No electricity, no generator - what would you do ?

Well being from Central Va land of a thousand Hurricanes and Ice blizzards I have used the inverter to operate a few power heads for over a week in 99 when we where banged with a 6 inch ice storm and the late summer of 2000 we where hit with sever hurricane and then about 6Tornados in my back yard I got through that also with the inverter . Truck idles along time on a full tank Then in spring of 01 I put that gas generator in .. I had one in everyone of my work trucks just incase the job site generators would go out they could still drill holes and use a drop light..

 

That was a great article.

 

I bought a 1000 watt generator for $100. I can run pretty much everything (sump, PHs, heaters, actinics. etc) except my MH lights for 6 -8 hours for about $2.50 in gas.

$100 is pretty cheap. I can't image why anyone with a reef tank or aquarium in general would have difficulty justifying this expense.


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K+1, Wow, Dude that was totaly cool and helpful. As in Fla we lose power a lot as does everybody throughout the year for many reasons. This thread should be a must for everyone to read. I have a gen. and have been lucky to not need it yet and didnt know of power flucuations. I need to read up on that cause I know we are due to get smacked down again by the oncoming season. And when we do lose power for a few hrs I leave my tank alone. I dont use kerosene heaters, but wouldnt the fumes that they kick off mess with the tanks? I use propane for emer. heat.

 

glad you liked it!!!!!

 

I would deffinitly buy a aireator (battery powered)
There a great investment when your transporting fish and usually run between
$5-$15. I brought home 4 Pacu's 7-8', 1 Cichlid 6-7'. 1 Pleco(Over a foot lonf),and 1 Parrot fish 5-6" All in a
10Gallon tank. From Ky.
It was a 8Hr drive and all fish survied

 

During Ike--(B4 I had saltwater) I ran both of my 75 gallon freshwater tanks. 1 Emporer 400 with 2 powerheads and lights on one. 2 penguin 350 air pump and lights on the other. along with a T.V. (small 13") and a fan. All on a 1000 watt 2 cycle generator with no problem while the power was out. The tanks also served as our lighting.

 

have a father that buy old vcu dorm generators and fixes them and then brags he could power the whole neighborhood.

 

I live in an apartment and dont have a car so a generator or inverter are not an option for me.

I have a battery powered air pump, so I would just use that to try and keep the water moving a little and oxygenation.

My entire apartment is electric, so I would have no stove, heat or anything so temperature would be an issue if its winter.

Luckily power outages are rare, and when they do occur they typically don't last more then 10-15 minutes.

 

Hah, I remember when I lived in Florida. The power sure does go out a lot there. It's really annoying.