Sorry, this is another Magnum Opus..... Power cuts are coming and that's not me being an alarmist - they are inevitable as we're in a new era of engineered scarcity and being prepared is the best way to avoid a 'Dark Winter'. Maybe it would be a good idea to plan for the future but if you think everything is A-OK then give this video a miss and ignore it until the power goes out.......just don't blame me when your fish pollute themselves through lack of filtration or freeze to death......Please share the video if you found it useful. I can't believe I forgot to include my petrol generator in this video but the information given for the Jackery 1000 is relevant to the petrol generator - check link below for the 2kW petrol generator I have. It's great (and very quiet). Also, a few people have suggested having a camping gas stove on hand to warm water to keep the tank up to temperature - that's a great idea. *Time stamps and useful links below:* Biohome and mesh bags: www.filterpro.co.uk Small USB water pump: geni.us/sMCN0Ds Small USB air pump (0.2W!): geni.us/oHW99 Power bank 20000 mAh: geni.us/RpBsnaH Solar power bank 20000 mAh: geni.us/r2IFPe 3m USB extension cable: geni.us/Vkjp5 Ziss moving bed filter: geni.us/VjvSzcj Solar powered air pump (with battery): geni.us/tjmsE Air powered filter with media chambers: geni.us/2v8kk Ammonia pads (Water conditioning page): www.filterpro.co.uk Jackery solar generator 240: geni.us/IM0K Jackery solar generator 500: geni.us/IMyufN Jackery solar generator 1000: geni.us/AWu5m Jackery 100W solar panel: geni.us/hDQS 2kW Petrol generator: geni.us/HLAq *Time stamps:* 00:00 Intro 01:00 Small USB water pump 03:03 Power Bank / Battery back-up 04:34 Solar powered power bank 05:58 USB air pump 06:56 Ziss moving bed filter 11:19 Solar powered air pump 15:08 Quanvee air powered filter 16:33 Ammonia pads 19:00 What to buy? 19:31 Jackery 1000 solar generator 20:20 Eden 316 filter 25:08 Heater? 26:10 Power cut in Winter 26:56 Outro / final thoughts / Borat Unfortunately Google / RUclips doesn't send me any notifications so please ring with any questions. I hope you found his video useful and if you did then feel free to share it anywhere online, upload it to your own channel or take clips to use anywhere. If you use the whole video please keep the video description (this thing) intact as it has all the relevant links and time stamps to complement the video. I never ask for donations, I've got the minimal ads on my videos and never expect anything in return for making the videos ....... but .... if you've found this useful please check out the links above since some will provide the fragments of income I need to keep the roof over my head (and provide the funds needed to ride out the upcoming apocalypse...lol) You can ring me any time as Google sees fit to send me no notifications or new comments - my number is 07772848730 and feel free to ask me anything. If I don't know the answer I'll just tell you I don't know as there is no point trying to pass myself off as an 'expert' when we're all on a long path of learning. My channel on the Odysee network: odysee.com/$/invite/@PondGuru:0 I'm not on FBI Book or any of that nonsense so ring me any time, no worries ...... speech is something we have to use before we devolve to be silent.
My plan has to last 3-4 weeks. Hurricane country. I added to my prep a Toyota Tacoma with 120vac output on the bed so I can recharge all the backup batteries so I drive doing chores.
@@ThousandYardStare thanks. Subscribes to that channel as well. Beautiful property you have, enjoy in good health. I don’t think there’s an option to be off the meter here so solar is useless for after hurricanes. FPL is crooked.
Hi pond guru, great informative video, great very useful advice. This winter the government are scaring the public with talk of weekly power cuts, been thinking of getting a battery or solar generator to relief me of all the stress of worrying about keeping g my chocolate chichids and other tropical fish alive this winter. I liked to jackery generators you displayed in your video, but did didn’t say how much they were to buy. Maybe I will find one on the Internet . I’ve have purchased bio media from you in the passed about 6+8 years ago, that was before the dreaded corona virus came along. Good to say your still around, and doing your videos, keep up the great work. Kind regards from Dennis, ex army veteran .
Living in an area prone to power cuts I thought about before setting up my tank. I use a leisure battery that I always keep topped and a power inverter. It will run the filter for a long time and if it's winter time and the heater is needed it will run the filter and heater together for a good 4 -6 hrs.
