adamski84 Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Well the entire area lost power last night after I went to bed only noticed this morning when I got up for work as it was still off lost the entire contents from one tank and some fish from other tanks consisting of 6 peppermint b/n that were breeding 2 orange spot b/n about 300 endler guppies approx 500 cherry shrimp 3 long fin marble b/n 2 common b/n and 4 albino b/n as well as all my baby b/n After the power problems on the weekend then waking to this I'm seriously thinking about throwing the towel in what's worse is energex didn't even offer anything to keep me as a customer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaaddict Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 that sucks bigtime time, sorry for your loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Hey mate sorry for your loss, I'd wanna throw in the towel too if I was In your position.. I lost a $1000 Thai silk flowerhorn, quite devestated at that, I kinda had a thought about selling up too. However it gave me a chance to start with something else. Just keep at it mate, I'm happy to give you some cherry shrimp for free as its all I can offer as I don't keep anything small, don't have fry I could either. Just something that can keep you in the hobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HittMann Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I have b/n fry 3cm+ if you would like 10 of them mate? and some cherries? I'm really sorry to hear about ur loss, sorry i cant offer more, I dont keep any of the other things you had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyfish Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 sorry to hear mate pm sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zane Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Woah I'm surprised that you lost cherry shrimp. I noticed some in a bucket outside which had to have been there for the whole of the winter. Tough little critters. Sorry for your loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betta Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Wow dude that's pretty crap, I would struggle to stay focused after that. I'd love to help out too but I don't have anything ready at the moment, probably have some cherries & chillie endlers in a few weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webmaster Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Sorry for your loss. This industry is constantly full of heartaches I think most of us can relate to how your are feeling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch.0 Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Sorry for your loss. So many generous people out there, nice to know human kindness still exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizen088 Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Sorry to hear about your losses. I'm working on a project atm to prevent losses due to no oxygen when there is a power failure. I plan to run four battery powered air pumps wired in series (4x3volts=12v) off a 12v deep cycle battery that is constantly charged off a solar panel. There will be a 240v relay with contacts that close (normally closed) when 240v power is lost. There should be enough power to run the pumps for at least 2 days. May even run a 600w inverter off it instead to run my 240v heater and air pump instead. Good insurance for storm season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betta Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 That's a very cool idea dude, such a simple solution for piece of mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syndicate Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Why bother they already sell ac/dc air pumps the resun one does 10liters a min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Woah I'm surprised that you lost cherry shrimp. I noticed some in a bucket outside which had to have been there for the whole of the winter. Tough little critters. Sorry for your loss. Cherry shrimp doesn't die because of cold but they die if it getting over 30+ degree. They love cold but not too good at hot. Sorry to hear your losses adamski84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sclero p Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Sorry for your loss. Something that always amazes me is that people have extensive/expensive/large collections/heavily stocked set ups or fish that can not easily be replaced yet have no back up plan for power loss. Generators are relatively cheap to buy, mine has paid for itself 10 times over in one summer storm season alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betta Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Why bother they already sell ac/dc air pumps the resun one does 10liters a min Pretty sure it's designed to automatically start aerating the tanks if you're not around or awake to do anything about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the German Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 There's a app for your phone that will sound a alarm and wake you if you lose power ! Then just get your self a genny and you will never have any problems again.. iPhone app =$2.99 genny =$300 iv lost power 20+ times this year and never lost power to the fish room more than 20 min (yes the fridge was of for almost 2 days once and the wife almost killed me but the fish room was fine ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastybulls Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 sorry for ur loss bud, not good i use sponge filters in all my tanks as well as externals, i have one air pump to run whole system, and a small generator on hand for such instances, bit hard when ur not aware of the power out, but with the storm season upon us, we have to have a backup plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raycam01_au Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 sorry for the loss but as the boys said generators are a god send, auto hook up was a life saver cheap to saved me many times over the yeears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastybulls Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 for sure, i bought one from ebay bout $100, more than enough to do the job, cheap investment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syndicate Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Pretty sure it's designed to automatically start aerating the tanks if you're not around or awake to do anything about it Yep that's what ac/dc air pumps do pretty pointless if they didn't haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Happened to me once but energex quickly lend me the generator for the night, me too thinking of invest in a good generator in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizen088 Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Why bother they already sell ac/dc air pumps the resun one does 10liters a min That's fine if all you need is air. What about a chiller/heater? My idea will run all these things, fully automated. Will a generator start itself?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sclero p Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Will a generator start it self ? Yes if it is set up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 That's fine if all you need is air. What about a chiller/heater? My idea will run all these things, fully automated. Will a generator start itself?? I believe you can set up to do that if you know what you doing but I'm not an electrician so I really don't know the way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyfish Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Why bother they already sell ac/dc air pumps the resun one does 10liters a min Better than having no oxygen at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
