What to do if hurricane hits?

[gypsie32]

I live in the Tampa bay area, and if this hurricane hits I am worried about my tank if the power goes out! If any of you have been in this situation before do you have any tips as to what I can do to minimize the loss of my fish and corals? I wish I had a generator but I don't....Any ifo would be great!

 

[bigarn]

I wouldn't feed them until the storm passes. If you lose your filtration at least you'll have less waste in the tank.
Good Luck!

 

[damndamsel]

Depending on length of time you are out ... If its a short period dont get to flustered. You are in Fl so the temp shoild stay up (small baggy of ice on hand to float on the surface of the water will help if gets to hot).
You have a 90 gallon tank if the power is out for awhile take your 5 gallon fish only bucket scoop out a bunch of water and dump it back in. Will help airrate the water a bit.
I live in Upstate NY and have had the power go out for 24 hours one day. We had no adverse effects and we kept the house at about 65 with kero during.

 

[avbryce1]

I lived in florida my entire life until January and i still own a house there . I've rode out many many hurracanes and tropical storms and FPL is the best power company in the world when it comes to fixing power so i highly doubt that you will be out of power for any extended amount of time so just try and keep your water arriated

 

[sal713]

Good luck gypsie32. I'm in Spring Hill...45 min. north of you

 

[gypsie32]

As of 6:50pm the storm here is not bad, it hit further south. Thanks for all the good info..

 

[grantman]

we had our power go out for close to a day last year. I am convinced George Bush knew it was going to happen and did nothing to prevent it. Anyways we had no ill effects and no fish losses.