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jschottenfeld · 11/04/2009, 03:18 PM

I too have a similar sad story...Having floors refinished in my house, workers tripped my breaker for my tank and did not reset until 24 hrs later. I did have a pretty hefty APC UPS connected to one of my Tunze pumps to preserve run time, but it was unaffective. Even though the pump ran for about 7 hours it wasn't enough.

Lost all but two of my fish; some were 8 to 9 yrs old. The subsequent crappy water parameters did a good job of killing off half of my corals...bad scene.

It appears that just moving the water is not enough. I need to figure out a way to break the surface of the water to agitate and oxygenate. Any thoughts of doing this without using a bubbler connected to UPS all of the time in the event that my power goes??

My live rock consumed most of the O2 I believe.

11/04/2009, 03:18 PM	#23
jschottenfeld Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Woodbury, NY Posts: 235	Similar sad story... I too have a similar sad story...Having floors refinished in my house, workers tripped my breaker for my tank and did not reset until 24 hrs later. I did have a pretty hefty APC UPS connected to one of my Tunze pumps to preserve run time, but it was unaffective. Even though the pump ran for about 7 hours it wasn't enough. Lost all but two of my fish; some were 8 to 9 yrs old. The subsequent crappy water parameters did a good job of killing off half of my corals...bad scene. It appears that just moving the water is not enough. I need to figure out a way to break the surface of the water to agitate and oxygenate. Any thoughts of doing this without using a bubbler connected to UPS all of the time in the event that my power goes?? My live rock consumed most of the O2 I believe.