Filter + power outage.

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Hi everyone. We have a hurricane warning for today and I just want to make sure I'm ready. Our power went out momentarily this morning and caused my filter to quit. I was able to fix it, and it is back up and running.

Is there anything I should do when this happens? Let's say my tank goes for a few hours without the filter running, what should I do once it starts up again? Any precautions to take in the meantime?

I noticed a few floaties of dirt in my tank because of it and cleaned them up asap. Going to do a water change and good cleaning a little later.

Professor Soapy sends his thanks ;)
 
Most important thing if the filter is going off long term is to stick the bio media in the tank. It will make the tank dirty, but the beneficial bacteria will have an ammonia source. Just make sure the media is submerged, you don't want your bio media drying out(not sure what kind of filter you have).
 
carsona246 said:
Most important thing if the filter is going off long term is to stick the bio media in the tank. It will make the tank dirty, but the beneficial bacteria will have an ammonia source. Just make sure the media is submerged, you don't want your bio media drying out(not sure what kind of filter you have).
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Great thanks! I did that this morning when I realized the power had gone off.
 
to stop the tank going dirty, i find putting the filter media in a plastic container with lots of holls poked/drilled in it and submerging it helps.
 
I had this happen to me today :eek: My daughter unplugged my filter to charge her PSP :mad: I didn't realise until hours later. After a water change the ammonia is 0, although the nitrite is sitting between 0 and 0.25. It's maddening as I've never EVER seen nitrite in either of my tanks (nitrate is another matter.) I'm hoping by tomorrow the nitrite will be down again. I guess the ammonia munching bacteria are a little hardier than the nitrite ones. Needless to say lectures on NOT EVER unplugging ANYTHING without my express permission have been given :D
 
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