hurricane preparedness!!!!

valgae · Jul 23, 2008

how many of you live on the coast? r ya'll ready for a hurricane? (infomercial voice lol)

Well w/ DOLLY coming to the gulf coast i went and got a few things just in case. were "only" expected to get 10" of rain here in victoria,tx, but, it is nowhere near the end of hurricane season. just a few things i picked up...
got two of the bubble boxes, some DD batteries, new filters for the RO/DI unit, and one of those clear plastic things they put ur fish in at the lfs, gonna flip it around n put ice in it to keep temp down. its been 97 lately. anybody use a pump like the one in my last pic? i figure low flo is better than no flo.

dfabrikant · Jul 23, 2008

Good Luck, Hope everything will be alright. and maybe you just wont have to use it

brenda5826 · Jul 23, 2008

Be safe all of you in Dolly path

naclfish · Jul 23, 2008

better to have and not need than need and not have. good luck

maingo · Jul 23, 2008

I bought a 5KW generator just for my tank during hurrican season.

lawny · Jul 23, 2008

I got something similar for the same reason. Liked the idea about the placstic containers ore ice to keep the temp down.I live in freeport so yeah we have a while to go before we're in the clear on hurricanes.

jbird0420 · Jul 24, 2008

Always be prepared, have a generator on hand. BTW: Test it monthly, nothing like broken equipment when it's time to be used!!!!

valgae · Jul 24, 2008

well good news only 2" of rain today. hit south padre. houston got a big rain band. so hopefully i'll have a dry b-day tomorrow!

mr_x · Jul 24, 2008

i bought a generator also. a good investment. check out that dc to ac converter i have in the sale section. we had a 4 hour outtage last night and i ran 3 koralias and an aquaclear 70 off of it. (it was alot quieter than the generator, and if the power was off this morning when i woke up, i would have switched over to the generator for the sake of the lighting and fridge) you can buy a more powerful one to run more things, like heaters and such. all you need is an extention cord and a power strip.
btw- happy birthday.

paintballer768 · Jul 24, 2008

We have a generator that can run a few things, one being my tank

Before we had it I lost a tank a few years back to that really bad season. Was out of power for like 2 weeks.

hurricane preparedness!!!!

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