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Old 08-29-2015, 07:51 PM
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Default NEED HELP! Burnaby power outage

Anyone experiencing power outage??

Try phoning bchydro but they been busy and website are down. Gods know when it's coming back.

If you have a backup battery and you still have power in your area, please help me out.

Thanks a lot!!

Really need it soon. Call or text 778-997-2533
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Old 08-29-2015, 07:58 PM
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Power is out in lots of places, mine went 15 mins ago, right in the middle of a w/c. So if you still have water in your tank consider yourself lucky, lol.
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Old 08-29-2015, 08:01 PM
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Damn.... Sorry to hear that

I was just preparing on doing a water change but the power went out first before I started.

How do you keep your tank oxygenated and heated?
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Old 08-29-2015, 08:21 PM
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I don't. Power isn't usually out for more than a couple hours, but today, with the storm, I'm guessing it will be out longer. Heating isn't really an issue as its quite warm out still. I just manually stir the tank every 15 mins or so. I've got a battery backup, but stupid me, haven't installed it yet lol. I'm not overly concerned... yet.
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Old 08-29-2015, 08:48 PM
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Also, great timing for BCHydro 's Web page to be fubar.
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Old 08-29-2015, 08:50 PM
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Ya my power is out as well and I'm SOL. No back up power either. How long can a tank go without power???
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Now I'm worried. 7hrs without power.. all the stores around me are closed..

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to keep the heat in the tank cover or wrap tank in blankets will help slow the heat loss
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I just hooked up a generator. Good to go. Tv, internet and fish tanks. Im set
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Old 08-30-2015, 03:36 AM
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Mmmm our battery backup is down to 30% might not last the night just running 1 little 3w powerhead..... its depleating the power much faster then we thought.
And im stuck on the island....
And the battery airpump wont do a whole lot for a 65gallon....
I feel terrible telling my family to give the airpump to the salt tank overnight potentially condeming my goldfish to death should have bought another pump when i wanted too in july.... #/@^$& uggh.
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