Power outage

[powertodareefle]

A quick question my power went out an hour and a half ago I have wrapped my battery operated heated jacket around half the tank and have candles sitting on top of the sump warming the bottom. is a metal pan in the Salt Water full of hot water a bad idea will the saltwater leech metal from the pan into the water?

 

[redfishbluefish]

With the ice storms NC gets, I'd consider a generator....or minimally a power inverter. I'm not crazy about the candle idea....I would think you'd create hot spots.

 

[powertodareefle]

Temperature drops 2 degrees in the first hour. power company says the power won't be on for another 2 hours. It' 20 degrees outside. I'm holding stable at 76.

 

[Crabs McJones]

A quick question my power went out an hour and a half ago I have wrapped my battery operated heated jacket around half the tank and have candles sitting on top of the sump warming the bottom. is a metal pan in the Salt Water full of hot water a bad idea will the saltwater leech metal from the pan into the water?

How cold is it by you now? If anything get some hot water in a bottle and put that by your return pump to heat the water going into the display.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Oh sorry....for some reason I thought you had power back. Wrap the tank with whatever is insulating.

 

[John3]

Prob not a good idea to use metal but maybe if it’s known stainless? Can you warm water in a pan and put it in a plastic container, just don’t make it so hot that it would melt the plastic.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Prob not a good idea to use metal but maybe if it’s known stainless? Can you warm water in a pan and put it in a plastic container, just don’t make it so hot that it would melt the plastic.

This. If you have a gas stove, heat some water, put it in a tight plastic container and stick it in the tank. I realize earlier I said by the return pump, I just then remembered you have no power lol. Sorry it's yo early in the morning for me to properly function

 

[powertodareefle]

Power is back on

 

[powertodareefle]

Thx for the responses. Power is on. Went from 78.4 down to 75.6 in two hours.

 

[Katrina71]

How does everything look?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Thx for the responses. Power is on. Went from 78.4 down to 75.6 in two hours.

That's not too bad of a temperature swing you should be safe glad to hear the powers back on!

 

[najer]

As above, should be fine.

 

[Rakie]

Bags of hot water are what you want. They transfer heat very well, very quickly.

 

[Tbell805]

A ziploc with hot water or hand warmers have worked for me in the past and wrapping the tank in a blanket can also help. Glad everything did fine in it. I had purchased a backup battery and while it was in transit we lost power for 14 hours. Needless to say manual stirring your tank sucks and I'd recommend a generator or battery backup.