My Tank crash - Hopefully you can learn from my experience :(
 

My Tank crash - Hopefully you can learn from my experience :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC1MXVUFN50

Well thats sad to hear.

A few questions out of curiosity,

How long was the power out? 4hrs?

What is you total system volume?

How many fish?

How did the inverts fair and which ones do you have if any?

I do have a battery back-up on of my Gyre recirc pumps which should keep things going for apox 36 hours at 30% flow. I hope this would be enough until I could get to the tank as I am away a lot. For longer outages I picked up a small gas generator but that would require me to be home to set it up. It has enough capacity to run everything in the tank. I guess that in the short term my hope is that the tank temp would drop slowly enough in the winter and rise slowly enough in the summer so that temp isn't a big issue but that is only a hope...don't want to ever test my set up for real. Very sad video, and I can tell that it was hard for you to make but thank-you for doing it.

Shitty deal. That's a nightmare of mine for sure. I have the battery back ups on my mp40's as well as a natural gas fireplace in my basement which will kick in even if the power is out and keep the basement warm. On top of that I have a couple D cell battery powered air pumps with air stones on the end that I could add to the tank. Those only work if I am there and awake. The battery backups work automatically.

Sorry for your losses, they looked cool!

shady

I purchased a battery powered air pump with bubble stone at Caballas a few years ago. It's to keep your live well oxegenated when your fishing. It's saved my butt a couple of times. My tank lost power for 48 hours once and I didn't loose a thing, all it cost me was some d batteries to keep the bubbler going. Everyone should have one to keep your tank oxegenated and the water moving...

My Tank crash - Hopefully you can learn from my experience :(
 

So sorry to hear that. Hopefully it doesn't discourage you from the hobby

I had a tank crack one and it was a chaotic/traumatic experience but thankfully I was home

My apex would send an email & txt when communication is lost......

Then I have T - however long to get my inverter running....

I had the power go out like 3 years ago for 4 or 5 hours and everything was fine (I was on vacation when it happened and my tank sitter was unaware). I think it depends on a few factors.....

Number and size of fish, volume of water & outside / room temp..... As well have a back flow / check valve so your tank doesn't all run into a sump that can't handle the increased volume.

I find check valves will fail the second they get fouled up a bit. I'd rather have the sump system designed to hold the total volume in the event of a pump outage.

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