zoas, torches and hammers.

Still thinking about going to Macna, but I’m afraid if I go, I won’t be able to stop myself from buying way to much stuff.

Best of luck with the hurricane. I would hold off on buying new stuff if you go. this is a question - not a critique - I would have a generator (and I do) if I lived in an area where power goes off routinely - even once/year - given the investment. (I dont know how big/small your tank is - so apologies its not a thing with you) - but - a generator is a good idea for at least people with large tanks.

 

[pirate2876]

This is serious. Sponge Bob up and evacuated.

 

[MW319]

I have been down to Florida quite a few times in recent years on vacation and also searching for our retirement area. Considering central Florida Orlando to Clearwater not sold on any particular area as of yet, have about for years to go. But noticed very few solar powered homes and very few homes with backup generators. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why.

Part of the condition of moving down there would for my wife is not to worry so much during hurricane season. So for me, the first thing for me to do is immediately install solar and a dual fuel generator. I didnt notice but is natural gas standard down there or is it propane, or is it mainly electric for your homes? Where I live currently we are prone to long periods of power outages. A generator is essential for us, not to mention battery backups and computer UPS' on each tank.

For me redundancy on top of redundancy, I hate watching one fish suffer from disease or age, but to watch a whole tank slowly collapse would be rough.
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In central Florida most neighborhoods don’t have gas lines running to their houses. Some have propane tanks underground or hidden out of sight. We see more homes adding solar. All of the power companies are adding solar farms.

A couple of months ago I got a quote to purchase and install a Generac 9-22kw generator. Hold on to your britches, $14,797 which also included 2 120 gallon tanks. I thought it was going to be half that so no Generac for this house.

 

[Brian_68]

Keeping things cool would be a challenge when daily temps reach close to 90 outside. Frozen water will get used up pretty quick.

 

[MW319]

Best of luck with the hurricane. I would hold off on buying new stuff if you go. this is a question - not a critique - I would have a generator (and I do) if I lived in an area where power goes off routinely - even once/year - given the investment. (I dont know how big/small your tank is - so apologies its not a thing with you) - but - a generator is a good idea for at least people with large tanks.

Thanks, we have a generator but discovered it was locked/frozen up a couple of days ago so I went out and purchased a 2nd Vortech battery backup and a couple of battery operated air pumps. No macna for me, I don’t want to be tempted with all the great deals. Luckily my local lfs have sales all the time so I’ll get over it. (WWC, living reef, top shelf aquatics, just to name a few)

 

[Halal Hotdog]

I am going to agree with gas or propane generator. I bought one from eBay over a year ago and have yet to set it up. If you are going to lose power for a few days than a generator will be the only economical way to keep the tank thriving. If you get a large enough one, you can install an outlet on the outside of your house and have a panel with essential electronics (refrigerator, certain outlets, certain lights, and fish tank) hooked up to it.

 

[MW319]

Keeping things cool would be a challenge when daily temps reach close to 90 outside. Frozen water will get used up pretty quick.

Fingers crossed that I have enough.

 

[MW319]

A couple of pictures of my tank. 5 months old

 

[MnFish1]

Fingers crossed that I have enough.

Everyone's hopes/prayers are with you - you will get through. Keep us updated

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

That is exactly how lion fish got into the Caribbean and is causing an ecological disaster. This is incredibly irresponsible, and the WORST piece of advice I’ve ever seen on R2R. Sorry to be rude, but I think this needs to be reiterated that people OUGHT NOT DO THIS EVER.

Agreed!