The Power Went OUT: Testimonial

tannersmith200

tannersmith200

Member
hey guys
I live in Virginia and we got hit by a big snow storm which left about 10" of snow at my house this past weekend. The power went out friday night and didnt come back on till sunday morning. I didnt have a generator
to save my aquarium but I went old fashioned way to keep it alive.
I have a wood burning stove in my basement and I kept it burning all day saturday and all night long. thank goodness I had lots of cut up firewood.

I noticed the temp in my aquarium was 66 degrees when I woke up saturday morning not noticing the power was out. (my temp usually reads 76 - 79) I freaked and immediately checked my 55 gallon aquarium. Everything was still alive luckly. I got the wood burning stove hot and pumped water from my aquarium into a big 3 gallon pot and placed it on the stove and warmed up the water till it got 80 degrees and released it into the aquarium. I made probably 40 trips from my aquarium to the stove heating water all day in order to keep my critters alive. So I got er done!!!
I will go tomorrow and buy a small back up generator bec that was a major pain. everybody is happy now since the power is back on!
just wanted to share my success story with you all
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

Active Member
man o man. Sounds like you had fun.
But seriously, you'd be ok around 66 for a few days, (assuming an average range of creatures) they won't be happy. Plus you'll have to scale back feeding them. What you really want to avoid is rapid changes in temperature. That will shock them. Plus oxygenating the water is key. Fortunately with the colder temps O2 saturates the water better. So that isn't so bad of a battle.
 
louti

louti

Member
Originally Posted by tannersmith200
http:///forum/post/3193634
hey guys
I live in Virginia and we got hit by a big snow storm which left about 10" of snow at my house this past weekend. The power went out friday night and didnt come back on till sunday morning. I didnt have a generator
to save my aquarium but I went old fashioned way to keep it alive.
I have a wood burning stove in my basement and I kept it burning all day saturday and all night long. thank goodness I had lots of cut up firewood.

I noticed the temp in my aquarium was 66 degrees when I woke up saturday morning not noticing the power was out. (my temp usually reads 76 - 79) I freaked and immediately checked my 55 gallon aquarium. Everything was still alive luckly. I got the wood burning stove hot and pumped water from my aquarium into a big 3 gallon pot and placed it on the stove and warmed up the water till it got 80 degrees and released it into the aquarium. I made probably 40 trips from my aquarium to the stove heating water all day in order to keep my critters alive. So I got er done!!!
I will go tomorrow and buy a small back up generator bec that was a major pain. everybody is happy now since the power is back on!
just wanted to share my success story with you all
I think he answered the million dollar question. You mods need to read more thoroughly
 
scsinet

scsinet

Active Member
Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/3194262
I bought 1000 hampsters, and they're running in wheels hooked to the generator...
Maybe you should get 1001 in case the first 1000 hamsters die.
It's called REDUNDANCY reub.
 
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