Black out in Yonkers!

[KuyaMark]

Hey guys we just had a black out for 11 hours and I can say is I sadly lost some live stock my Lamark Angel and 4 electric crocea clams died along with some sps colonies green slimer, purple monster, tri color and some more other stuff so far from what I can see the only fish that died was the lamark angel!
I'm kinda bummed out about my loss that I might consider breaking down my 120g tank. The colonies of sps I grew from little frags and the 4 clams I had when they we're just 2" . We'll i'll see in the morning if there's any more damages:Thinking::irked::supermad:

Hey Richie how's you're tank after the black out
Also Chong how's you're tank

 

[reefman]

wow! 11 hrs? that suck big time. sorry to hear dude.

 

[michael stern]

sorry man. Been there, done that. I was out for 3 days a couple of years ago, lost everything

 

[inline6]

Sorry to hear that. Nothing you could have done short of a generator.

 

[Quang]

Kuya, sh*t man...sorry to hear of your lost! Don't throw in the towel yet. Let us know how bad the damage is....

 

[regal]

So sorry to hear. I have a 400w inverter just in case it happens. But 11 hours, man I will need to keep my car running and go out to get a generator.

 

[inkblue]

Sorry KuyaMark...

 

[R32Brightliner]

Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

[prattreef]

Sorry about your loss, but a couple of battery powered airpumps connected to airstones probably would have minimized the damage. I learned the hard way too. Randy

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Sorry mark, hope everything else bounces back. Don't throw in the towel.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

it's threads like this that make me worry. i need a back up pronto!

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I am so sorry to hear that. I feel for you but DON'T BAIL OUT. Stay. I get you something free after you restablize the tank.


Only 11 hours of power outage could do so much harm!!!? What a dangerous hobby. We need to devise more safer environment in the future.

What's the major cause, no water movement, and/or too hot, and/or no oxygen? We need to learn something good out of bad situtations.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

oxygen i think is the major culprit, but what do i know

 

[Zoous]

Damn sorry to hear what happened. Hang in there.

 

[masterswimmer]

Mark, so very sorry to hear about your loss.
LMK when you're stabilized. We'll take care of a new Lamarck for you, on the house. It will be our pleasure.

Russ & Jim

 

[Reefer420]

sorry to hear!

so battery powered air pumps would actually do something?? I can't afford another back up system at this point, but I could pay for a couple of those...

Thoughts?

 

[Chongpark27]

Damn mark, that really sucks about your loss, i'm really sorry to hear about your loss, now i need to go get a backup power source just in case my power goes out.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Sorry to hear about your loss :sad2:.

 

[pecan2phat]

Guys,
Start with a $100 UPS backup connected to either your Seio, Tunze or Maxi-Jet powerhead and eventually go out and buy a generator if your in a house and have the area to run one.

Sorry to hear about the losses Mark.

 

[Pedro]

For those of us that have tunzes, all we need to have is just one on the ups. At such a low wattage, we can get by most power outages. I have some battery powered air pumps just in case, the last blackout killed me. So we must always be prepared for these emergencies. Unfortunately, we take things for granted and it's not until something like this happens that we realize it.

Good luck, do some water changes, throw some polyfilters in, some carbon, and wait for the dust to settle. It will bounce back.