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Power outage
Fyi power is out in port moody coquitlam and anmore. I've only had my tank up and running for 9 months now and we haven't had a outage yet. How long can it go with out power before I have issues. My wife is at home are there any actions she should take.
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Hopefully the power is on soon. The biggest problem with an outage is water oxygenation. What she can do is take lke a wooden spoon and stir the water up for a few minutes every so often.
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Must be up in the northern area, I'm closer to Lougheed and power's fine. Something good to have is a battery powered air-stone.
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Heard 4 hrs is the max you want the tank to sit there. But much depends on water volume and bioload. Agitate water surface.
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Whoa, read this and freaked a little since I'm 100 Kms away! Thanks goodness for my Apex.
I still don't have battery backup though. I have just plugged in a small powerhead into an inverter in my car and ran an extents on cord. Battery powered air stone is a good option. And as others have said, store the water surface every 15 minutes or so. Depends on your water volume. |
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Thanks for the info. Had my bride stir the tank every 15 mins.
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My tank went 28hrs with almost no power (I had 1 mp40 running on my suburbans inverter for 12hrs sucking air from the surface) all I lost was a snail although I dont have much for corals in the tank, fish were fine tho
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EcoTech MP10 + backup battery!! So worth the money!!
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BC Hydro web site has a map of power outages as well as ETA for power back "ON".
http://www.bchydro.com/outages/orsMapView.jsp But watch for those particle cannons aka the Sun ! Tonight and tomorrow morning, if big enough CME comes our way forget about power for a long time ! http://lucas2012infos.wordpress.com/...eptember-2012/ Cool particle hitting Earth video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_mass_ejection |