Aquarium Power Outage - How To Ensure Fish & Corals SURVIVE a POWER CUT

[@heinrichvisser8518]

Especially here in South Africa, Load shedding is causing havoc. Thank you for the advice.

[@EverydayAquarist]

No problem thanks for watching

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Powercuts are a pain in the ass, I get loads of them in Norway, probably one a month and its way worse in the winter.

[@EverydayAquarist]

I bet thats a massive pain in your cold weather. Do you have a generator?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

@@EverydayAquarist No, we have a wood fire for heat anyway thats alaways on in the winter, shrimp dont use so much oxygen as fish so I can go for probably a week or more with a power cut before it became an issue, the main issue is filter bacteria dying.

[@apss5736]

battery air pumps are a life saver. always good to have some on hand

[@NewAquariumHobby]

Dear u can use dc 12v air pump in power cut I made 12v air pump which can run minimum 5 hours with Motorcycle battery

[@bethmegansmith4642]

that's Uba helpful. Thank you

[@EverydayAquarist]

You're Uba welcome

[@SalamanderFangskin]

Also there are good portable generators with solar panels that recharge big batteries :)

[@EverydayAquarist]

Great idea thanks

[@seangriffiths9163]

Seen these and they are amazing. For our hobbie and camping

[@EIY_Kumar]

Glad you made this video at the perfect time...this is monsoon season in India, the time with most power cuts and god I'm having some issues with them

[@EverydayAquarist]

Happy to help

[@ianshepherd6336]

Those Nicrew air pumps are brilliant… I run one for a few hours in the evening in my smaller tank on a wooden air block just to micro bubble proteins out into the hang on filter… it keeps the battery efficient too. I was wondering if adding a line into your filter might keep the bacteria aerobic and alive during an outage? I wonder if anyone has tested that one as possibly viable? The sheds looking good…. ; )

[@EverydayAquarist]

Thank you, they are great. There's a bigger one available now

[@FOIL011]

don't they also get some oxygen from the macro in your tanks..?

[@EverydayAquarist]

Not without lights on, in fact most plants etc take in oxygen at night so can make it worse

[@MickyTubbs1985]

If you're in the aquarium hobby, BE PREPARED FOR MOST INCIDENTS- because if it can ' happen; 'IT WILL HAPPEN ! KEEPING AN AQUARIUM IS NOT CHEAP.

[@EverydayAquarist]

Absolutely

[@seangriffiths9163]

Battery back ups are 100% the way forward. To keep the battery lasting I turn off the lights so only filter, heater and power heads are running.

[@ddr8993]

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