Re: Enumclaw Storm

[Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>]

I have seen those pumps as high as $20..0 at the pet
sotre. Dr Foster and Smith sell them for under $1o.00.
Will check out K mart....haven't seen them at Walmart.

Thanks. They all seem to be doing good.

Trish
--- throatwarbler mangrove <kta6662003@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> If you do go looking for those pumps, shop around.
> I've seen them range in price in excess of $10 to
> around $3 (which is what I paid for them.)
> 
> The ones that worked best for me run for about 8
> hours
> on 1 D cell battery, and I think I remember driving
> 4
> box filters in short tanks during that time. Not the
> ones that are designed for hanging down into a
> bucket
> - they're too expensive and clumsy.
> 
> Going to a sporting goods store was always the worst
> choice in that they did have the pumps and got a lot
> of money for them. I bought mine at K-mart, haven't
> checked if Target stocks them.
> 
> When the power is back is a good time to change
> water
> and clean filters to prevent 'funkiness.'
> --- Trish <snips36@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Matt-
> > 
> > I didn't feed mine for that reason....knew they
> > could
> > go without food for at least 2 weeks......and
> > knowing
> > the food would casue waste....and since no
> > filter...well it makes sence, then to not feed. I
> > plan
> > though to invest  in those battery operated pumps
> > for
> > the future though.....
> > 
> > Gladly to my tanks aren't to heavily crowded....
> > 
> > Trish
> > 
> > PS Thanks for the info though!
> > --- throatwarbler mangrove <kta6662003@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Being from the Northeast (which I don't miss
> > today,
> > > they can keep the 20" snowstorms to themselves),
> > > power
> > > outages were a fact of life (and fishkeeping.)
> > > After my first 2 day power outage in the winter
> > when
> > > the tanks all got down into the low 60's -
> > africans,
> > > guppies, killies, assorted livebearers - and not
> > one
> > > fish died and most of them would swim to the
> front
> > > of
> > > their tanks to beg for food despite the darkness
> > and
> > > cool, I learned not to be concerned about it
> > unless
> > > the outage was for more than about 3 days. When
> > that
> > > would happen (more than once), I would put one
> of
> > > those battery-powered bait pumps on crowded
> tanks
> > > and
> > > that prevented any losses. Lightly loaded tanks,
> I
> > > didn't bother and once went a week without power
> > in
> > > the fall due to hurricane damage - another type
> of
> > > weather you don't get out here :-)
> > > 
> > > Summary - don't sweat it. Fish do fine in power
> > > outages. Don't feed them  - they can go weeks
> > > without
> > > eating and do just fine. I think because the
> > > temperature changes gradually and that the low
> > esp.
> > > for a basement fishroom is around 60, everything
> > > acclimates. If the temp went much below 60 I'd
> be
> > > concerned. This is why we put our fishrooms in
> the
> > > basement. Of course, basements aren't too
> popular
> > > out
> > > here I guess.
> > > 
> > > Matt
> > > 
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