Survived 4 hour blackout!

[jcs11236]

Power went out this morning at 3am. i busted out my battery air pump and i was good to go. threw in a floating temp and it was steady at 78 the whole time. Once power came back-ph was still above 8. (8.13). these cheap air pump saves reef tanks!

 

[gfk]

threw in a floating temp <--- what's that?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

They are those floatin thermometers

 

[KathyC]

Power went out this morning at 3am. i busted out my battery air pump and i was good to go. threw in a floating temp and it was steady at 78 the whole time. Once power came back-ph was still above 8. (8.13). these cheap air pump saves reef tanks!

+1 so very true, those pumps are lifesavers. The cheapest easiest thing you can do for your tank. Every reefer should have 1 or 2 of them.

 

[rbtwo4]

never seen one any pics?

 

[44santababy]

Rego park lost power for 4 hours?? Im in forest hills, like 7 blocks from you and didnt notice anything. Guess i got lucky. But i do own a diehard powerpack platinum and tested my portable dual air pump and it ran for over 18 hours and i have a vortech backup battery for both mp 40s. I'm wondering if i lost power and didnt even realize it. hmmm

 

[fjpod]

do you put an airstone on it or just stick the hose in?

 

[4Fish]

Glad to hear it. I was able to make it without power for 3 days during hurricane Irene. I truly believe, the bigger the tank the better, less variation in water stats.

 

[AussieCrazy]

Where can we purchase those battery operated pumps?

 

[nycpassat]

My area lost power for four hours last night. ugh. Had to take out the emergency generator and connect my return pumps. I wish i had a couple of battery operated pumps. I believe Kathy had a frag swap group buy on this. If its not still open, Petco or Petsmart has them.

 

[prattreef]

Any battery powered pump will do the trick, but these are the ones that kick on when you aren't around. There is ZERO excuse not to own several.

http://www.saltwatercritters.com/inc/sdetail/1088/4291

 

[rbtwo4]

Rego park lost power for 4 hours?? Im in forest hills, like 7 blocks from you and didnt notice anything. Guess i got lucky. But i do own a diehard powerpack platinum and tested my portable dual air pump and it ran for over 18 hours and i have a vortech backup battery for both mp 40s. I'm wondering if i lost power and didnt even realize it. hmmm

thats hot

 

[jcs11236]

yea i attach a airstone to the pump. i believe i paid 10 bucks for the pump
i dont believe anyone lost power other than my building. some sort of transformer blew out sunday night which caused a car to burn to a crisp. Con ed rolled up and shut down power to fix problem at around 3 am