Help - what to do after power outage

[BlueSallymandr]

Hi, my power has been out for about six hours now, and I'm starting to be worried. I have one portable airstone on each tank (two 40 gallons) but that's all the backup I have. Is there anything special I should do when the power comes back on? Or in the meantime? Waters at about 73 (I normally keep it at 78).

 

[Turkeysammich]

Best to see if someone can lend you a power brick. I have a big generator you can borrow. What does pge say about the power coming back on ? It’s time to take action now or things will start to die depending on the bio load.

 

[BlueSallymandr]

So it's not pge, it's like the world's worst contractors. Unfortunately I can't leave the house with these guys here.

 

[psidriven]

Ask neighbors if you can run an extension cord

 

[BlueSallymandr]

The situation is resolved, thanks! I'm ramping up the temp slowly rather than all at once

 

[richiev]

Future hack: if you have a gas stove or gas water heater you can float bags of hot water in the tank to try and boost the temp. Similar to floating bags/bottles of frozen water to cool it.

A secondary electric source of course is an ideal, eg an ecoflow or a generator or just a neighbor you can run the extension cord to.

 

[MolaMola]

Update on Friday how your tank inhabitants look. What a stressful situation.