Power outage at my apartments

[DasPig36]

My apartments are going to be working on the lines this Saturday from 7am to 6:30pm. I have over 20 different types of corals and i have 4 small fish about 2" per fish. Can my tank survie with out lighting for almost 12 hours? I don't have any sps only softies, lps, zoas, and palys. What would be the best thing to do for my tank? I have also been thinking about taking it to my lfs and see if they could hold it for me for the duration of the power outtage. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank y'all for the advice!

 

[reefes pieces]

I don't think lighting is the biggest problem but water flow and temp. might be tough on em. How big is your tank?

 

[El Dude]

Moving your tank will be more detrimental. Go get the biggest battery powered air pump, batteries, some tubing and an air stone. Just aerate the snot out of your tank. Monitor the temp hourly as well. If in doubt microwave a little tank water. But be careful! You don't want to add scalding hot water back into your tank. This is how I moved my livestock 750 miles once. You should be fine.

 

[BeanMachine]

Moving your tank will be more detrimental. Go get the biggest battery powered air pump, batteries, some tubing and an air stone. Just aerate the snot out of your tank. Monitor the temp hourly as well. If in doubt microwave a little tank water. But be careful! You don't want to add scalding hot water back into your tank. This is how I moved my livestock 750 miles once. You should be fine.

If just for the day this is what I would do... more than a day rent a generator.

 

[Save the reef]

rent a generator or you know i have a special external power outlet, it has a battery buillt in for emergency when the power goes out. it can support my fish tank for about 3-4 hours with all my pumps and light and about 6-7 with out my lights

 

[whodahbahman]

Do you have a DSB? They can suck up Oxygen quickly in the water. Something to consider anyways.

 

[jhuerth]

get a couple battery powered air pumps they are cheap but work great albeit noisy. i had a power outage a week ago and ran out and bought 3 from marine depot asap. adds a great peace of mind instead of worrying and taking that chance.

 

[DasPig36]

There is my tank it is a 29 gallon biocube. It is just a little thing but I don't think I'm doing to bad for my first reef tank lol

I thought about getting the air pumps but I wasn't sure on how well they worked. But I will be picking some up when ever I get off work.

I won't be able to microwave anything since no power but I could put some bottles of water is the sun to warm them up

I'm not really sure wat a DBS is so I don't think I have one lol

 

[El Dude]

DSB=Deep Sand Bed

 

[cthetoy]

Walmart sells battery operated air pumps cheap in the sporting good section to keep bait fish alive. Since you still haev hot water you can fill 2 liter soda bottles with hot water and place them in your tank.

in the future you should plan for power outages. It happens all the time. Either invest in a Vortech with battery backup that can power your tank for hours, a UPS, or anything to keep you flow going.