30 hour power outage!

[SteveR]

Power just kicked on in my 100gal aquarium, Fx5 running again after 30 hours out. All my silver sharks, clown loaches, syno cat and plec survived!

 

[SNRMADE]

Good stuff mate! I bought myself a generator for those kind of emergencies.

 

[PhullTank57]

Good to hear your fish stuck it out. Like steveothery said, a generator would come in handy for times and situations like those. Battery operated airpumps will go along way also, if you don't already have any.

 

[Red Devil]

happy to hear it... thats great news

 

[Arturo]

Nice to hear they survived.

 

[SteveR]

Yeh i'm pleased! Any idea how long this situation is dangerous without any filter? Ie did alot of bacteria die in my filter do you think? Everyone looks fine in the tank just now its been back on for a few hours.

 

[Flash]

It all died. It can only survived around 1.5 hours with out fresh water and ammonia.

 

[SteveR]

Next day now and still no deaths. If its ALL dead how come my fish are still all ok?

 

[synodontisjack]

Next day now and still no deaths. If its ALL dead how come my fish are still all ok?

because it takes a while for the amonia to build up, if you keep on top of water changes it should be fine.

 

[pacu mom]

This is an excellent article by ChilleRelleno on what to do to survive a power outage.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48578


If you lose beneficial bacteria, your tank will go into a mini-cycle. I test the water for ammonia after a power outage and will do water changes if there is any ammonia present. I closely monitor the water parameters for a few days to make sure the mini-cycle is over.