Re: Enumclaw Storm

[Kate Breimayer <kate@munat.com>]

Speaking of neons and disasters.... the day before the Nisqually 
earthquake my neons lost their color. Recovered afterwards. Anyone else 
see anything like this or was it a coincidence? Always wondered.
We missed the whole thing down here in Oly but it made me remember the 
importance of having a backup source of power for my nano reef tank. 
Anyone using the Uninteruptible Power Supply "UPC" unit during storms? I 
don't think it will power a ton of stuff for long but it will keep a 4 
watt pump going. In my case I would be firing up a 25watt heater until 
all 3 of our UPC's give up.
Learned something from the reef people that we might be able to use. If 
you have a tank of fish that are not getting enough O2 at night you can 
put a wad of plants in a big power filter with a light on it (no 
cartridges obviously) and light it up at night. Does this sound like a 
good theory? I prefer to not stock so heavily that this is a concern but 
I can see anyone with large fish running into this issue. I have a huge 
refugium on a 10 gallon nano tank with a 24 hour light on it, the 
macroalgae is pearling. The other advantage-no new tank syndrome so far. 
Course that could be coming soon...

Have a great holiday party, I enjoyed last year's event but have to work 
til 6 in Chehalis so can't make it.

Kate

Trish wrote:

> June-
>
> Thankyou also.
>
> Yes her goldies I knew would be fine...but wasn't sure
> about my Africans.....but all are fine happy...and no
> "ick". Even the guppies, and neons made it! Didn't
> loose any fish at all. The temp got down to 70
> degrees, on the 55 {africans}, and the 30 for the
> goldies.  And also 70 degrees on the 125 with africans
> as well. BUT the 90 gallon got only down to 75, it was
> in where the wood stove was, so this is why it was
> warmer....Normally my african tanks are at 82
> degrees.....Just glad their were no casualties!
>
> Trish
>
> See You Tuesday at the party!
>
> Trish
> --- June Olberding <jdolb1@comcast.net> wrote:
>  
>
> > My Trish, what an adventure.
> > Emma's goldfish, of course, won't care about getting
> > a little cold but you
> > might keep eye on the others for Ich developing.
> > See you at the party.
> > June
> > on 12/7/03 8:18 AM, Trish at snips36@yahoo.com
> > wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Hello everyone-
> > >
> > > Just wanted to let you all know we made it through
> > > the storm here in Enumclaw....
> > >
> > > We were one of the lucky ones to live here in
> > > Enumclaw with the sorm that went though. But we
> > >      
> > very
> >    
> >
> > > fortunate to not have any damage to our house! The
> > > only damage we had was to our fence, and trees. We
> > > lost 6 of them. But trees can be replaced, and a
> > >      
> > life
> >    
> >
> > > can not. So we look at ourselves as very fortunate
> > > with this. We were without power for 2
> > >      
> > days......but
> >    
> >
> > > we were fine. When we built our home, I didn't
> > >      
> > want a
> >    
> >
> > > fireplace, I had a wood stove and wanted to use
> > > that....so this was our heat. For food we had
> > >      
> > peanut
> >    
> >
> > > butter and jelly sandwiches, and chicken soup,
> > >      
> > wich I
> >    
> >
> > > cooked on the wood stove. Also heated up water for
> > > cocoa.....
> > >
> > > I was very worried about my fish, but they all
> > >      
> > made
> >    
> >
> > > it through just fine! 2 days withought any filter,
> > > air, heat, or food.....and they all made it! I am
> > >      
> > very
> >    
> >
> > > hapy about that....
> > >
> > >
> > > Friday we got our power back on, and boy is it
> > >      
> > nice
> >    
> >
> > > to have it back!
> > >
> > > Take care everyone, and see you Tuesday!
> > >
> > > Trish
> > >
> > >
> > >      
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