So i lost power in the huricane last night and i hooked up my fish tanks to my generator. Well this morning i wokeup and it was on fire. Now my fishtanks arnt hooked up to anything what do i do.
please hellp
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I have had to keep tanks alive in the event of poweroutage by using a gallon pitcher and repeatedly scooping and pouring the water. The more exposure to o2 you can get the better. I poured it from about a foot above the tank and tried to cause as much agitation as possible. I have also used a bank of rv batteries hooked up to a power-inverter to run airstones in my tanks to keep oxygen up( charging them back up everyday with a truck and jumpercables, it would take about an hour and a half at 1500rpm). I have also heard of pouring hydrogen peroxide in tanks as it is h2o2 and when exposed to the tanks water releases an oxygen molecule and turns into highly oxygenated water.
If any sporting goods stores or walmarts near you are still open, they may also have bait bucket aerators that run on D batteries. I would also recommend removing any bio media from the filters to the tank so that it will receive oxygen and keep the bacteria alive