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02-19-2013, 09:23 PM | #1 |
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I can handle the snow, but **** me if the power goes.
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02-19-2013, 09:27 PM | #2 |
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Same here.
I work from home and we have plenty of food and stuff. We were stranded out here for 4 days in mid January. Luckily we have a gas fireplace so if the power goes out, we can stay warm. However, if it's out for more than 8 hours or so, I will start losing fish... |
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02-19-2013, 10:10 PM | #3 | |
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02-19-2013, 10:18 PM | #4 | |
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They're planted - when the lights go off, the plants stop photosynthesizing and start giving off CO2. With the power off, there's no surface agitation and eventually the fish start to suffocate due to lack of oxygen. |
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02-19-2013, 10:51 PM | #5 | |
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None of my tanks are heavily planted anymore, (and no CO2). What would be your suggestion regarding surface agitation? I think that our power was out for 6 hours max and I didn't really do anything about that. |
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02-19-2013, 10:59 PM | #6 | |
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I've considered getting battery-powered air pumps but they've been out of stock everywhere and I haven't gotten around to ordering them online. Other than that, I don't really know what else to do. And if you don't have a lot of plants, temperature would probably be a bigger problem for you anyway. |
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02-19-2013, 11:10 PM | #7 | |
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I would probably look into getting battery-powered air pumps, but I plan on selling the tanks soon. We have a fireplace, but it's electric. A lot of good that does when you lose power, huh? |
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02-19-2013, 09:28 PM | #8 |
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