My power has been out for 19 hours!!!

Hypertek99 · Feb 11, 2008

Wow the whole town over here doesn't have power since 3pm yesterday. I just got my power back. I called a few friends and some of the still have no power. I was so worried about my tank as it dropped to 67 degrees. I had candles all around my tank trying to keep it warm. lol. You know something i think all the acans and micros like the colder temp as they are all puffed up and all the tentacles are out. All the zoas and palys closed up.

143gadgets · Feb 11, 2008

Hope everything works out for you. I had a similar problem, but mine was only out for about 8 hours. I had to stir the water in the tank to keep the circulation going.

A lot of corals were unhappy, but I didn't loose anything.

surfn · Feb 11, 2008

i see where Sam said something on the RC club forum about his power being out also. but won't be back on for several days.

yikes!

Hypertek99 · Feb 11, 2008

My neighbors power are still out. I got lucky to have power.

chadfarmer · Feb 11, 2008

thats the reason why i bought a battery backup (ggod for 40 hours with one pump) and a generator

I hope everything does well

please keep us updated

ServantSoldier · Feb 11, 2008

Yep.. gave my generator away to a friend in roanoke today.. i hope I don't lose power while they work on something in the area. I live south of roanoke, and our power fails all the time. Sam got his back just a bit ago, but I think he's already suffered some serious loss. Good luck Tony with the zoa/paly problem.

I-K@ndY · Feb 11, 2008

Hope all is well.. keep ius updated..

reef-nut · Feb 12, 2008

A couple years ago I lost power for 9 days. There where only a few people with power and one was my neighbor. I ran a cord over to his house for some power and could only get my 2 tanks going. My wife still tells the story about me keeping my corals and fish alive, but her and the kids almost froze to death.

Phishwater · Feb 12, 2008

Hope everything makes it! Hurricane Ivan left us without power for several days in '05 and I lost several things from my tank. After that I bought a generator so I wouldn't have to watch my tank go downhill from power loss again. I spent hours with a water pitcher scooping and pouring trying to keep circulation going. Good luck and hope you get power back soon!

Hypertek99 · Feb 12, 2008

Well looks like everything made it through ok except the RPE's are all closed and small looking. Power went out again for 3 hours today but that's not too bad.

angry gary · Feb 13, 2008

i do not understand how anyone can have an aquarium with sometime many thousands invested and not own a generator.

if nothing else a small honda generator that can even be stored and ran from the porch of a condo if need be. it should be in your initial budget when you set up your tank. i have a 5000 watt portable generator than runs everything but my lights. i also run my furnace, frig, well pump, hot water heater, and a couple rooms of lights. only run the hot water heater for a while then run tank lights for a while if needed.
best investment i have ever made. i am going this summer to switch over to a generac 15k watt whole house generator that runs off of my propane tanks that i currently use for heat.

AG