Fortunately his power went back on already.

Yup luckily it came back on right before either had to leave for exam. Going to JL to buy a battery powered air pump after class in case it happens again since the storm in N Van is still pretty intense.

if you have a DC powerhead, just grab a batter backup from a computer store man. Worth the price of admission.

Gah I wanna upgrade to DC powerheads and battery backup but initial cost to get both is pretty significant. I think my wave box is DC. Been wanting to upgrade powerheads but maybe battery backup should come first after this experience.

Jebao with battery backup is pretty cheap compared. You can get a battery backup for $150 and grab the required size/amount of RW pumps.

I've been looking to get a pair of RW-8 actually! Just need to save up for a bit to afford them + battery. I still want to upgrade lights, skimmer, and get some reactors hooked up. Gah, lots of saving up to do.

Been there done that when I was in grad school. I used to skip meals to buy stuffs for tanks :razz:

Theres always room to budget ;) if you can handle waiting the rws can be ordered directly from china for much less then anyone in canada sells them for. I just picked up 2 and the new generation jebao 12000 from overseas.

They work pretty good and supply lots of aeration, that's all I use and wrap the tank with a heavy quilt or sleeping bag and leave the lights off. while I'm away from home.
When home I run my genset if necessary depending on how long the power is off, 12 hours this time.
Battery powered air pump $15 and change so I have two on hand.

This was the package I was looking at so that I can run both pumps off a single controller as I'm running out of electrical outlets very fast now.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/222033417765?...24efcb3ce&cp=1