What an absolutely genuine guy you are letting people use your videos! Love your videos and all my tanks and indeed my pond are setup as per your advice and there all in excellent condition. Thankyou 👍👍👍
I don’t even have a tank (just a swimming pool) and I find this good information and helpful. Thanks for your time & effort! (I originally wanted to understand more about pond filtration & circulation.) Your content is valuable.
Honestly the best option i've found is to go to your local office consignment store (the places that buy up and re-sell office equipment when companies go out of business or upgrade their stuff). They are usually inundated with UPS's (Uninterruptable power supplies) sold at pretty hefty discounts ($40-80 CAD at my local). I have 2 hooked up to my main tank, one can power my FX6 for 3 hours, the other can keep my Tidal 110 filter and air pump running for 14 hours and if I'm concerned about the power being off for longer then that, unplugging the tidal and adding in a few extra sponge filters can keep the tank running for around 30 hours. I generally keep all my tanks filtration hooked up to one, and i only use self priming filters, so if the power goes out while I'm sleeping, chances are nothing ever turns off, and if it does its turns back on automatically when powers restored. Since my house has natural gas heating, i also have a sensor configured to check if the powers down and automatically set my thermostat to 28c. UPS's are also just great things to have all critical infrastructure in your home connected to. I have one connected to my router and modem, and I've never had a power outage that's lasted long enough for me to not have WiFi.
That sounds like a great idea. If the grid goes down will the ignition still work for the gas supply or can you light it manually? (I don't have gas here so I genuinely don't know)
@pondguru mine always has a very small pilot light that's always burning, if that ever goes out it shuts off the gas automatically and has a piezoelectric ignition switch (the same as a propane barbecue) that will turn on the gas and reignite it. It technically never "shuts off" it supplies gas to keep a tea candle sized flame running. So as long as the thermostat has backup battery (which lasts for around a week), and the WiFi is on (which lasts for about 2 days), all of the automations work. And if those things die, it will just maintain the last setting. Where i live, it regularly gets below -40c in winter, so to keep people from freezing to death, furnaces and natural gas infrastructure will pretty much work if everything else fails.
@@lilpwnige Nice one - thanks for the extra information. That makes sense. I've looked for the devices in the UK and they are either extremely expensive (for models with a decent capacity) or cheap and practically useless due to the low battery capacity when compared to the likes of portable power stations. It seems like they're not too popular here in the UK since our electric grid is quite reliable and even when it goes down it tends to come back up in a few hours - to be fair that's all most of the UPS devices sold here will supply (as long as the wattage of devices connected is very low) and it is amazing how quickly an overstocked tank can get deoxygenated when the power goes off so having a UPS connected seems like a sensible option.
I have four 55 gallon tanks and I'm following your suggestions to hopefully keep everyone alive as hurricane Ian is bearing down on us today and we're in line for a direct hit. Expecting power outages of at least a week. I have "Ziss" knock off filters with biohome from my canisters plus usb air pumps and power banks. I also have battery backup air stones that can run for 150 hours. Rest of my media is in mesh bags. I can't afford a solar generator at moment but it's on my list to buy next. I have one ziss filter set up and running as a test and I'm amazed at how much water these mini usb air pumps push through the filter. Thanks for great video. Wish us luck in Florida.
5 days in to power outage here along the coast on SE Florida. I wish now that I had ordered a solar charger, more power banks (to switch out while one is charging) and 2 filters per tank. My tanks are 4 ft long so having one Ziss filter at each end would have been ideal. Can't find the ammonia block pads here in US so substituted filter media pads that are infused with ammonia block resin. Probably not as good as what you recommended. I've fed the fish lightly twice (to keep big fishies from eating the smaller tank mates. I may not feed again for another 3 to 5 days as I have a small ammonia spike of 0.25 ppm. I had a limited number of media bags but hung up what biohome I could with air stones underneath. I also am running battery backup air pumps. The rest of my media is in their filter trays in the tank. Fish seem well. Treating the ammonia (and nitrites, haven't checked levels yet) with Prime. Finally got running water today, so if ammonia rises above 0.25 ppm, I will do partial water changes. Any other suggestions? Temperature is not an issue as tanks staying at 76°F. I wish I had more time to follow all of your suggestions but under mandatory emergency evacuation.
Richard, what about running a gravel vac to a hang-on back filter? No power needed. Maybe put foam in the end to keep fish and such from being sucked up.
