Electricity Out

[Susielyd]

Hi all,
I know there have been threads like this before - but I have to go to work now and the power will be out between 9-4. There will be no one here to get any water over the filter etc.
Will the bacteria die or will it all be ok?
thanks
Susan

 

[rdd1952]

I don't think your bacteria will die. I made a dumb mistake the other day and left the filter on my 2.5 gallon unplugged all day. It's a long story that I won't bore you with but anyway, I didn't reallized it until about 10 hours later. I haven't had any problems with ammonia or nitrite so you should be fine.

 

[Tolak]

As long as the filter media stays wet it should be fine. I would pull it out of the filter & put it in the tank.

Tolak

 

[Susielyd]

thanks
I didn't get to put the filter in the water - I didn't get the email until now because they turned the power off early (stupid council!! )
Anyway, the fish are alive & we will wait and see what happens