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As with most folks, I lost power. Not such a big deal to most folks.....unless you have an aquarium like everyone here. Then there's a problem.....Oxygen!
Some buy a Mr. Bubbles or something simular.
Some have generators.
I had none of the above.
Instead, this is what I did....it cost me nothing and I lost no fish.
Using the 2 smaller buckets on the coffee table (covered with towels for spills) I would scoop water from the aquarium. I then would proceed to pour it back and forth a few times between the smaller buckets before finally stepping up on the chair to pour it in the 5 gallon bucket. I would do this 3 times till the 5 gallon was full to the brim with oxygenated water.
Running from the 5 gallon bucket was a suction hose that ran out parralle over the tank water about 6 inches. Once I started the flow, I would start using the smaller buckets again to keep the 5 gallon full....keeping it up till I thought it was enough. Usually watching the fish would let you know.
Not only did this add the already oxygenated water to the tank....it also created more oxygen from the pouring from an elevated level and the movement of the water.
I did this every morning and every night on my 2 larger tanks. For all the smaller ones I would just do the back and forth thing before pouring it back in. Ive come up with a way to filter the water also....keeping benificial bacteria alive and nitrates low. But need to get it set up to take pics.
The only down side to any of this was that I could of used something bigger than the 5 gallon. I was faster than the flow so I found myself waitng for the water in the 5 gallon to drop far enough that I could add more.
All the up and down on the chair....some call it exercize
good for us all. :wink:
Some buy a Mr. Bubbles or something simular.
Some have generators.
I had none of the above.
Instead, this is what I did....it cost me nothing and I lost no fish.
Using the 2 smaller buckets on the coffee table (covered with towels for spills) I would scoop water from the aquarium. I then would proceed to pour it back and forth a few times between the smaller buckets before finally stepping up on the chair to pour it in the 5 gallon bucket. I would do this 3 times till the 5 gallon was full to the brim with oxygenated water.
Running from the 5 gallon bucket was a suction hose that ran out parralle over the tank water about 6 inches. Once I started the flow, I would start using the smaller buckets again to keep the 5 gallon full....keeping it up till I thought it was enough. Usually watching the fish would let you know.
Not only did this add the already oxygenated water to the tank....it also created more oxygen from the pouring from an elevated level and the movement of the water.
I did this every morning and every night on my 2 larger tanks. For all the smaller ones I would just do the back and forth thing before pouring it back in. Ive come up with a way to filter the water also....keeping benificial bacteria alive and nitrates low. But need to get it set up to take pics.
The only down side to any of this was that I could of used something bigger than the 5 gallon. I was faster than the flow so I found myself waitng for the water in the 5 gallon to drop far enough that I could add more.
All the up and down on the chair....some call it exercize
good for us all. :wink:
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