Making It Through A Twenty Three Hour Power Outage

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Good job on the video. What generator were you running?
 
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Great job getting to work quick, every minute counts!

Not sure if it was just for video, but I would keep the lights off during an outage in the future. SPS can take 72 hour of no light just fine. Most other corals can stretch 4-5 days. Even LEDs put off enough heat to raise tank temps, plus a fuge light. Additional fan(s) pointed right at the water would reduce frequency of ice additions as well.
 
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Great job getting to work quick, every minute counts!

Not sure if it was just for video, but I would keep the lights off during an outage in the future. SPS can take 72 hour of no light just fine. Most other corals can stretch 4-5 days. Even LEDs put off enough heat to raise tank temps, plus a fuge light. Additional fan(s) pointed right at the water would reduce frequency of ice additions as well.
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I just let the apex control the lights.
 
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Thank you for sharing. I actually think about this a lot, as I am new to reeling and we've had some extreme powere outages in the past. I have prepared with power back ups, but was never sure how to properly do the icing part of it. This was safe and simple! Now I feel confident I could successfully keep my tank healthy :)
 
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