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Offline SteveS

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Power cuts
« on: April 19, 2013, 01:32:56 PM »
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I had a 2 hour power cut yesterday.  Can someone advise me as to what effect this would have on my filter.  I was going to buy some fish today, but I have put it off till next week.  Is this sound?
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Re: Power cuts
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2013, 02:17:25 PM »
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There's an article on Power Cuts here:

http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/article/power-cuts-in-a-tropical-fish-aquarium.html

Though I'm not sure if anyone would provide any different advice?
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Re: Power cuts
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2013, 02:27:16 PM »
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For just 2 hours, check your stats and if they're OK you can get your fish. We had a power cut for 8 hours last spring (substation work, we were warned in advance). I monitored my stats for a few days after and didn't see the hint of a reading above zero. It has always been said that out filter bacteria die off at a rate of 10% a day if deprived of oxygen and food, but it is now thought the die-off rate is nothing like that much. With internals it's less than with externals and the media is in closer contact with the water - the food/oxygen doesn't have to diffuse down any tubes.
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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2013, 02:33:16 PM »
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Quote from: jesnon on April 19, 2013, 02:17:25 PM
There's an article on Power Cuts here:

http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/article/power-cuts-in-a-tropical-fish-aquarium.html

Though I'm not sure if anyone would provide any different advice?

Now if I had only read that yesterday... wait, I didn't have any power yesterday and the battery on my laptop doesn't work... wait, my router was down so I would have to dial-up the internet; something I haven't done on Linux before... wait, the power cut was so widespread, the telephone exchange was dead too!

Luckily, my cooker is gas so I was able to maintain my intravenous caffeine levels.

I got bored and decided to shop... That's really bored... However, the shops didn't have any power either.  I couldn't even get inside Tesco, the doors are electrically operated.

How dependent we become on electricity on tap so to speak!
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