power out...

[doogle]

ha, i should have a disclaimer before i write, lol... thank you for hearing me out.. i do appreciate it! (more than you know) i love this site, although i have issues once and a while, it is great to explain more than talk smack and run... any way thankx again!... it would be a difficult decision on what to do if put in a situation where you could lose your tanks....guess im glad i dont live in a apartment building!(most are glad im not their neighbor..lol) hope all is well for all tank bearing forum members. no hard feelings!.

 

[doogle]

p.s. get a generator

 

[Bettababe1011]

Yup. No hard feelings. I would get a generator, but with moving and all the tanks I already have, no budget for it! I will have to do something else for power outages. And think of that something BEFORE the outage, hopefully.

Courtesy of Dakota's iPod.

 

[doogle]

prevention is the best preventative...word,lol

 

[Purevil21]

I have a generator, but I can't run it if I'm in the hospital with my wife.
P.S. my son Austin was born at 11:44p.m. all is good. The fish are alive for now, I circulated the water as much as I could before leaving for the hospital again.

 

[nxb161]

Congratz On The Baby! glad the fish are alive too.

 

[mr_X]

congrats!

 

[Purevil21]

Thanks everyone, we are still without power unfortunately but everything is good at the hospital!

 

[JackSpadesSI]

Heaters draw a lot of power, don't they?

I have a decent UPS for my computer (CyberPower 1500, if you wanted to know) but it will only power my computer for ~35 minutes in a blackout. That's just a computer and a monitor - no speakers, networking equipment, printers, etc.

I doubt it would buy you all that much time with a heater plugged in. I hope you figure out something, though!

 

[jsmith]

car ac plug

I purchased a dc to ac adapter from walmart good enoughto run heater and a power head ..i got it at walmart for 30 dollars its max peak is 400 watts. God enough to run the extention cords and turn the car on for a period of time. Has worked for us when bad snow storms come and power is out for longer then a few hours

 

[austinsdad]

Hey purevil, no name changes. Already taken.

 

[Purevil21]

Hey purevil, no name changes. Already taken.

Darn, what will I do now? Lol, so our power is back, no losses. I also purchased a small air stone made by a company called millionair. It uses d batteries and plugs in the wall, it only comes on if it detects a loss in power from the outlet. So I set that up before I came back to the hospital, just in case the power goes again. I did do a light feeding since the filter was running. While I was home I pulled off the canopy and threw in two air stones so my fish perked up pretty quick. All is good once again.

 

[carey]

Great to hear it! Glad everything worked out for you.

 

[Bettababe1011]

Congrats on your son and the fish pulling through!!

Courtesy of Dakota's iPod.

 

[doogle]

congrats!!! thats a decent idea..would help alot.

 

[Purevil21]

Thanks, yes I thought it was a pretty cool idea, my lfs was blown away with request for them today. He held the last one for me, given that I am one of his most frequent customers. Go figure, he finally gets a blue spotted puffer and flame hawk in at a time when I can't take them. He is holding the puffer for me, I am way too excited over it. Anyways, I am more excited over the screaming bundle of joy in this photo, lol.

 

[carey]

congratulations! freaking adorable!

 

[Bettababe1011]

OH, he reminds me of my three ear old nephew, Gabriel! The light of my life, that Gabe is!

Congrats on your bundle of joy, and have fun with him!

A word of advice that you probably already are painfully aware of, get as much sleep as possible whenever you can! Lol, a thirteen year old giving an adult parenting advice, Heehee!

Courtesy of Dakota's iPod.

 

[Purevil21]

OH, he reminds me of my three ear old nephew, Gabriel! The light of my life, that Gabe is!

Congrats on your bundle of joy, and have fun with him!

A word of advice that you probably already are painfully aware of, get as much sleep as possible whenever you can! Lol, a thirteen year old giving an adult parenting advice, Heehee!

Courtesy of Dakota's iPod.

Lol, this is second time around this rodeo. It's all well worth it, my daughter was a breeze, she never woke up at night. I'm hoping that lightning strikes twice.

 

[Bettababe1011]

Lol, better knock on wood! He'll be really bad about it, just to be an ornery little guy! Lol.

Courtesy of Dakota's iPod.