Scheduled Power Outage, Need Advice

[gasser]

Why not just rent a generator and run your tank. Better than loosing everything. You could run your tank and maybe your TV and a couple other things like your fridge.

Jeff

 

[invisyblegypsey]

I received the postcard below and man did I feel down. I have a scheduled power outage on Saturday which is scheduled from 8:00 A.M to 3:00 P.M. The outage can last the whole period or may be turned off more than once during the mentioned time range. What would you suggest I do before/during that outage???

Get battery operated pumps?

Use oxygen tablets?

Using a car battery as a source of power is out of the question because I live in an apartment. I can't really spend that much money on a battery operated pump because money is kinda short at the moment.

I currently have the following in a 60G. All of them are 6" or below except for a 10" red belly pacu that I will most likely have to leave for adoption SOON.

2 Indo Dats
2 Silver Dats
1 Clown Knife
1 Peacock Bass
1 RBP
1 Ugly Catfish
1 Pleco

On a 10G QT/grow out tank, I have 2 NGTs and 1 Indo dat.

I am planning to do a 60-70% water change on both tanks on Friday night to keep the water parameters "decent."

Oxygen tablets also sounds like a good idea. Anyone know of a place around 90502 where I can get oxygen tablets. Petsmart doesn't have it.

Should I unplug the filters and air pumps so that none of them might "short" or cease to work?

Need advice now....

By the way, I will be out of my apartment at around 8:30 hopefully to pick up a 100G tank. I will most likely be out most of the day as well.

Man... this sucks...

i use a bilge pump for a boat on a batterie with a float switch

 

[arkmann]

By the way, I used two battery operated air pumps and two sponge filters and everything worked out great. I floated the bio-wheels and ceramic ring above
the sponge filters so that they were aerated all the time.

There's still no sign of "re-cycling" so I guess everything turned out great.