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no more fish for me

Discussion in 'Aquarium Equipment & Decor' started by littledane, Feb 9, 2010.

  1. littledane

    littledane Thread Starter Member

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    :( lost all 4 of my tanks this weekend due to the winter storm that came through va. lost my 4 year old 9" green terror both my 4" convicts my 9" and 7" breeding pair of dempseys a 10" and a 8" pleco my wifes beta and two planted tanks. took all the tanks down. going to go in a different direction now.
     
    littledane, Feb 9, 2010
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  2. HBIC

    HBIC Need help??? That's what we're here for :)

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    Sorry to hear that, I know a lot of people lost quite a bit of stock because of this storm.
     
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  3. BobV

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    Think generator
     
    BobV, Feb 9, 2010
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  4. LemonDiscus

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    I was lucky... no power loss at all...
     
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    Yeah, I got lucky too. Real sorry to hear about that!
     
    jrow8162, Feb 9, 2010
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    thank goodness no power loss here (yet, as we're still expecting more snow)...soo sorry to hear about the losses.
     
    MOD_Dawn, Feb 10, 2010
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    sorry for your loss...we've been lucky thus far and had no power loss
     
    buzz4520, Feb 10, 2010
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    Sry to hear that. I lost a bit myself. But don't get discouraged and just give up.
     
    James0816, Feb 10, 2010
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    i lost 2 widebars due to a air stong that clips on to the wall fell off and not enough oxegen and 2000$ lost :'[
     
    stevenrox, Feb 10, 2010
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    sry to hear that D: .... i would hate to lose my fish too. they just mean so much to me. not to mention they are worth a fortune ._. i have battery air pump. but nothing can stop it from gettin too cold for the fish, unless i boil water and add in once in a whil o.o
     
    Cay, Feb 16, 2010
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  11. FishVixen

    FishVixen Active Member

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    Back in the 70s in Chicago one winter my electric went out for 5 days. Thank you I had an old gas stove and kept warm water bottle on the tank and everyone survived, I was exhausted after 5 days though. They just came out with cheaper battery pumps and had them on hand.
     
    FishVixen, Feb 16, 2010
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  12. WhiteGloveAquatics

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    Where I am at, we get ALOT of power outages, I never lost any fish though, I run everything on a battery back-up if the power isnt back on by the time that is depleated, I have a 2500 watt portable generator, not only does it keep the tanks running it also keeps their food ice cold.
     
    WhiteGloveAquatics, Mar 6, 2010
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  13. FishVixen

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    Wonderful living in a city that the electric was installed by Ben Franklin himself! LOL I lived there I know.
     
    FishVixen, Mar 6, 2010
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  14. WhiteGloveAquatics

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    its terrible, atleast last year was every 3-5 days power was out for atleast 12 hours.

    Ben and Thomas arent dead, they run COMED.
     
    WhiteGloveAquatics, Mar 6, 2010
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    That's why my 30 long was broken down. It was still at Jake's mom's which is not far from you littledane. Lost all the Endler's I had in there.
     
    Anthony, Mar 7, 2010
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    we had some winter storms real bad in 08 where I live...lost my little Betta Alfy then, though he was 5 years old so if he just died from old age or because the heater was out (no power and I don't have a generator) is anyone's guess but this time I have a powercord behind my betta's set up (gonna buy 3 more 2.5 gal plastic tanks and 4 mini under gravel heaters and thermonitors to keep them tropical later after platy tank is set up, gonna be fun though I need another powercord ) my dad says that if the eletric bill is over 400 he's gonna switch my tanks to cold water, I said if he did that I'd get a missisipi catfish and they grow to over 3 feet easy, that shut him up it'd be cheaper to let me have my tropicals than try to take care of one of those river monsters

    :)

    <a class="postlink" href="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x11/texacorw/Zaar%20Misc/bigcatfish1.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x11/ ... tfish1.jpg</a>

    <a class="postlink" href="http://www.catfishhavenlake.com/Pictures1/OddThings/MississipiCatfish.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.catfishhavenlake.com/Picture ... atfish.jpg</a>

    they say everything's bigger in Texas?
    Texas hasn't seen a fully grown blue catfish
     
    Cynthia, May 17, 2010
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