[UniQuaria] Winter Time Power Loss
Greg wrote: > > I live in Cleveland, OH and last night we had a bad ice storm. > Thankfully, my neighborhood did not lose electric power, although some > nearby did. As this is my first winter with aquariums, it got me to > thinking about loss of electric power and its effect on my aquariums > (or is it aquaria?) 
If, heaven forbid, I should have a power loss > during the winter where the temperature in my house could fall very > low, very quickly, what can one do to protect their fish? I had the > idea of draping blankets over the aquariums to try to reduce heat > loss. Is that pointless? I don’t have an auxiliary generator, so I’m > at the mercy of First Energy. If there is an extended power loss > during the winter, are my fish “toast” (or popsicles) so to speak? > > Greg >
For short power outages a battery back up is good. I have stolen the one off my computer to run my parrot brooder. I have seen them advertised for aquariums. Nothing is really going to help for 50 hours. We are out in the woods. Our neighbors right behind us have had their power out for up to a week, but we have been lucky. 8 Hours is our longest in 34 years. Knock on wood. We had a mini tornado go through about 10 years ago. Tore the top off one of the trees across the street and carried it inches over the top of our car, and deposited on top a a wood pile. The next block over the damage started. 50 power poles were broken and had to be replaced before their power could be restored. Nadine
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