battery backup - Aquarium Advice

zilla870 · 04-23-2005, 12:24 AM

crazy question but i just had to ask it> is there such a thing as a battery backup for your tank equipment if you lose power?

zilla870 · 04-23-2005, 12:44 AM

WOW no one even is looking at this question i have and i come here for help. Boowho Boowho

beblondie · 04-23-2005, 12:57 AM

sure there is

zilla870 · 04-23-2005, 12:59 AM

would my [acronym:5680ccb9e1="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:5680ccb9e1] have one or somewhere else

beblondie · 04-23-2005, 01:33 AM

Actually its more a case of your filters many lose their prime when the power goes out and need to be reprimed, others just won't work with a battery because the sine wave(electrical) is not the same. Your best plan would be an air pump thats battery backed up with a sponge filter running -Anne

zilla870 · 04-23-2005, 01:38 AM

darn more money to spend
oh well time to go shopping for my little friends and my soon to get friends after new tank is setup and cycled

another question: i been hearing alot about this [acronym:cdd408d73f="Ultra Violet"]uv[/acronym:cdd408d73f] sterilizer and diatom thing what do they do and what do they look like so i can find them and buy one or the other

04-23-2005, 01:46 AM

[acronym:7df1e4d0b8="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:7df1e4d0b8] - look on www.bigalsonline.com - you can get the same one I ordered (check my sig)
As far as battery backup goes, you can get units at a computer store that would work that are designed to keep computers running in the case of a power outtage. They are really expensive though, I would just get a battery powered air pump (also at Big Al's) for less than $10 if you are worried.

zilla870 · 04-23-2005, 01:52 AM

but i have a 40 coming soon can i get the smaller [acronym:4e311a7bc0="Ultra Violet"]uv[/acronym:4e311a7bc0] sterilizer and do they make alot of noise

04-23-2005, 02:15 AM

Are you going to use a canister filter? You should if you are getting a [acronym:4765d983bc="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:4765d983bc], otherwise you will have to get a pump also to send the water through. I would get the same one I have even though you only have a 40g, because the smaller ones are not much cheaper and in the case of [acronym:4765d983bc="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:4765d983bc], more is better. It is basically silent.

zilla870 · 04-23-2005, 02:19 AM

oh crap i already bought a aquaclear power filter 200

04-23-2005, 12:24 AM	#1
zilla870 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Florida USA Posts: 505 Images: 10	battery backup crazy question but i just had to ask it> is there such a thing as a battery backup for your tank equipment if you lose power?

04-23-2005, 12:57 AM	#3
beblondie Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Illinios, USA Posts: 128	sure there is __________________ There can never be to many bichir creature keepers

04-23-2005, 01:33 AM	#5
beblondie Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Illinios, USA Posts: 128	Actually its more a case of your filters many lose their prime when the power goes out and need to be reprimed, others just won't work with a battery because the sine wave(electrical) is not the same. Your best plan would be an air pump thats battery backed up with a sponge filter running -Anne __________________ There can never be to many bichir creature keepers

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04-23-2005, 12:44 AM	#2
zilla870 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Florida USA Posts: 505 Images: 10	WOW no one even is looking at this question i have and i come here for help. Boowho Boowho

04-23-2005, 12:59 AM	#4
zilla870 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Florida USA Posts: 505 Images: 10	would my [acronym:5680ccb9e1="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:5680ccb9e1] have one or somewhere else

04-23-2005, 01:38 AM	#6
zilla870 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Florida USA Posts: 505 Images: 10	darn more money to spend oh well time to go shopping for my little friends and my soon to get friends after new tank is setup and cycled another question: i been hearing alot about this [acronym:cdd408d73f="Ultra Violet"]uv[/acronym:cdd408d73f] sterilizer and diatom thing what do they do and what do they look like so i can find them and buy one or the other

04-23-2005, 01:46 AM	#7
Guest Posts: n/a	[acronym:7df1e4d0b8="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:7df1e4d0b8] - look on www.bigalsonline.com - you can get the same one I ordered (check my sig) As far as battery backup goes, you can get units at a computer store that would work that are designed to keep computers running in the case of a power outtage. They are really expensive though, I would just get a battery powered air pump (also at Big Al's) for less than $10 if you are worried.

04-23-2005, 01:52 AM	#8
zilla870 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Florida USA Posts: 505 Images: 10	but i have a 40 coming soon can i get the smaller [acronym:4e311a7bc0="Ultra Violet"]uv[/acronym:4e311a7bc0] sterilizer and do they make alot of noise

04-23-2005, 02:15 AM	#9
Guest Posts: n/a	Are you going to use a canister filter? You should if you are getting a [acronym:4765d983bc="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:4765d983bc], otherwise you will have to get a pump also to send the water through. I would get the same one I have even though you only have a 40g, because the smaller ones are not much cheaper and in the case of [acronym:4765d983bc="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:4765d983bc], more is better. It is basically silent.

04-23-2005, 02:19 AM	#10
zilla870 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Florida USA Posts: 505 Images: 10	oh crap i already bought a aquaclear power filter 200