[GSAS-Member] Help! Power outage burned out 2 tank filters . . .

["A JACOBSON" <amjacobson52@msn.com>]

I had a 2 second power outage.  I could see that the filter of the tank I was 
sitting by was working well, so didn't think anything of it.

All the filters I'm talking about are Aqua Clear.

I just discovered that another filter, on a different tank wasn't working.  
Motor is hot -- assume it dumped it's water, & then motor overheated.

No problem, I thought -- another tank had two filters.  So I ambled over to by 
40 gallon, only to discover that one of it's two filters had done the same 
thing.

So now I've got 4 tanks, & 3 filters.  Plus I'm going to be out of town 
tomorrow, so the earliest a new filter could be put in place is Monday evening.

Are either of my hot filters likely to cool down enough (they are unplugged) 
that they will start again?  Or is it "pennies on the eyelids" for them?

I've got a new 10 gallon tank, with only a small pearl gourami in it.  Should I 
take it's Mini filter, put it on the 20 gallon without filtration, and move the 
gourami to it?

The 20 gallon that is currently without filtration is heavily planted, but 
fairly full (it's the 2 frogs, one crab, 2 monk tetras, a botia stratia, 2 tiny 
flying foxes, and 6 small cherry barbs).

Anita

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