These saved my fish during my 4 day power outage

[miggs76]

I bought 4 of these battery powered airpumps a few weeks ago just in case. I have 3 tanks (a 60g, a 14g, and a 5g). I put 2 in the 60g, and one each in the 14g and 5g. I lost zero fish and my power was out for 4 days. They are really cheap and on 2 D batteries each one last over 50 hours! I am buying a generator next week should this happen again but I highly recommend these little guys.

 

http://www.drsfoster...cfm?pcatid=3693

Edited July 4, 2012 by miggs76

[treesprite]

Even better are the ones that plug into the wall and come on automatically when the electric goes out. I tested the two I have with an 10" strip and a 7" strip. The more powerful one will easily run an 11" strip just as strongly as a little airstone. The smaller will work just as well with the 7" strip as a small airstone. With the two strips hooked together, the stronger pump will still send bubbles through the entire length of 17" well enough to be useful that way, but the bubbles are slower. The smaller pump acts in that way if I hook it to the 10" strip instead of the 7" strip. I wish I had had the strips before the electric was out so I would not have worried as much.

[Coral Hind]

I have two of each kind and they both worked great.

[Jan]

These have helped me in the past. I have two. Loud but they do the job.

 

I bought 4 of these battery powered airpumps a few weeks ago just in case. I have 3 tanks (a 60g, a 14g, and a 5g). I put 2 in the 60g, and one each in the 14g and 5g. I lost zero fish and my power was out for 4 days. They are really cheap and on 2 D batteries each one last over 50 hours! I am buying a generator next week should this happen again but I highly recommend these little guys.

 

http://www.drsfoster...cfm?pcatid=3693

[Rosco's Reefs]

Anybody got a link on the electric switching model? Thx

[Dell2go]

Anybody got a link on the electric switching model? Thx

 

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3669+8044+8120&pcatid=8120

[Rosco's Reefs]

Thanks for the info. Please verify if I am reading it correctly. These pumps run ALL the time AND stay on when the power is out? Yes?

 

Or do they just come on when the power is out, that is what I would prefer. Thx in advance.

[Coral Hind]

I'm not sure of the Azoo model that dell2go posted but I have the PennPlax B11 and it only comes on when the power goes out.

 

http://www.aquariumguys.com/silentairpump.html

 

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/8/aafeature

[Fishie]

Just getting some b11s and azoo as well