AlanM March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Everyone have battery backup air pumps or generator? I'm hoping it isn't like the derecho where I was replacing D batteries for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D805 March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Generator ready here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie012000 March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madweazl March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 I was supposed to grab some gas for the gene today but forgot all about and played on the computer instead. Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 In good shape here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari.harutunian March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 I’m optimistic. That’s it... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 I’m optimistic. That’s it... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk LOL. The wires where I live are underground, so as long as the bigger ones don't go down, there shouldn't be a problem. I have some battery air pumps, and an arm and some containers for scooping water. I have no fish to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 I’m optimistic. That’s it... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Same here. I live in the woods. Plus, the power runs into my area above ground. Lot's of opportunity to lose a line. However, in 7 years here, we've seen winds with gusts up around 60 mph (mostly from thunderstorms) and have done alright. I have my fingers crossed. (And a generator out back.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 My friend is in town from Boston, flight got canceled out tomorrow AM, and can't rebook until Sunday evening. I've got nada, so I'm on the optimism train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmerek2 March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 The ground is really saturated. Plus high winds. Not good for trees and power lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Lost power at 3am. Still out. Dominion Energy map of outages looks like a big sad face. Whoops. Waking up every hour and agitating tank. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madweazl March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Fueled up this morning so I'm ready. Guess this is a good excuse to hook the Ecotech battery backup that has been sitting on the floor next to the aquarium for about six months now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpu933k March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Power went out at 7am for me. My two display tanks have battery backups, but I have three qts running right now. I plan on aerating them by using cups to scoop out tank water and pouring back in. Will doing this for 30 seconds each tank every hour be sufficient? The qts are 20g. One has 2 fish. The others each have 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTBig053 March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Power went out in West Springfield at some point during the night, not sure how long, but had to reset all the clocks this morning. Tanks were fine. Still have power at the moment. Fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D805 March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Good down here in Fredericksburg. No power loss. Still blowing pretty hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madweazl March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Good down here in Fredericksburg. No power loss. Still blowing pretty hard. Power is out over by the Geico building off the 17 but we're still fine a few blocks away (knock on wood). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D805 March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Power is out over by the Geico building off the 17 but we're still fine a few blocks away (knock on wood). Glad you still have power. I was looking at the dominion power outage map and looked there was a lot of outages out your way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 We had a very minor outage of about 6 minutes in the middle of the night, but everything is back up and running a few miles in the boondocks south of Hamilton (out past Leesburg). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilRams March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Power went out at 5am for 6 minutes. We have not had power go out once in the 4 years we have lived at this house. Unfortunately power went out again about an hour ago. On my way in to work I picked up several battery powered bubblers at Walmart. Guess I’m going home early today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTBig053 March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 And we lost power here in Springfield. Gonna start scooping and dumping to oxygenate the water. How low does the temp need to get for me to start getting worried? I am concerned the scoop and dump method will speed up the temperature decline since I'll be exposing more surface area to release heat. I suppose I could try heating some water on our gas grill and using that to change out some water if things get dire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 I've been putting plastic 1 gallon ziplocks of hot water into the tank randomly. And I have a battery powered bubbler, just picked up a stone at petsmart. Other than that, I set my alarm every hour last night and just woke up to come out and agitate the tank. Exhausted today, but small price to pay for keeping lots of money in there alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madweazl March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Power went out at 7am for me. My two display tanks have battery backups, but I have three qts running right now. I plan on aerating them by using cups to scoop out tank water and pouring back in. Will doing this for 30 seconds each tank every hour be sufficient? The qts are 20g. One has 2 fish. The others each have 1. I did it for about 12 hours when we had a huge power outage in San Diego years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari.harutunian March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 So far I’ve been spared. Lots of trees downed. The 30ft top of one broke off and stuck into the ground like a spear. Unrelated- did anyone actually sleep last night? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTBig053 March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Using a piece of interlocking foam flooring mat as a lid and wrapped the tank in a faux fur blanket to keep the temp up. Scooping and dumping every hour to oxygenate the water. The dominion map says they have a crew working in the next neighborhood over. Not sure of that means anything for is or not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime March 2, 2018 Share March 2, 2018 Using a piece of interlocking foam flooring mat as a lid and wrapped the tank in a faux fur blanket to keep the temp up. Scooping and dumping every hour to oxygenate the water. The dominion map says they have a crew working in the next neighborhood over. Not sure of that means anything for is or not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I didn't wrap my tank, but I'm not there yet. My place stays hot, if I want it to or not. I figure the water might get a little cold, but nothing that's I'm going to lose any sleep over. Main concern is the fish at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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