A fish tank looses power in the ninety forth episode of LA Fishguys as Jim Stime of Aquarium Design in Thousand Oaks CALIF., determines what caused the problem and how he gets it ready for more fish.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Thursday, February 16, 2012
LA Fishguys, Fish Tank Aquarium, Episode 94 pt 1, Equipment Issues and Lost Friends
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i've got a shatterproof, no glass heater that is on my freshwater and i've never had a problem with it. it was about $35 too and will last for a long time, it seems.
ReplyDeletehey G, difficult question to answer as there are a few factors, such as how heavily stocked is the tank, but I would say 3 to 6 hours before all the oxygen is consumed by the fish.
ReplyDeletewhat a sad episode /.... the bright side about it is you learn some thing new from la fish guys videos so jim mite be a silly question if the power were to go out how much time to i have to get to a lfs to get maybe a air stone before my fish goes belly up? 90gal tall
ReplyDeletehey Q, if you have the ability, the word is.... redundancy. I rented a house back in '99 and set up a 250 SPS tank with dual 400 wt MH, and a 8 ft downdraft skimmer. I had an electrician add two more breakers and ran conduit for an outside chiller and into the room for the tank.
ReplyDeletehi again well after seen this im thinking about doing this myself been a electrician myself i wont have to pay for this to be done lol im thinking about running 2 bigger cables to my tank to have a direct supply from the fusebox with their own breakers
ReplyDeletehey q, interesting suggestion. knowing that its unusual to get a single dedicated circuit to the tank I would be surprised if he would pay to have an additional circuit run to the same location.
ReplyDeletehi jim a way to have two heaters in the sump with one not effecting the other if that happened again is have each heater on 2 different breakers in he fusebox if one trips the other isnt effected :)
ReplyDeletei go with the rule of replacing mine every 3 years
ReplyDeleteIv actually seen that several times where the heater fails, cracks and kills everything in it.
ReplyDeletehey T, actually I am not familiar with the no-glass version to answer this question. I will say that as sad as it was to loose all those fish that previous heater had been in that tank since 1998 or '99.
ReplyDeletehey jim what do you think of the heaters that contains no glass components. would they prevent this type of failure?
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hey T, thats why they have hired a Fishguy...and watch your language.
ReplyDeletehey M, that is one solution ( hind sight is 20/20 ), but in these tough economic times I dont foresee this customer spending money to adding a second breaker and running new conduit.
ReplyDeletehow about installing a separate circuit breaker for the heater, in case of shortage it will only interrupt the circuit to the heater(s) without the affecting the circuit of the rest of the equipment.
ReplyDelete@theprankster5000 Deltec MCE 600
ReplyDeletehey R, there are too many factors involved, such as tank size and shape to number and size of the fish, to determine a specific length of time. I would look into battery operated air pumps and back-up power supplies if you are concerned with this.
ReplyDeletehow long can fish live with out any power
ReplyDeletehey T, a protein skimmer is not a nessescity, but a benifit. they drive organics out of and help areate the water.
ReplyDeleteG, just fine.
ReplyDeletehows this tank doing
ReplyDeletehey M, yes, not sure what you are thinking but SW aquariums were kept for 40 years before sumps were used.
ReplyDeleteHey is it possible for me to make a saltwater aquarium out of a 30 gallon aquarium with out the sump?
ReplyDeleteJim, what you are doing is wonderful and keep it up. A couple of things for other readers to learn from this is as follows:
ReplyDeleteHaving a good quality battery operated back up air pump might have saved those fish. Also, having a secondary powerhead on another circuit for back up circulation may have help as well. I have plug in type gfci connected to a ground probe in my tank that is is plugged into my lighting system. If there is stray voltage, the GFCI pops and I loose a component of my lights.
I personally prefer and use titanium heater's. I use aqua medic brand and the aqua medic controller. In my tanks I have two heaters both running on a different power supply. I also suggest a simple water temperature alarm which can be picked up for around ten pounds ( 12-15 US Dollars ) You set the temperature alarm to sound if the temperature goes above or below a set level. If you have a sump and the water is not getting back into the tank due to a pump fail the alarm will sound.
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