Help help help!! No power at 4 am

Hbohi · 07/02/2013, 05:25 AM

There's no way to wake up then to be having a night mare and then being scared awake my tanks equipment freaking out and then off. But our house lost power...how long can a 45 gal and a 40 gal last in a power outage idk how long it's going to be out for and I have no way to go get a generator because my car is stuck in a garage that won't open...no I'm laying awake worried about my fish babies!

Please help I've never been threw a power outage since having my fish babies!

Sugar Magnolia · 07/02/2013, 05:28 AM

Use a spatula and stir the tank every hour or so to get some oxygen into the water.

wii64brawl · 07/02/2013, 05:28 AM

Take a pitcher, scoop out some water, and pour it back it. Keep doing that so the fish get oxygen.

Spyderturbo007 · 07/02/2013, 05:55 AM

To expand a little on what wii64brawl said, when you do that, hold the pitcher up 2 or 3 feet so you get some decent gas exchange.

As for the garage, if you look at the door from inside the garage in the very middle at the top of the door is an "L" shaped bracket with a string hanging from it. Grab the handle on the end of the string and pull. That will release the door and you can lift it up manually.

Here you go, this video might help.

oscarinw · 07/02/2013, 06:11 AM

Sending good vives for electricity to come back soon! Keep moving that water. Pitcher idea sounds good!

MrClam · 07/02/2013, 08:56 AM

You can wrap the tank in blankets to insulate it from heat exchange as well. Or if you live somewhere hot ice cubes sealed in a bag will help to cool the water.

Hbohi · 07/02/2013, 09:22 AM

Thanks guys its 8 am and power finally up again.. Fish look unharmed and everything is on again... Hopefully it won't go out again while I'm working...

Hbohi · 07/02/2013, 09:24 AM

I live in Arizona so at 4 in the morning the water stays at a good temp so I just kept water movement

thegrun · 07/02/2013, 09:28 AM

On a side note your garage door opener should have a quick release mechanism where the door attaches to the slide bar that will disengage the opener so you can manually open the door and get your car out of the garage.

Hbohi · 07/02/2013, 09:42 AM

yea i got the garage figured out..Im 19 and at 4 in the morning my brain wasnt turned on yet haha thanks

07/02/2013, 05:25 AM	#1
Hbohi Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Arizona Posts: 171	Help help help!! No power at 4 am There's no way to wake up then to be having a night mare and then being scared awake my tanks equipment freaking out and then off. But our house lost power...how long can a 45 gal and a 40 gal last in a power outage idk how long it's going to be out for and I have no way to go get a generator because my car is stuck in a garage that won't open...no I'm laying awake worried about my fish babies! Please help I've never been threw a power outage since having my fish babies!

07/02/2013, 05:28 AM	#2
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Use a spatula and stir the tank every hour or so to get some oxygen into the water. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

07/02/2013, 05:28 AM	#3
wii64brawl Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 364	Take a pitcher, scoop out some water, and pour it back it. Keep doing that so the fish get oxygen.

07/02/2013, 05:55 AM	#4
Spyderturbo007 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: PA Posts: 2,564	To expand a little on what wii64brawl said, when you do that, hold the pitcher up 2 or 3 feet so you get some decent gas exchange. As for the garage, if you look at the door from inside the garage in the very middle at the top of the door is an "L" shaped bracket with a string hanging from it. Grab the handle on the end of the string and pull. That will release the door and you can lift it up manually. Here you go, this video might help.

07/02/2013, 06:11 AM	#5
oscarinw Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Western Massachusetts Posts: 1,091	Sending good vives for electricity to come back soon! Keep moving that water. Pitcher idea sounds good!

07/02/2013, 08:56 AM	#6
MrClam Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 557	You can wrap the tank in blankets to insulate it from heat exchange as well. Or if you live somewhere hot ice cubes sealed in a bag will help to cool the water.

07/02/2013, 09:22 AM	#7
Hbohi Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Arizona Posts: 171	Thanks guys its 8 am and power finally up again.. Fish look unharmed and everything is on again... Hopefully it won't go out again while I'm working...

07/02/2013, 09:24 AM	#8
Hbohi Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Arizona Posts: 171	I live in Arizona so at 4 in the morning the water stays at a good temp so I just kept water movement

07/02/2013, 09:28 AM	#9
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	On a side note your garage door opener should have a quick release mechanism where the door attaches to the slide bar that will disengage the opener so you can manually open the door and get your car out of the garage.

07/02/2013, 09:42 AM	#10
Hbohi Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Arizona Posts: 171	yea i got the garage figured out..Im 19 and at 4 in the morning my brain wasnt turned on yet haha thanks