What does everyone do during a power outage?
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Sorry to hear about your losses 
A generator is going to be your best bet to keep the essentials running. Mainly, you'll want heaters and some filtration. Of course, if you get a big enough one, you can keep other essentials in the house (like the refrigerator and a few lights) running.
A UPS (uniterruptible power supply) can work, but only for a short time on one or two things. It's fine if the power goes out for a few hours, but it won't work much longer than that.
A generator is going to be your best bet to keep the essentials running. Mainly, you'll want heaters and some filtration. Of course, if you get a big enough one, you can keep other essentials in the house (like the refrigerator and a few lights) running.
A UPS (uniterruptible power supply) can work, but only for a short time on one or two things. It's fine if the power goes out for a few hours, but it won't work much longer than that.
I had the same thing happen 2 years ago. my fish upstairs survived the 2 weeks just fine but we have a wood stove to keep the house warm. all my cichlids in the basement however perished. but in the summer I don't worry about it but in the winter I have syphoned water out of the tank and place it next to the wood stove and heat it up to about 85 degrees and dump the water in. kept doing this about every 3 hours and it kept them alive for the week we had no power. but I know what it's like to slowly watch ur fish freeze to death. and unless I buy my own personal generator for thousands of dollars I'll never have one so usually I just wait it out and do what I can to help my fish out.
That sucks. In Northern Indiana we had a huge ice storm
Xmas week and many here lost power for over a week. The outside temp went down to zero and many people were having a tough time. I was very fortunate and didn't lose power but looking at my tanks made me think that the $500 for a generator was cheap insurance. So I managed to pick one up and now it sits in my garage. It will run both tanks (less the metal halides) along with my well pump. A few in our local club were not as lucky, one guy was running extension cords across the street to his neighbour who had power....he managed without any losses. So think about your finned friends and spend as much on power back up as you will for a good light system
Xmas week and many here lost power for over a week. The outside temp went down to zero and many people were having a tough time. I was very fortunate and didn't lose power but looking at my tanks made me think that the $500 for a generator was cheap insurance. So I managed to pick one up and now it sits in my garage. It will run both tanks (less the metal halides) along with my well pump. A few in our local club were not as lucky, one guy was running extension cords across the street to his neighbour who had power....he managed without any losses. So think about your finned friends and spend as much on power back up as you will for a good light system
