Polys in the Storm!

[jaws7777]

Guys there are old threads on here about power outages. Check stickies in general area and filtrationdont remember where they are.

I remember reading how one guy just used a large cup or so.ething and poured tank water every few hrs to agitate the surface and keep the water oxygenated.

 

[magpie]

Thinking of all of you!

xoxo

 

[kno4te]

How are the rest of the floridians doing?

 

[kno4te]

How are the rest of the floridians doing?

 

[clm08k]

No damages. Lost power today. But who knows maybe it will be on by tomorrow or the air pumps will arrive lol. Did you guys do okay in the storm?

 

[kno4te]

Did fine. Made it out without any prob. Didn't lose power.

 

[clm08k]

How long will the polys be okay without power? I don't have any battery packs cause amazon didn't ship. It's been about 20 hours that they haven't had airstone or filter....

How long should I agitate the water for?

 

[twentyleagues]

Air for polys isnt going to be the problem it's going to be the ammonia build up. I don't think just agitation of the water will be enough to help with that. Maybe a ammonia reducing product? I'm not sure. I bought a generator when I had salt. We lost power during a winter storm and they didn't expect power back for up to 3 days. I went out and bought the last one Lowes had on the shelf 6500 watts cost me around $900. But with thousands of $ in coral and fish that would die without heat or flow I didn't hesitate. Power was back on 6 hrs later.....lol. Hope it comes back on for you soon. Water changes? How's the temps there?

 

[kno4te]

Increase the water changes. That'll help to bring in new water and oxygen.

 

[Zilch]

Power just came back on after 40 hours. Polys seem fine but they'll be getting a monster water change in the morning to be sure. Other tanks faired pretty well... Lost a couple live bearers in our 55g, but they didn't have any oxygen supplement since I couldn't find a third bait bucket air pump.

As for the humans we did fine, lost a huge tree in our back yard and it's going to cost a fortune to clear out but if that's the worst thing that came of this storm I'll take it!