slow this morning

[Wicked Color]

So it must have snowed cuz the site seems pretty slow this morning?
Must be due to traffic???

 

[Craigar]

Lol no ones at work to get on yet....


300 gallon mixed reef
90 gallon bowfront fowlr

 

[Boogie]

Off topic but since you guys are here: Powers out at my house, Im at work, girl friend is stirring the tanks with a pitcher. Can't find my battery air pumps as there has been mass tank movings around. Anything else I can do besides hope the power comes back on?

 

[Wicked Color]

129 logged on

 

[Craigar]

Hmmm people must be half asleep then!!!!

About your power outage you should be ok for a couple hours if she keeps using a pitcher and taking tank water and dumping it back in!!!!


300 gallon mixed reef
90 gallon bowfront fowlr

 

[Wicked Color]

Not much, pour the water in from high enough to create some flow, and oxygenate the water some, wrap blankets around it to insulate.

 

[120greefman]

Based on the fact when I do large tank cleanings that take up to 3 hours and everything is off during that time and it does fine I would think you have a minimum of 3 hours.

 

[Boogie]

Based on the fact when I do large tank cleanings that take up to 3 hours and everything is off during that time and it does fine I would think you have a minimum of 3 hours.

That should be plenty of time for you to make it over to my house and take over the pitcher duties when the gf heads out to DIA for her flight. =)

 

[scchase]

Yea no,power and a tank related flood at my place

 

[Craigar]

Yea no,power and a tank related flood at my place

Display tank overfill your sump?



300 gallon mixed reef
90 gallon bowfront fowlr

 

[scchase]

Yep its always a hazard with my biggest tank

 

[Craigar]

Your outlet point down into the water or sump just to small to take the amount of water


300 gallon mixed reef
90 gallon bowfront fowlr

 

[Craigar]

When the power goes out my big tank drains 40-50 gallons into my sump. It goes within a inch of over filling it. What I did is turned my pumps off let it drain into my sump then added water till it was within a inch from the top of my sump. Then I turned everything back on and marked my max water level on the sump I've never had any problems knock on wood


300 gallon mixed reef
90 gallon bowfront fowlr

 

[scchase]

I cant even get.a big enough sump under my tank to stop it completlt. Lucky I didnt toss all thevwater from my last water change so i.have plenty to top off with. If I dont get power back in the next hour or so ill get my generator set up and hope it runs

 

[Craigar]

Got any pics of your tank? I'm sure we could help u come up with something


300 gallon mixed reef
90 gallon bowfront fowlr

 

[dv3]

That should be plenty of time for you to make it over to my house and take over the pitcher duties when the gf heads out to DIA for her flight. =)

hey booger have her run up to petco or petsmart and grab one if she has to leave ..i dont think she needs to stand there and pour constantly at least i didnt when my power went out ...wish i could help but im to far from you guys and if i wasnt sounds like i would have my own problems ...lol

 

[Boogie]

She is on her way to petsmart as we speak

 

[Wicked Color]

my power was out for 2 hrs while I slept, when I woke up the only way you could tell the power was out was the clocks were all off a couple hrs, fish tank was fine, only really have to worry about 4+ hr outages.

 

[hurrafreak]

my power was out for 2 hrs while I slept, when I woke up the only way you could tell the power was out was the clocks were all off a couple hrs, fish tank was fine, only really have to worry about 4+ hr outages.

My power went out at 130am while I slept, microwave told me so. I woke up at 820is and instantly started panicking grabbing blankets and other crap to help me insulate. At 830 the power turned back on haha. Everything seems fine as of right now, water didn't get down to far.

 

[Wicked Color]

My power went out at 130am while I slept, microwave told me so. I woke up at 820is and instantly started panicking grabbing blankets and other crap to help me insulate. At 830 the power turned back on haha. Everything seems fine as of right now, water didn't get down to far.

Nice! Hope everything turns out as well for Boogie!
150 online now, and running much smoother, must not have been traffic, or maybe it was a high % hitting refresh?