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  1. WuWu

    WuWu Feather Star

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    what do you guys do if theres a power outage ? any tips or tricks to keep ur fish alive ?
     
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  2. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    um..generator?
     
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  3. Puffer Chick

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    well what if you don't have a generator like me.
     
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  4. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    hmm. bicycle mechanical generator lol
     
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  5. Puffer Chick

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    haha lol
     
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  6. oceanparadise1

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    i now have a genertator but before i had a couple battery powered air stones and one of those battery powered power stripes that lasted for acouple hours so i could turn on the power heads for like ten minutes at a time.
     
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  7. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    oh.. what you can use is like a car battery or something like that. (when we used to have power outage back in mexico, we used the car's battery to power up some essential things).
     
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  8. Av8Bluewater

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    If it's just a few hours it's not a big deal... (depending on your fish load)
    Heavy fish loads will run out of O2 faster of course but I'm sure you know that.
    Anyway If you don't have a generator an option is to get a power inverter for your car and run an extension cord to the tank.
    I have one built in to my car that can run up to 400Watts.
    You can get them at WalMart
    Or you can get them cheap here:
    http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=inverter&Submit=Go
     
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  9. Puffer Chick

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    i would probably have to do the air stone idea. Good thing i almost never get poweroutages. If we do, it's a freak thing like car accident and its only out for a couple hours
     
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  10. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    see... when in doubt use your car lol
     
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