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Mastiffman

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I have 2 180gal, 1 glass, 1 acrylic and 1 acrylic 135g.......And I have a 40g, 15g ad 10g that are glass and have fry in them.... I'm thinking about 25% water changes every 4 hours until the power comes back on for the fry tanks to keep temps and oxygen up.... Also, just thinking of switching out 5g worth of really warm water for the 3 larger tanks mainly for their oxygen supply, every 4hrs as well....

Will this be a sufficient plan to avoid stress and deaths?

The glass 180g has my colony of 6 venustus (4" to "6), a pair of 5.5" lithobates and 2 fronts (^!%" and 10"). The 180g acrylic has 3 colonies totaling 45 tropheus (1.75" to 2.75") and a 4" golden nugget. 135g acrylic has my adult chaitika colony of 11 and a 2.5" bristle nose pleco. 40g has about 11 small fry. 15g only has 4 fry and the 10g has about 60 fry all under 5/8"....


Thanks for the suggestions and comments.....

P.S. I'm posting from my smartphone.....
 
I've lost power for over 12 hours and all of my fish did fine. It was cold outside, and the temps in my tanks only dropped 2-3 degrees.

If you think about it, fish are shipped in boxes across the country and last at least 24 hours, and can usually last much longer. 70 3" fish can be shipped in 18x18' boxes for 24 hours, so I wouldn't really worry too much!
 
I wouldnt worry to much. Like it was said, they are shipped in boxes for up to 24 hrs, so you should be fine.
You can also take any powerheads you have, turn then to were they ripple the surface water. This will help take oxygen in the air and mix it into the water.
You can go up to 48 hrs with your filters being off and not really worry IMO.
cut your food back till your power comes on. This will cut down your waist since you dont have any filters running.

You will be ok. Main thing is watch the temp... Most fish are ok withing a 5 deg temp change.. So being its summer, you are prob ok on that also..
If it ever happens in the winter, thats when you really need to watch temp.

Dont worry, you should be fine
 
Dose each tank with prime to prevent any ammonia or nitrite from stressing the fish, and if possible move whatever biomedia you can into the tanks.
 
becareful if its out longer then 24 hours you might have some dead BB in your filters, its a possiblity but i'd deffinatly drain the water from the filters before i start them again.
 
calm down, breathe, and everything will be fine. My power was out for 36 hrs this spring, and I didn't lose a single fish. What do u keep your temps at, do you do regular water changes, and what kind of fish do you keep?(Be honest ) You would be suprised how long fry can live in a still tank. Like calioutlaw1a and owain4 said submerse any filter media you can, and you should be fine. Don't let hour BB dry out.
 
Mastiffman said:
I have 2 180gal, 1 glass, 1 acrylic and 1 acrylic 135g.......And I have a 40g, 15g ad 10g that are glass and have fry in them.... I'm thinking about 25% water changes every 4 hours until the power comes back on for the fry tanks to keep temps and oxygen up.... Also, just thinking of switching out 5g worth of really warm water for the 3 larger tanks mainly for their oxygen supply, every 4hrs as well....

Will this be a sufficient plan to avoid stress and deaths?

The glass 180g has my colony of 6 venustus (4" to "6), a pair of 5.5" lithobates and 2 fronts (^!%" and 10"). The 180g acrylic has 3 colonies totaling 45 tropheus (1.75" to 2.75") and a 4" golden nugget. 135g acrylic has my adult chaitika colony of 11 and a 2.5" bristle nose pleco. 40g has about 11 small fry. 15g only has 4 fry and the 10g has about 60 fry all under 5/8"....


Thanks for the suggestions and comments.....

P.S. I'm posting from my smartphone.....
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Thanks for all of the feedback.... I only worry because I did a wate change a couple of weeks ago and filled the tank a little to much. So much as to stop surface aggitation being that the water was to the underside of the top.... I got up the next morning and had all the africans in the 180g glass tank gasping for air and I ended up losing a female venustus from my colony and I had to run ton stones for half of that day before the rest of the crew were acting normal and breathing normal again.... the tank inhabitants are listed above and I do weekly and bi-weekly water changes (135g, 40g and 15g get b/w w/c's)...
 
Aerate the heck out of that 10g, but leave the water alone until you can feel comfortable siphoning water without siphoning fish. lol
 
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