I got home from work last night to find a letter from my electricity supplier to say that next Monday the power will be out from 8am till 4pm for essential maintenance. The letter states that the power could be out for longer if there are any problems.
I'm a bit concerned. I don't think the water temperature will be a problem - I'll just put the room heating up overnight, it's the filter I'm worried about. I have an internal filter built into the tank which cannot be removed.
Any advice folks? Will it be okay to leave the filter for this length of time?
i think itll be just fine, like lupin said as long as everything stays wet. Or... you could tell your fish that they are BAD fish for pottying in the water and they need to use the little fry's room!
It seems like it would be OK without running for the hours that the power is out. I believe you can get battery operated air pumps to keep the oxygen circulating, too.
I chatted with her last night regarding this and she said she may not have the time to grab one. Fortunately, she'll be there on the day the power outage happens so she'll have to open the hood and stir a bit to ensure the fish won't run out of oxygen supply though I am sure they'll be fine. I had been into this several times.
Kate, I think you should get the battery-operated airpump next time just for emergencies.
I chatted with her last night regarding this and she said she may not have the time to grab one. Fortunately, she'll be there on the day the power outage happens so she'll have to open the hood and stir a bit to ensure the fish won't run out of oxygen supply though I am sure they'll be fine. I had been into this several times.
I think I'll invest in a battery operated airpump for next time this happens, but for now I'll just stir the water round every now and then and keep an eye on the fish. Thanks for all the replies everyone
a better idea might be one of those battery back ups like they have on comps. it will keep things going. for long amount of time or for lots of tanks ia generator would be a good thing to look into.
kate, you shoulda come over! I have flashlights :brow:
my power was in and out all day a few days ago, the fish did just fine and kate im glad to hear yours did too!
and as for the oxygen thing, yeah we exhale some oxygen but i think the aggrivation of the surface of the water did more good than anything in that case. with that being said, its probably just easier to stir the water lol
Kate, you don't need battery powered backup pumps, why not get a backup generator like mine? It even runs about 85% of the house. Mine runs on natural gas. Does a fine job. The power goes out for over 1 minute and BAM!!!!!! I have power restored. Just like in the movies.
Please don't take this the wrong way Kate, because I'm not trying to suggest you can't read or whatever. Just a wee note:
Both my gran and I got a letter saying the same thing (pretty much) and since we live relatively close then I though I'd mention it.
My gran, panicking about not getting her tea and lunch etc went out and bought a wee gas cooker thing to heat things up on, and dug out the radio since she wasn't ging to have any TV or anything. UNTIL, I pointed out to her that, like mine, the letter did not say it would be off between 8am and 4pm, but rather it said that it would be off for a 10 minute period between 8am and 4am.
Like I said, please don't take this the wrong way, just thoguht it was worth mentioning.
kate, you shoulda come over! I have flashlights :brow:
my power was in and out all day a few days ago, the fish did just fine and kate im glad to hear yours did too!
and as for the oxygen thing, yeah we exhale some oxygen but i think the aggrivation of the surface of the water did more good than anything in that case. with that being said, its probably just easier to stir the water lol
Please don't take this the wrong way Kate, because I'm not trying to suggest you can't read or whatever. Just a wee note:
Both my gran and I got a letter saying the same thing (pretty much) and since we live relatively close then I though I'd mention it.
My gran, panicking about not getting her tea and lunch etc went out and bought a wee gas cooker thing to heat things up on, and dug out the radio since she wasn't ging to have any TV or anything. UNTIL, I pointed out to her that, like mine, the letter did not say it would be off between 8am and 4pm, but rather it said that it would be off for a 10 minute period between 8am and 4am.
Like I said, please don't take this the wrong way, just thoguht it was worth mentioning.
Thanks Julie, but the letter said that power would be out for the full day which it was. It went off around 8.30am (which was good, because it gave time for a few cups of coffee first), and came back on around 5.30pm.
Good news - the fish were absolutely fine (I think they quite liked the candle-lit room)
Oh well. Thought it was worth mentioning. Not sure how long mine ended up being off for, but it couldn't have been long. I was out for about an hour at the time but the clocks needed re-set when I came back in so it must have been off.
Oh well. Thought it was worth mentioning. Not sure how long mine ended up being off for, but it couldn't have been long. I was out for about an hour at the time but the clocks needed re-set when I came back in so it must have been off.
Hey - thanks for mentioning it though. The letter advised that we turn up our freezers full for twelve hours beforehand to prevent any food from defrosting, and they've dug up the whole street and are still working. The power was out again yesterday, but this time only for a couple of hours - hopefully that's the end of it. :roll:
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