Power down for 9 hours, help?

[justinl]

sux to hear. I hope all your stuff survives okay.

in the future you might want to look into a backup energy source in case of an outage. options could include...
1) a generator if you can afford it (you'd have to be around to turn it on)
2) a UPS (uninterruptible power source... i think). they're made for computers but i use one on my tank.
3)pennplax airpump. you just kind of leave it in thetank and when power goes out, it come on. they're the battery powered ones.