sad day..

[Owain4]

As of 1am this morning my 4 yellow perch died. the power went out at 7:45PM and was out for 5 hours.. .... they died an hour after they said the power would be back on (and of course it wasnt...) horrible way to die..


i will be back into the hobby very soon..... im getting a 125 and restocking it with baby yellow perch and various minnows...

 

[Red Devil]

so sad for you on hearing of this tradgedy,good luck... get back soon

 

[Rays of Sunshine]

Sorry this happened to you. Buy bait battery operated "Bubblers"(battery operated air pumps from a bait store, Walmart, etc...The pumps will run for 6-36 hours. Here are some that are on Bigalsonline: http://www.bigalsonline.com/Fish_Aeration-Equipment_Battery-Operated-Air-Pumps.html

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

sorry to hear what happened . Do you know what killed them(more specifically than just the power going out)?

 

[Carefree_Dude]

in such instances, you could just splash around the water, in order to give more air

 

[Owain4]

i had a small bacteria bloom a few days before and the tank was still recovering.. the temperature also dropped, i did add some extra water to hopefully help but they died pretty fast.

 

[bigbadfish711]

Wow that does suck. If you own your home a integrated generator is a great investment. If you rent then a portable gen will will do wonders for peace of mind.

 

[TacomaMan]

sorry to hear that dude

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

i had a small bacteria bloom a few days before and the tank was still recovering.. the temperature also dropped, i did add some extra water to hopefully help but they died pretty fast.

sorry to hear about that

 

[Owain4]

i should have gotten myself a back up generator, this is the first time i can recall having a power outage that lasted more than an hour. i didnt expect it at all to happen, its just horrible it happened when my tank was recovering from an ammonia spike.