In need of battery back up

[squibege]

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

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

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.

Anthony

[jason604]

Originally Posted by squibege

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

How many VA is your UPS? Yea I won't be running a heater just going to use one single jerbow rw25 power head on it. Should be enough to keep my 110 fully stocked tank alive.

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

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.
Anthony

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?