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  1. Fishluvr

    Fishluvr Bristle Worm

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    How do you keep a tank oxygenated with no power?
    Ive heard some on hydrogen proxcide but whats the dosage?
     
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  2. Pastey

    Pastey Ritteri Anemone

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    You guys on the east coast are sweating it, huh?

    Just repeating what others are responding with in the other threads. Go get some battery powered air pumps and hook up an airstone to them. Place in tank.

    For temp control, bag up some ice or frozen water bottles to drop in the tank/sump.
     
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    or generator.
     
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    Yeah and i work at a pet store and were out and all the local Stores are out of battery. Operated air pumps. And i have alot of people calling thay dont have gens any advice would be a great help
     
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  5. Pastey

    Pastey Ritteri Anemone

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    Small tank of medical oxygen hooked up to a hose in the tank....manually opened periodically in very small increments? I have no clue.
     
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    1 Tsp per 50 gal every 6 to 8 hours.
     
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    Fishluvr Bristle Worm

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    Where would you get that at?
     
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    My friend keeps several on hand as he is a service guy. He has saved his customers tanks several times with this method. I like the hydrogen peroxide idea as it will definitly be effective. I have used it to kill algea but never even though about it in a power outage issue.
     
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  10. Pastey

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    Usually a medical supply company but I don't know the logistics about getting it. I also have no idea if that would be wise...a bottle of compressed air would probably be safer.

    Hell, why not a bicycle pump? :p You'd be getting good exercise and keeping your fish alive....
     
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