How long can a tank go without filter?

[Crush]

a lot of my bigger tools come from there.

def need fuel though, that's the draw back but then again dead batteries are a drawback too. I will prolly get a generator though, I really need one for the house.

[troy tucker]

I worked at HFT. for 2 years. That's not a bad generator. They are a terrible co. to work for but I love some of the things they sale.

[ptran]

http://www.harborfreight.com/4000-Pe...III-69729.html

this should take care of all your tanks

Just make sure you have enough gas.

[Crush]

if you ever wonder what all you can run on that generator look at all your electrical components, each should have a marking of their power consumption either in amps or in watts. if your are trying to figure out how many watts something is that is labeled in amps multiply the voltage by the amps. for instance (just an example) I have a tank heater labeled as drawing 1.66 amps. so if I take 1.66 amps and multiply it by available voltage/or rated voltage of 110 I get 182.6 watts. so we can just round that to 200watts. you can use this calculation to give a reasonable estimate of generator needed. also when choosing a generator don't just look at peak output, look for running output and base your calculation off of that.

[Crush]

there is a habor freight by my house in greens point

[Crush]

http://www.harborfreight.com/4000-Peak3200-Running-Watts-65-HP-212cc-Generator-EPA-III-69729.html

this should take care of all your tanks

[ptran]

just looked...best bet is to get a generator...lol

LOL that's true. Depend on how much you want to spend, generator goes anywhere between $1500 for the gasoline operated one and 15K for natural gas. The latter can be hooked up to your power supply grid and will kick on automatically. It can provide power for some basic items like lighting, refrigerator, AC...

[ptran]

good time to scour the market for whats available battery operated wise

There is a type that you have to manually turn on. The battery lasts over 30 hours.
There is a type that will automatically kick on when the power is out. This type is expensive and the battery won't last long.

[ptran]

Been through Ike, and Reta. I never lost a fish but Alicia in 83 killed everything. Almost kill us but when the roof come off we didn't even try to save the fish.

That's scary. I would try to save myself first too before thinking about the fish.

[Crush]

just looked...best bet is to get a generator...lol

[Crush]

good time to scour the market for whats available battery operated wise

[Crush]

I was younger....lol

[TattedUpFishGuy]

Wow..I remember Alicia, I was like 7 years old lol

[troy tucker]

Been through Ike, and Reta. I never lost a fish but Alicia in 83 killed everything. Almost kill us but when the roof come off we didn't even try to save the fish.

[TattedUpFishGuy]

Well even though i didnt lose a fish or invert during this outage the tank was turning into a nitrate factory. I had a wet dry filter at the time so I would take a cup full of tank water and pour it on the bio balls to keep them moist. The outage probably added to this problem but it was mainly due to my poor maintenance and lack of proper water changes. I simply didn't know what I was doing. It was my first sw tank. But ya keeping the bacteria alive for that long without power for long periods is a task in itself. I don't do wet/dry filters anymore.