That usb air pump has a resistor in it that can be removed to lower power usage. The manufacturer just put that in it to keep certain battery banks from shutting off at low power levels.
If you lose power don't even think of using any of these alternatives for heating the water, the power that heaters draw is massive. I have a gas hob, it takes me a couple of minutes to heat water then pour it into an empty lemonade bottle and put that in the tank. For those who are all electric just buy a cheap camping stove which runs off a gas canister, probably £20 all in.
Just a question, I m from Holland and Just started keeping fish , I hot a Juwel 180 with angelfish and barbs .What kinde of filter would you suggest for me ? Ik most add that my tank doesn't have the original Juwel internal filter anymore but IT had 2 smaller internal filters.witj kinde regards Stuart.
I swaped to air pump and spunges, so when the power goes out just swap from the mains power to power banks. Powers been out for 5 days and everything lived.
So I watched this video and stopped using Seachem Prime. I used API Tap Water Conditioner or API Stress Coat+ and Evolution Aqua Pure, My tap water seems to have ammonia so each time I change my water I get an ammonia spike. I lot a few fish due to a nitrite spike. I have had to switch back to Prime to deal with this. I am at a loss as what else to do. I added some Fluval Ammonia remover past the bio media but it did not make a change. I am at a loss as what else to do. I have to use Prime I feel or loose more fish.
? If I have zero nitrate,nitrite is it still possible to grow any corals?also if you would build a canister filter for a saltwater aquarium how would you build it?
for a heater i wonder how long reasonably hot water from a camping stove poured in a two litre pop bottle would take to cool down in the tank could be a fish saver cheap and easy anyone can do
(my other account) That would work to some degree but insulating the tank against heat loss and keeping the room warm would be a better initial use of time. After that, adding pop bottles filled with warm water would definitely radiate heat out into the water to prevent it getting too cold if you had the time and means to regularly generate hot water.
How long can media sit in a canister filter (no power) before the bacteria dies? Unrelated to that question... i have an aquatic turtle whose filter went out months ago, and new filter took 2 months (lost in shipping) to arrive, AND then we moved.... and i broke the tank... im building a new one, its bigger and will have a filter to accommodate the new size. I will have a small canister filter without a built in pump as a pre filter and plan on designing it in a way that i could put small amounts of media in the pre filter and add a small pump should the power go out. When i lost the previous filter it was actually the bacteria i was most upset about. It had taken me almost 1.5 years to get it cycling right and have crystal clear water on a consistent basis, turtles are freaking nasty !
As the water is held within the Biohome for weeks (even when the media is removed from the filter and left outside) the bacteria will stay active for days or even weeks. However, if it is left stored in water (e.g. in a canister filter) when the filter is off for a long time the water will quickly go 'bad' and become toxic since the bacteria still will be converting whatever 'food' they have in there and the waste products will have nowhere to go - the media needs to 'breathe' if you're going to store it for hours or days at a time while moving. Therefore just empty the filter of water and store the media in the filter with the in / out taps left open so it can breathe and it will keep no problem for days before you fire the filter up again. Ideally the filter would be cleaned as normal before moving so there isn't much muck in it while it is in storage before set up.
Hi mate just bought a full set up the tank had been running for 3 years I had a accident when transporting it and broke the cabinet what tank stands on so I haven't been able to set it up yet but I've got the filter running with water in a big massive bin to try and keep bacteria in filter alive but not sure if it will stay alive with no fish in it, so thought I'd ask you with this video saying keep the flow going over media, could you let me know if it will stay alive please
It will stay alive for as long as he 'food' it needs keeps flowing through the system - it may be worth doing a partial water change every few days to prevent it getting stale but other than that it should last for ages before the bacteria numbers take a big hit. Just keep the water flowing through the media. Ring me any time as I often miss comments.
Hello, in the event of a short power cut, could I just press the prime button on top of my external cannister filter say once or twice every ten minutes or so to keep the bacteria alive? I would really like to know your thoughts on this.
Short as in a few hours? if so that won't really make a difference to the survival of the bacteria but if the power is off for more than 3-4 hours it would be worth employing one of the measures explained in the video to keep the system alive.
