Emergency Measures to use NOW for Power Outages for your Saltwater Aquarium

[jayblock]

Get generator from harbor freight. Best $120 bucks u will ever spend on ur tank. A little bigger than a 12 pack of bottles It will run a bunch of different things in ur tank at once. If u run dc pump and led lights good chance u can run ur entire tank with it. That sucker will run 8 hrs on a tank of gas using all the power it provides. Used a friends during Sandy and ran out a week later to get my own. Still sitting in the box but they day i need to break it out, it will all be worth it.

 

[pecan2phat]

Very cool solar powered battery backup Jim!

 

[oh207]

My team has been planning to design our own battery which would run on sunlight containing ports to charge phones, tablets, lights, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=offgcMwuTGw

I like.

 

[cono]

But for the money but a generator

 

[ourcoralreef]

HEAT. during sandy this happened to me and i in increments poored boiling water in to the tank. PLEASE make sure no fish are in the immediate vicinity where the water is going. it will immediately dilute and become non boiling dont worry but it does help keep temperature high

How were your salinity levels

 

[marrone]

It's going to be a hot weekend, hopefully no power outages, but it's a good time to bump this thread.

 

[Crookedcoral331]

When i had one i used my manual gravel vacuum , sucked some
Water in and had the hose just feed back into the tank . Then you just vise grip the hose to the side and it does it on its own. Continues manual flow !

 

[Geraud]

For those who have Ecotech battery back=ups, remember that they die after a couple of years. But you can easily replace the inside battery (just remove the rivets and replace them by screws later).

What you need are "12180" batteries, aka 12V 18Ah. Powersonic, ExpertPower models fit exactly in the enclosure, and they are less than 40$ each.

 

[SantaMonica]

Do a long-time power off, as a sump fill test. Sometimes there is a slow trickle that causes a sump to overflow, that you don't notice if you only turn power off for an hour or so.

 

[BD_Reefing]

Any one wants to chime in on their emergency power back up?

 

[Timbo]

Generator for the entire house. Fish are happy and so is my wife!

 

[BD_Reefing]

Generator for the entire house. Fish are happy and so is my wife!

Ended up doing this


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[luv2bhated_ink]

I purchased a solar kit from harbor freight cost me about $150 comes with 4 panels all I did was added a inverter and a dry cell battery. and works great , I use it now for a lil garden room I have. But if power goes out ill just run a power extension to the tank