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ilovemytank
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I lived in Key West for a long time so I understand the need for a huricane kit. I got a power converter from home depot. It could hook to a car battery and then has an outlet with seven plugs on it. I would keep two back up car batterys and with this converter I could run the neccesities for a week easily. The converster is about $ 130.00 and the batteries can be from $ 30.00 and up. IThe money is worth it when you consider what you have and your bond with your tank.
rotarygeek
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I live an hour north of austin right next to killeen fort hood area and they are telling us that we should be prepared for power outages too. I do have 1 power inverter, but it only has 1 or 2 outlets. if it comes down to it, ill point my modded mj at the surface and run it off a car battery.
robbin
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Originally Posted by scott79
http:///forum/post/2753542
well i think im in the clear now. it looks like it is headed more North. but who knows what could happen next!
Lucky! I happen to be north of you in Houston and I am now freaking out as to how to keep my critters alive????
http:///forum/post/2753542
well i think im in the clear now. it looks like it is headed more North. but who knows what could happen next!
Lucky! I happen to be north of you in Houston and I am now freaking out as to how to keep my critters alive????
bluering09
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You know all week I have been concern about me and my family safety and all that, but just now when my brother came into my room that it hit me. He ask me what I was going to do about my fishes and now I m like
I dont have a generator or anything close to it. I just hope I dont loose my fishes.
I dont have a generator or anything close to it. I just hope I dont loose my fishes.
libog2fish
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pjlovesbaskets
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I live in Ohio and we had hurricane level 1 winds last Sunday. The school was out of power for 5 days. I was concerned because I just gave a tankful of freshwater fish to my son's class for the classroom fish tank. (Making room for my second saltwater tank) Anyhow, when school resumed 5 days later, we went to the school for a search and rescue and the tank looked awesome. I couldn't believe it! I know salt is very different but I was amazed! Even though it was a new tank we seeded it well with our established tank. I think that helped a lot!
robbin
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Originally Posted by Pjlovesbaskets
http:///forum/post/2764385
I live in Ohio and we had hurricane level 1 winds last Sunday. The school was out of power for 5 days. I was concerned because I just gave a tankful of freshwater fish to my son's class for the classroom fish tank. (Making room for my second saltwater tank) Anyhow, when school resumed 5 days later, we went to the school for a search and rescue and the tank looked awesome. I couldn't believe it! I know salt is very different but I was amazed! Even though it was a new tank we seeded it well with our established tank. I think that helped a lot!
welcome to my world. I just got power back after 8 days from IKE blowing through and causing extensive damage here in Houston. I had to transport all my critters in a 10 gallon aquarium to Dallas for a couple of weeks. All in all, i only lost 2 astria snails. So i would say I made out pretty well.
http:///forum/post/2764385
I live in Ohio and we had hurricane level 1 winds last Sunday. The school was out of power for 5 days. I was concerned because I just gave a tankful of freshwater fish to my son's class for the classroom fish tank. (Making room for my second saltwater tank) Anyhow, when school resumed 5 days later, we went to the school for a search and rescue and the tank looked awesome. I couldn't believe it! I know salt is very different but I was amazed! Even though it was a new tank we seeded it well with our established tank. I think that helped a lot!
welcome to my world. I just got power back after 8 days from IKE blowing through and causing extensive damage here in Houston. I had to transport all my critters in a 10 gallon aquarium to Dallas for a couple of weeks. All in all, i only lost 2 astria snails. So i would say I made out pretty well.
robbin
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I actually did purchase a generator before the storm even though I just moved to Houston about 6 weeks ago. The problem was that there was no way to get gas for the generator once the storm approached. Lesson learned though, I will make sure I have plenty of gas on hand BEFORE any storm next time.
pjlovesbaskets
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Yep my generator has to outlets. One for the refrigerator and one for the tank!