Well Battery or accu-pack for small tanks is good idea but 125Gallon whit Discus fish? My advise buy a power generator on petrol about 600-800Watt ,they are no so expensive 200-300Euro and you got one and cheaper when all your Discus Fish dies ! Another problem is, when nobody is home and the power is down you got also a problem so Battery or accu-pack not gonna help you, my advise UPS backup for your filter and airpump that will kick in when the power is down. Heater will be of but 125gallon or more the water will not cool down so fast after couple hours or 6hours, but yes keep them filters running because after 30min-1hour your bacteria starts dying off and fast ! When that happens and you came home after say 4-6hours and no power and power comes on again or you put a power generator on it, start the filter oh dead bacteria so you can wait for a ammonia spike and later nitrite spike ! Glad have a power generator and UPS backup on my filter !
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Cheap ups:es work perfectly and cost only about 50€...
Sorry, this is another Magnum Opus.....
Power cuts are coming and that's not me being an alarmist - they are inevitable as we're in a new era of engineered scarcity and being prepared is the best way to avoid a 'Dark Winter'. Maybe it would be a good idea to plan for the future but if you think everything is A-OK then give this video a miss and ignore it until the power goes out.......just don't blame me when your fish pollute themselves through lack of filtration or freeze to death......Please share the video if you found it useful. I can't believe I forgot to include my petrol generator in this video but the information given for the Jackery 1000 is relevant to the petrol generator - check link below for the 2kW petrol generator I have. It's great (and very quiet).
Also, a few people have suggested having a camping gas stove on hand to warm water to keep the tank up to temperature - that's a great idea.
*Time stamps and useful links below:*
Biohome and mesh bags: www.filterpro.co.uk
Small USB water pump: geni.us/sMCN0Ds
Small USB air pump (0.2W!): geni.us/oHW99
Power bank 20000 mAh: geni.us/RpBsnaH
Solar power bank 20000 mAh: geni.us/r2IFPe
3m USB extension cable: geni.us/Vkjp5
Ziss moving bed filter: geni.us/VjvSzcj
Solar powered air pump (with battery): geni.us/tjmsE
Air powered filter with media chambers: geni.us/2v8kk
Ammonia pads (Water conditioning page): www.filterpro.co.uk
Jackery solar generator 240: geni.us/IM0K
Jackery solar generator 500: geni.us/IMyufN
Jackery solar generator 1000: geni.us/AWu5m
Jackery 100W solar panel: geni.us/hDQS
2kW Petrol generator: geni.us/HLAq
*Time stamps:*
00:00 Intro
01:00 Small USB water pump
03:03 Power Bank / Battery back-up
04:34 Solar powered power bank
05:58 USB air pump
06:56 Ziss moving bed filter
11:19 Solar powered air pump
15:08 Quanvee air powered filter
16:33 Ammonia pads
19:00 What to buy?
19:31 Jackery 1000 solar generator
20:20 Eden 316 filter
25:08 Heater?
26:10 Power cut in Winter
26:56 Outro / final thoughts / Borat
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I never ask for donations, I've got the minimal ads on my videos and never expect anything in return for making the videos ....... but .... if you've found this useful please check out the links above since some will provide the fragments of income I need to keep the roof over my head (and provide the funds needed to ride out the upcoming apocalypse...lol)
You can ring me any time as Google sees fit to send me no notifications or new comments - my number is 07772848730 and feel free to ask me anything. If I don't know the answer I'll just tell you I don't know as there is no point trying to pass myself off as an 'expert' when we're all on a long path of learning.
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We’ll said! From across the pond (oops pun not intended but, I’ll take it).
My plan has to last 3-4 weeks. Hurricane country. I added to my prep a Toyota Tacoma with 120vac output on the bed so I can recharge all the backup batteries so I drive doing chores.
@@damiangrouse4564 (my other account) That is a great idea and I totally forgot to include a petrol generator even though I have one here, lol
@@damiangrouse4564 (my other account) Glad you found it useful.
@@ThousandYardStare thanks. Subscribes to that channel as well. Beautiful property you have, enjoy in good health. I don’t think there’s an option to be off the meter here so solar is useless for after hurricanes. FPL is crooked.
