horror event

[LiquidBlues]

woke up this morning and on the way out to classes..

i see my yellow tang dead on the sand...
and then i see my FAVORITE FISH naso tang
i look around and then my flame angel all on the sandbed..

the rest of the fish was gasping for air in the morning...

apparently the power went out during midnight

but in the morning the lights went on according the the timer... thats whats weird...

thats what i think is the problem... the day before these fishes was eating and swimming normal.. i don't think it could of been anything with the water or diease...

[ March 11, 2005, 03:34 PM: Message edited by: LiquidBlues ]

 

[ctxmonitor]

Actually this happen in my neighborhood 2 months ago. I was at till 3:00am in the morning and just when I was about to go to sleep, the whole block as far as I know lost power.

Lucky at that time I didn't have the my saltwater tank setup.. I only had freshwater fishes.. None of them died, though.

The power came back up at 9 or 10 am. This is a diaster if I had a reef tank.

I feel you man.. Hope your other fish is gonna make it.

 

[marrone]

Depennding on your tank load if the power went out for a while it could cause your fish to die from the lack of oxygen, just look at what happen from the black out.

 

[LiquidBlues]

the thing that sucks the most is the two fish i want to get rid of... dragon goby and sunrise psuedochromis...
they lived

the two fish i love the most... naso tang and yellow tang... they died

 

[Josh]

Sorry about the loss.

Think about getting a UPS. It will cover you for 30 minutes of power interruptions, but more importantly, it beeps like crazy when the power goes out so at least you know.

You can get a small one for about $150-200.

 

[LiquidBlues]

i don't know if its good news or bad news..
i'm moving soon and upgrading to a new tank
180G
now i don't have much fish to transfer

for the 180 i think i'll have to work out the budget to get one of thos UPS

 

[FastUno]

I got a battery operated aerator. No where near a generator, but hopefully will provide some help.

 

[Vic8361]

Hey Liquidblues,

Sorry to hear about your lost I know how it feels.

Did you say that your lights came on at the right time in the morning? If yes maybe it was somthing else. Whats strange is, when we had the black out the first fish to die in my tank was my bicolor dotty back and my midas blenny the large fish made it. I had a simular thing happen to me one mornning about 5 years ago I lost three tangs and my manderin. I didn't know what caused it and I was going crazy not knowing why. then I mention to my wife that I beelieve they were posioned some how. When I mentioned that to her she tolod me that she had srayed her hair with hair spray right by the tank with out thinking about it. Well thats what it was they got sprayed to death.
LOL. But at least I knew what had happened and that I wasn't doing something wrong with out even knowing.
Hope you find out for sure what happened.

Vic

[ March 12, 2005, 02:35 PM: Message edited by: Vic8361 ]

 

[spykes]

remember when NY had that crazy blackout for 4 days ^^

 

[yessongs]

I remember the blackout. I was doing a water change at the time it hit, i thought i shorted something out. Still thinking about ordering this http://petsolutions.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_30129045_A_Silent+Air+B11+Battery+Back%2Dup+Pump_E_

 

[pecan2phat]

The battery operated pumps are a misnomer. (well to a degree, they do not provide direct oxygen to the water colomn), (but better than nothing) Oxygen saturation is dependent on atmospheric surface exchange.

For medium outages, your much better off with a UPS and a 8 watt Seio M620 that will circulate the water and wrap a blanket around the tank to retain as much heat as possible.

Other than that, it's arrgh, arrgh... generator tool time!

[ March 15, 2005, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: pecan2phat ]

 

[cla009]

I just got a 900VA UPS for $65 at microcenter. Runs my 35watt canister filter for almost 2 hours. Def. worth the investment.

 

[yessongs]

Most reefers in Florida that can't use generators during hurricane season depend on oxygen tanks or battery operated pumps with wooden air stones.
A UPS wont last long, but we rarely loose power as long as they do. I've read posts of people keeping fish and some corals alive for almost two weeks using air pumps and oxygen tanks.
Ceramic air stones are better for gas exchange, maybe a combo of both air stones is a good choice.

 

[yessongs]

I was thinking about using a AquaGlobe power head its 12V DC. I used them in the past, There small and powerful. They do have a problem restarting. Anyone have an idea how long one of these can run on a car or motorcycle battery?
They come in 100, 200, 300 GPH.
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/pet-guys/-66000380002380.html