Hurricane

[tHE SCRiBBLEs]

Well, as you msy not know, hurricane Ike is forcasted to hit us in a few days. I am not going to bring my fish due to space issues in the car. What can i do that will help these fish survive when im gone. Most likely, the power will go out for a few days and I willl be gone until sunday.
What do i do?

 

[jourdy288]

Maybe you should make sure your heat is OK, wrap the tank in a blanket to keep it warm. Can you get a generator/backup pump?

 

[tHE SCRiBBLEs]

Maybe you should make sure your heat is OK, wrap the tank in a blanket to keep it warm. Can you get a generator/backup pump?

Nope, its gunna be stagnant for a while

 

[jourdy288]

Maybe you should get those bubbling stones that bubble for a week or two.

 

[murphyk32]

that is all i could think of is making sure the temperature will be in good range without ur house being heated, as stated above a blanket i guess.. and i would make sure they are fed as u leave so they will last as long as possible. If you know anybody who may be around after it hits before you are back, maybe have them check up on it if you are really worried and they arent preoccupied with recovery efforts (hope it doesnt do enough damage for that tho). Hope everything goes good for you, and u dont suffer serious damages!

GOODLUCK

Murphy

 

[GoldfishAttentionSpan]

Erm- I would think the temperature would be fine, seeing as the AC would not be on. If anything, it may get too hot in the afternoon. I'm not sure what part of Texas you are in, but I know here in north Florida I wouldn't have to worry about it getting too cold at all. This time of year the temperature is usually around 90 degrees in the afternoon, and maybe 75 (70 at the lowest) at night. I would worry about lack of oxygen, though.

Best of luck to you and your fishes.

 

[Loony Fish]

try to put the tank in a sheilded place, just in case.

 

[jnms]

I actually wouldn't feed the fish. They can survive 2 weeks or more without food and don't need very much at all.

Stop feeding a day or two before you leave, this will reduce the amount of ammonia and nitrites in the tank...

 

[Hawkins]

as above with a waterchange before you leave

good luck

 

[sb_onefish]

Good luck to you!! This is shaping up to be a strong hurricane.

Just an idea, no experience behind it, but what about those cannisters for compressed air, like you can buy in automotive stores. Fill one up to the max with compressed air and put a hose in your tank with a trickle of air, like a bubbler.

 

[three-fingers]

Main thing to remember would be to avoid feeding blocks, they would just make the water go cloudy and horrible while you were away.

Next thing to do would be to try and find a battery powered air pump, and rig it up to as big a battery as possible (like if the pump takes AAA's, use wires and tape to connect D's.. The compressed air idea sounds good too, if it's just compressed air.

Then if possible attach any available sponge filter to the air pump, and put some mature filter media underneath it or somehow wedge it onto the filter.



I don't know if you have live plants, but if you do, try to reposition the tank somewhere where it will get sunlight from the window.

If you don't have live plants, it would be a good idea to get some fast growing ones if possible, and reposition the tank.

Obviously having the tank next to a window isn't the best idea if the house is hit bad, but if that happens you'll probably have bigger problems anyway.

If you can get live plants growing, they will help the water a lot in the absence of the filter, and give the fish something to nibble on.

Oh and unfortunately, your going to have to be prepared to come back to a tank full of fish that needs cycled again - the filter bacteria are all going to die without food while your away.

 

[sb_onefish]

bump

Hurricane Ike was a bad one. Been wondering how they made out.......... it's probably not a good sign that he hasn't posted again, huh?

We live hundreds of miles away from the gulf coast and we still got flooding rains that made roads impassable, and there were tornado warnings Friday evening.

 

[Cantbesaved]

bump

Hurricane Ike was a bad one. Been wondering how they made out.......... it's probably not a good sign that he hasn't posted again, huh?

We live hundreds of miles away from the gulf coast and we still got flooding rains that made roads impassable, and there were tornado warnings Friday evening.

It is times like these I am glad I live in Canada!!! We only get remnants of hurricanes. Power goes out for tops, half an hour if it is REAL bad lol. usually just flickers, not even enough to stop the impeller from spinning! lol

I hope all is well tho. I just saw this topic today and thought he could have put his filter media to float in the tank, and put a new filter cartridge in the filter... then if the filter stopped pumping, at least the beneficial bacteria would still be floating in the tank...

 

[peter22UK]

well he was last online today, according to his profile!!

 

[murphyk32]

yea it aint bad in Canada is it... im in Halifax.. always just like rainstorms.. EXCEPT Hurricane Juan.. that, was a dead on hit.. noooo fun. People without power for over a week, stuff everywheres destroyed.. man, luckily i didnt own fish then, so no worries about that stuff