Your videos are so educational - you're honest, and clearly know what you're talking about. Thanks mate :D
Hi pond guru, great informative video, great very useful advice. This winter the government are scaring the public with talk of weekly power cuts, been thinking of getting a battery or solar generator to relief me of all the stress of worrying about keeping g my chocolate chichids and other tropical fish alive this winter. I liked to jackery generators you displayed in your video, but did didn’t say how much they were to buy. Maybe I will find one on the Internet . I’ve have purchased bio media from you in the passed about 6+8 years ago, that was before the dreaded corona virus came along. Good to say your still around, and doing your videos, keep up the great work. Kind regards from Dennis, ex army veteran .
Excellent video and definitely important. Thanks for covering this subject because power outage is a fact of life!
Living in an area prone to power cuts I thought about before setting up my tank. I use a leisure battery that I always keep topped and a power inverter. It will run the filter for a long time and if it's winter time and the heater is needed it will run the filter and heater together for a good 4 -6 hrs.
What an absolutely genuine guy you are letting people use your videos! Love your videos and all my tanks and indeed my pond are setup as per your advice and there all in excellent condition.
Thankyou 👍👍👍
(my other account) Nice one - glad to be of service.
I don’t even have a tank (just a swimming pool) and I find this good information and helpful. Thanks for your time & effort! (I originally wanted to understand more about pond filtration & circulation.) Your content is valuable.
Oops just seen your post......the petrol gen looks good ........and quiet 😁
Another great video, very useful information. Keep it up. This is great during the cyclone season in Mauritius etc.
Finally you're back with aquariums video 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Honestly the best option i've found is to go to your local office consignment store (the places that buy up and re-sell office equipment when companies go out of business or upgrade their stuff). They are usually inundated with UPS's (Uninterruptable power supplies) sold at pretty hefty discounts ($40-80 CAD at my local). I have 2 hooked up to my main tank, one can power my FX6 for 3 hours, the other can keep my Tidal 110 filter and air pump running for 14 hours and if I'm concerned about the power being off for longer then that, unplugging the tidal and adding in a few extra sponge filters can keep the tank running for around 30 hours. I generally keep all my tanks filtration hooked up to one, and i only use self priming filters, so if the power goes out while I'm sleeping, chances are nothing ever turns off, and if it does its turns back on automatically when powers restored. Since my house has natural gas heating, i also have a sensor configured to check if the powers down and automatically set my thermostat to 28c.
UPS's are also just great things to have all critical infrastructure in your home connected to. I have one connected to my router and modem, and I've never had a power outage that's lasted long enough for me to not have WiFi.
That sounds like a great idea. If the grid goes down will the ignition still work for the gas supply or can you light it manually? (I don't have gas here so I genuinely don't know)
@pondguru mine always has a very small pilot light that's always burning, if that ever goes out it shuts off the gas automatically and has a piezoelectric ignition switch (the same as a propane barbecue) that will turn on the gas and reignite it. It technically never "shuts off" it supplies gas to keep a tea candle sized flame running. So as long as the thermostat has backup battery (which lasts for around a week), and the WiFi is on (which lasts for about 2 days), all of the automations work. And if those things die, it will just maintain the last setting. Where i live, it regularly gets below -40c in winter, so to keep people from freezing to death, furnaces and natural gas infrastructure will pretty much work if everything else fails.
@@lilpwnige Nice one - thanks for the extra information. That makes sense. I've looked for the devices in the UK and they are either extremely expensive (for models with a decent capacity) or cheap and practically useless due to the low battery capacity when compared to the likes of portable power stations.
It seems like they're not too popular here in the UK since our electric grid is quite reliable and even when it goes down it tends to come back up in a few hours - to be fair that's all most of the UPS devices sold here will supply (as long as the wattage of devices connected is very low) and it is amazing how quickly an overstocked tank can get deoxygenated when the power goes off so having a UPS connected seems like a sensible option.
I have four 55 gallon tanks and I'm following your suggestions to hopefully keep everyone alive as hurricane Ian is bearing down on us today and we're in line for a direct hit. Expecting power outages of at least a week. I have "Ziss" knock off filters with biohome from my canisters plus usb air pumps and power banks. I also have battery backup air stones that can run for 150 hours. Rest of my media is in mesh bags. I can't afford a solar generator at moment but it's on my list to buy next. I have one ziss filter set up and running as a test and I'm amazed at how much water these mini usb air pumps push through the filter. Thanks for great video. Wish us luck in Florida.
