On Tuesday whilst I was out my husband phoned to tell me there was a power cut and is there anything he should be doing to keep an eye on our fish tanks (he normally takes nothing to do with looking after the fish tanks).
Apart from having a battery operated airstone to rotate round the tanks if necessary I thought about it and realised I dont really know much about what to do if the power went off for a long period of time.
The likes of guppies, platys etc .... at what temperature would they start having problems and what is the best method of warming their water in such a situ??
What about all the filters? After what length of time would the filters become useless and all the bacteria have died? Once that happens should I just throw out all the sponges in the filters and replace them and
how would the fish cope with that?
Sorry if I am asking stupid questions but with the threat of high winds again in scotland and there being so much talk of a very cold winter this year etc I want to be in the best position possible to keep my fish alive and well if we suffer power cuts etc.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Apart from having a battery operated airstone to rotate round the tanks if necessary I thought about it and realised I dont really know much about what to do if the power went off for a long period of time.
The likes of guppies, platys etc .... at what temperature would they start having problems and what is the best method of warming their water in such a situ??
What about all the filters? After what length of time would the filters become useless and all the bacteria have died? Once that happens should I just throw out all the sponges in the filters and replace them and
how would the fish cope with that?
Sorry if I am asking stupid questions but with the threat of high winds again in scotland and there being so much talk of a very cold winter this year etc I want to be in the best position possible to keep my fish alive and well if we suffer power cuts etc.
Thanks in advance for any advice!