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Ok so its that time of year again here in the Lone Star State and I need to figure out a way to keep HP alive in the event that a hurricane happens.
Restrictions...
I am thinking long term power outage... example... during Ike we were with out power for 2 weeks.
As much as I will want too I can not run a generator all the time. It gets really expensive and we couldnt afford to do it during IKE so that cant be the only option. I think the longest at one time I will be able to run it on the genny at one time is 7 hours max.
Another problem, my house has a split floor plan where the living room is upstairs and the bedrooms are down. I would not be able to leave the octo in place as heat would be to big of a factor.(is currently upstairs)
My kind of sort of plan-
Take a large container of some sort and put an acrylic divider in it drilled with holes. then I would be able to keep the octo in one side and the protein skimmer in the other. This will run for about i dont know hopefully at least 7 hours a day and this would only be at night.
The rest of the time I would need to have a battery powered air pump for O2 and do water changes everyday... If the container was say 25-30 gallons then I would change at least 5 to 10 gallons a day. Mind you this is if and only if I can store enough... During Ike I couldnt get water from the ocean so I will only have what I will have. Right now my water tank holds roughly 96 gallons so given a few days warning I would be able to have 96 plus the 45 I can store in my travel containers.
The big question is how to keep the temp stable long term or at least under 85. I dont know that my freezer will be working but my thought is that at night while its on I will freeze bottles of saltwater and then during the day I will drop them in as needed to cool the water. This is a problem if I ever decide to leave the house.
So if any of yall have tried to to maintain a tank in an emergency situ or if you actually have a plan to work in a major outage for heat or cold let me know. Any and ALL thoughts would be helpful.
Thank you
Restrictions...
I am thinking long term power outage... example... during Ike we were with out power for 2 weeks.
As much as I will want too I can not run a generator all the time. It gets really expensive and we couldnt afford to do it during IKE so that cant be the only option. I think the longest at one time I will be able to run it on the genny at one time is 7 hours max.
Another problem, my house has a split floor plan where the living room is upstairs and the bedrooms are down. I would not be able to leave the octo in place as heat would be to big of a factor.(is currently upstairs)
My kind of sort of plan-
Take a large container of some sort and put an acrylic divider in it drilled with holes. then I would be able to keep the octo in one side and the protein skimmer in the other. This will run for about i dont know hopefully at least 7 hours a day and this would only be at night.
The rest of the time I would need to have a battery powered air pump for O2 and do water changes everyday... If the container was say 25-30 gallons then I would change at least 5 to 10 gallons a day. Mind you this is if and only if I can store enough... During Ike I couldnt get water from the ocean so I will only have what I will have. Right now my water tank holds roughly 96 gallons so given a few days warning I would be able to have 96 plus the 45 I can store in my travel containers.
The big question is how to keep the temp stable long term or at least under 85. I dont know that my freezer will be working but my thought is that at night while its on I will freeze bottles of saltwater and then during the day I will drop them in as needed to cool the water. This is a problem if I ever decide to leave the house.
So if any of yall have tried to to maintain a tank in an emergency situ or if you actually have a plan to work in a major outage for heat or cold let me know. Any and ALL thoughts would be helpful.
Thank you