5 days in to power outage here along the coast on SE Florida. I wish now that I had ordered a solar charger, more power banks (to switch out while one is charging) and 2 filters per tank. My tanks are 4 ft long so having one Ziss filter at each end would have been ideal. Can't find the ammonia block pads here in US so substituted filter media pads that are infused with ammonia block resin. Probably not as good as what you recommended. I've fed the fish lightly twice (to keep big fishies from eating the smaller tank mates. I may not feed again for another 3 to 5 days as I have a small ammonia spike of 0.25 ppm. I had a limited number of media bags but hung up what biohome I could with air stones underneath. I also am running battery backup air pumps. The rest of my media is in their filter trays in the tank. Fish seem well. Treating the ammonia (and nitrites, haven't checked levels yet) with Prime. Finally got running water today, so if ammonia rises above 0.25 ppm, I will do partial water changes. Any other suggestions? Temperature is not an issue as tanks staying at 76°F.
I wish I had more time to follow all of your suggestions but under mandatory emergency evacuation.
Amazing video and channel my friend♥️🤗Wish You all the best🤗☺️
Great video, it is like you know I am needing this because I am moving with aquariums and live fish within 2 months! :-D Thanks Mate!
IO use a UPS as I have a saltwater tank. It helps as if there is a power outage while I am out it turns on automatically.
If you can laugh a little at your videos, that's a good video.
Richard, what about running a gravel vac to a hang-on back filter? No power needed. Maybe put foam in the end to keep fish and such from being sucked up.
Another good vid kid 😉. Pity there wasn't such an invention as a noiseless generator 😅
Great video buddy.
Some great ideas 💡 and a free wet t-shirt competition 👌 what more could you want from a video 😄
That usb air pump has a resistor in it that can be removed to lower power usage. The manufacturer just put that in it to keep certain battery banks from shutting off at low power levels.
I am learning all about fish tank as I would like to have one but don’t what size of tank or fish to have but I thank you for your insight
Even more poinient with what might happen this winter. Shopping around
genuine gentleman
Great video, thanks!
If you lose power don't even think of using any of these alternatives for heating the water, the power that heaters draw is massive. I have a gas hob, it takes me a couple of minutes to heat water then pour it into an empty lemonade bottle and put that in the tank. For those who are all electric just buy a cheap camping stove which runs off a gas canister, probably £20 all in.
That's an excellent point so thanks for that extra input - very sensible.
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Just a question, I m from Holland and Just started keeping fish , I hot a Juwel 180 with angelfish and barbs .What kinde of filter would you suggest for me ? Ik most add that my tank doesn't have the original Juwel internal filter anymore but IT had 2 smaller internal filters.witj kinde regards Stuart.
Outstanding.👍💯🐠
Use under gravel filters for the safest way to keep the bacteria alive. Foam filters next best choice and low density stocking.
Still waiting on your big pond filter update
That was months ago and I did a compilation of the garden projects here: ruclips.net/video/4mlc5woNo7Y/видео.html
I swaped to air pump and spunges, so when the power goes out just swap from the mains power to power banks.
Powers been out for 5 days and everything lived.
Awesome stiff - great to hear that you're prepared with some sensible gear.
So I watched this video and stopped using Seachem Prime. I used API Tap Water Conditioner or API Stress Coat+ and Evolution Aqua Pure, My tap water seems to have ammonia so each time I change my water I get an ammonia spike. I lot a few fish due to a nitrite spike. I have had to switch back to Prime to deal with this. I am at a loss as what else to do. I added some Fluval Ammonia remover past the bio media but it did not make a change. I am at a loss as what else to do. I have to use Prime I feel or loose more fish.
Another excellent video. and my fish are doing great since i upgraded my fluval fx4 media and filters with your kit excellent as always.
(my other account) That's great to hear and I'm glad the videos are useful.
? If I have zero nitrate,nitrite is it still possible to grow any corals?also if you would build a canister filter for a saltwater aquarium how would you build it?
I was able to test run a Tunze 6095 with a safety switch and a 12 volt battery for 5 days.
for a heater i wonder how long reasonably hot water from a camping stove poured in a two litre pop bottle would take to cool down in the tank could be a fish saver cheap and easy anyone can do
I’ve done that before and I’m not actually sure if it works well or not but anything in an emergency is better than nothing
@@Firby1988 i would think that to
(my other account) That would work to some degree but insulating the tank against heat loss and keeping the room warm would be a better initial use of time. After that, adding pop bottles filled with warm water would definitely radiate heat out into the water to prevent it getting too cold if you had the time and means to regularly generate hot water.
