BB life span during hurricane?

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It looks like there may be a hurricane heading my way so I may be without power. I do have a generator but I probably will not be able to use it for the first day and was wondering if the benefitial bacteria can survive that.
Afterwards I will be alternating my different pumps to keep everything going but I was wondering if the bb will survive that first 24 hours.
Anybody have any advice?


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i would put the bio media into the main tank if your power goes out so the fishes movement help keep it good, BB die ime from lack of food (ammonia ) and oxygen... but i agree chances are your fish will die in this situation before your BB will. I would fill your bathtub ect up so you can do a water change if needed during a power outage, that is if your set with good water first.. lol. if it comes to my pet family or my human family guess who wins?
 
Well it's summer so temperature is not much of a concern, so put all your bio media in those media bags and put them in the main tank. If you have battery operated air pump and use those to create water movement when the electricity gets cut...

No feeding from now on and clean and change water now while you still can and hope for the best.

What's your tank and stock?


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Luckily it looks like the storm is missing my part of Florida but the best advice I can give is do a couple large water changes and if you've got a battery powered aerator make sure you've got an extra set of batteries for it.

Good luck and stay safe.
 
I have two tanks, a 100gal and a 560gal stocked with cichla. It would take a pretty big aid pump to make enough movement to make a difference but I will try.
It looks like it may only be a category one and that may not be too bad.


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Hello; I have had power outages that lasted for several days. The main concern is likely to be oxygen for the fish if the tanks are stocked very heavy. My tanks were lightly stocked and the fish did fine with no additional battery pumps or anything. The addition of a battery powered air bubbler or running from the generator should help with oxygen for the fish. A sponge filter or just bubblers have run tanks for me at times for long periods.
That these things will not give much in the way of filtration or water movement is correct but hopefully not a big problem. Doing a water change and cleaning while you can, prestorm, and no additional feeding seem like good suggestions.

Hanging some of the filter media in the main part of the tanks also sounds like a good idea. Perhaps give it a rinse in the old tank water to remove some of the excess trapped detritus if you do a prestorm water change. At any rate if the filters are shutdown for several days they can cause problems when first turned back on. I have read posts about a member having a large capacity filter turned off for a few days and just turning it back on. The post indicated that the water in the filter had gone bad and pumped toxins into the tank which caused a loss of fish. There will be some beneficial bacteria(bb) on the surfaces of the tank in addition to that in the filters so you should not be starting from nothing when the power comes back on.
Good luck
 
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