At 07:33 AM 1/21/99 +1000, you wrote:
>I sympathise Larry - have you considered placing a blanket or two over each
>tank to help keep the heat in and prevent loss to the surrounds.
>
>
>Regards,
>Bruce.
>
>Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
>
>Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
>
>Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Stein <lstein at his.com>
>To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
>Date: Thursday, 21 January 1999 3:53
>Subject: [RML] Power outages
>
>
>>I am not sure if this topic has been discussed but I thought a renewed
>>discussion on this important topic might be in order.
>>
>>In my area we had a bad ice storm and I lost power for 6 days. I have only
>>5 tanks set up and the smaller tanks were not as big a problem as the
>>larger ones. I live in an area where in the last 20 years I have never
>>lost power for more than 12 hours. I was wondering what people do in this
>>case?
>>
>>What I did was float bags of hot water on the tanks in an effort to keep
>>the water warm, I was not as concerned about air, but keeping the temp up
>>was an effort since the house temp got down to 50 degrees F and lower
>>during the day.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Larry
>>
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