How long can media sit in a canister filter (no power) before the bacteria dies?
Unrelated to that question... i have an aquatic turtle whose filter went out months ago, and new filter took 2 months (lost in shipping) to arrive, AND then we moved.... and i broke the tank... im building a new one, its bigger and will have a filter to accommodate the new size. I will have a small canister filter without a built in pump as a pre filter and plan on designing it in a way that i could put small amounts of media in the pre filter and add a small pump should the power go out.
When i lost the previous filter it was actually the bacteria i was most upset about. It had taken me almost 1.5 years to get it cycling right and have crystal clear water on a consistent basis, turtles are freaking nasty !
As the water is held within the Biohome for weeks (even when the media is removed from the filter and left outside) the bacteria will stay active for days or even weeks. However, if it is left stored in water (e.g. in a canister filter) when the filter is off for a long time the water will quickly go 'bad' and become toxic since the bacteria still will be converting whatever 'food' they have in there and the waste products will have nowhere to go - the media needs to 'breathe' if you're going to store it for hours or days at a time while moving. Therefore just empty the filter of water and store the media in the filter with the in / out taps left open so it can breathe and it will keep no problem for days before you fire the filter up again.
Ideally the filter would be cleaned as normal before moving so there isn't much muck in it while it is in storage before set up.
Hi mate just bought a full set up the tank had been running for 3 years I had a accident when transporting it and broke the cabinet what tank stands on so I haven't been able to set it up yet but I've got the filter running with water in a big massive bin to try and keep bacteria in filter alive but not sure if it will stay alive with no fish in it, so thought I'd ask you with this video saying keep the flow going over media, could you let me know if it will stay alive please
It will stay alive for as long as he 'food' it needs keeps flowing through the system - it may be worth doing a partial water change every few days to prevent it getting stale but other than that it should last for ages before the bacteria numbers take a big hit. Just keep the water flowing through the media. Ring me any time as I often miss comments.
Hello, in the event of a short power cut, could I just press the prime button on top of my external cannister filter say once or twice every ten minutes or so to keep the bacteria alive? I would really like to know your thoughts on this.
Short as in a few hours? if so that won't really make a difference to the survival of the bacteria but if the power is off for more than 3-4 hours it would be worth employing one of the measures explained in the video to keep the system alive.
@@pondguru Thanks for the reply, it's most appreciated.
I used to enjoy your survival type vids :)
He's moved them over to his other channel
@@stephen-truthseeker Oh wow, I didn't know there was another. What's its title please?
@@nodarkthings thousand yard stare
@@stephen-truthseeker Brilliant, thanks for that. Very exciting to hear about the big cat stuff. Would be amazing if he caught some footage.
@@nodarkthings Spoiler alert - I haven't seen any more big cats, lol
Definetly stuff there worth the investment for expecting the worse case scenario 👍
It's all stuff which is practical and relatively cheap so the investment is a good one since it could save losses running into £100's
I use Jebo 9950 for air pump and add injected more battery outside the unit
Well Battery or accu-pack for small tanks is good idea but 125Gallon whit Discus fish?
My advise buy a power generator on petrol about 600-800Watt ,they are no so expensive 200-300Euro and you got one and cheaper when all your Discus Fish dies !
Another problem is, when nobody is home and the power is down you got also a problem so Battery or accu-pack not gonna help you, my advise UPS backup for your filter and airpump that will kick in when the power is down.
Heater will be of but 125gallon or more the water will not cool down so fast after couple hours or 6hours, but yes keep them filters running because after 30min-1hour your bacteria starts dying off and fast !
When that happens and you came home after say 4-6hours and no power and power comes on again or you put a power generator on it, start the filter oh dead bacteria so you can wait for a ammonia spike and later nitrite spike !
Glad have a power generator and UPS backup on my filter !
Cheap ups:es work perfectly and cost only about 50€...
if you have natural gas for cooking & or water heating fill plastic bottles with hot water & replenish when require to maintain water temperature i
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I just have a power converter from my electric car. Powers the house for weeks
Great info but just bye a generator problem solved
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Fantastic video bro.
Definetly stuff there worth the investment for expecting the worse case scenario 👍
100% and it can help to save huge losses - a stitch in time saves nine.
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