Still Without Power

[discretekarma]

Our power went out late on Frinday in Colesville and is still out. I've had a lot of my house running on generator power since the power went out. How long can my tank go with just the Eheim 1262 return pump and the heater? At what point should I get the rest back up? I was hoping to wait until the power came back on but who knows when that'll be. I'm told by my wife that Pepco is hoping for Tuesday night.

[L8 2 RISE]

Haha, Tuesday night, same time as the next storm! You should be fine for quite a while if your tank has been up and established for a while. If not I'd probably start putting the CL/Skimmer on in 12 hr shifts or something similar.

[Coral Hind]

The tank can go for a week easy with just the return pump and heater. If you get the lights on even for a few hours a day then you could run like that for weeks. That wouldn't be much different then how we ran tanks 15 years ago.

[L8 2 RISE]

The tank can go for a week easy with just the return pump and heater. If you get the lights on even for a few hours a day then you could run like that for weeks. That wouldn't be much different then how we ran tanks 15 years ago.

 

lol, forgot about the lights, was just thinking of the other equipment. I agree with the above, but I personally wouldn't feel comfortable without lights for more than 3 days. Hopefully you don't get to that point.

[discretekarma]

Power came back on today. Just in time for us to get the dishwasher ran before the storm tomorrow.

[zoozilla]

Power came back on today. Just in time for us to get the dishwasher ran before the storm tomorrow.

 

 

That's awesome news. All livestock intact?

[discretekarma]

Everything made it through just fine. Thanks everyone for the support.

 

 

That's awesome news. All livestock intact?