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Look into getting some of that insulating silver bubblewrap from home depot and cutting a length big enough to wrap around your tank. So if the power does go out for longer the a few hours you can put a "jacket" on your tank.
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haha smart idea!
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I got a backup UPS at Best Buy as well. One set of outlets are surge protected and the other set are on the back up. It said up to 4h of power, but my two jeabo power heads use it up in 90min
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Buy one battery operated pump for each tank you have, a bunch of D cell batteries for those pumps and you won't need a generator if its a short term power outage. The pumps will keep the water circulating and oxygenated.
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I was also thinking about getting the automatic battery powered air pump that kicks on by itself when power is lost. Much cheaper route but UPS is good too cuz I can plug other things in it in case of emergency. Maybe I should use both UPS with power head and the air pump or will that be overkill? |
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Mine is 1000va
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if you only plan on running a power head for circulation another option is what I do and that is just a cheap battery powered air pump. you can leave it on 24/7 or turn it on when bad weather is coming
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