6 day power outtage

[zeebo]

so we had a snow storm last Sat, most of Connecticut out of power , many still are. We just got it back on, freezing , house at night 42d burrrrrr. Kept the tanks covered with lots of blankets , temp in 54g got down to 64d at lowest. Did not feed anyone for 5 days, and tried to keep the filters going with Black & Decker portable batts, only kept going for few hours ,t hen had to keep re-charging them in the trucks cig lighers, but thank goodness i had that. the heater just couldnt pull enough from them .

54g seems ok, no am or ni and just did a sm wc.

The 20g has a big prob , i got sick from the cold house and concentrated on the 54g with the L128's , for 2 nights, i did not realize one of the HOB's on the 20g was running dry and brunt out ...so for 2 day it was running dry, history ,including all the biomatrix inside ,the thing was nearly smoking.

The other HOB on 20g is fine , but not enough ,as i lost 1/2 of my biomedia.
I relocated some of the dither fish, aprox 3, but left 2 dithher ,and the calico bn -no choice, the blue phantoms creamed his butt before . He has to stay in the 20g.

Due to loss of 1 HOB ( I still have the 2 hydra-sponge filters in there too) I am getting bad water readings. amonia .25 and nitrItes 40 ! I am using Prime and the fish dont seem to be affected. acting natural , NOT hanging at top or bottom. Swimming fine .

So if i do a wc will that prolong this am and ni problem in the small tank?

Will i get ick from the low temps in tanks (64d) a few days till got more blankets and plastic on them. ?

advice pls
thanks georgie
going to bed shortly , still sick , thanks

 

[zeebo]

:dk:
i do apologize for the ranting last night... shouldda took time to chill out first:wb:

anyone willing to advise on the high nitrites in the small tank ..wc or let it ride? fish seem fine with Prime to help.

should i be concerned with ich with the cold tank temps ?

any advice appreciated.
georgie

 

[Brengun]

Hope you are feeling better. No fun at all being sick.
Ich shouldn't be a problem if the fish aren't stressed but keep a close eye on them.
Just keep dosing prime daily for up to two weeks if necessary. I've done it with a new tank changeover using same media but I was paranoid about having a mini cycle.
Fish were just fine and dandy.

Oh btw the prime should also be helping their slime coats increase to stave off any ich paracites.

 

[zeebo]

thanks Bren,
i have seen very high nitrites when fishless cycling, but never so high with fish in the tank , so was concerned. OK, will ride it out ,using prime daily.
Thanks for responding.

what about feeding during this time ?, there is a bn in there
should i give him a small bit of veggie every 2 days :dk: ?

many thanks, georgie

 

[Brengun]

Yeah veggies are fine.

 

[Art_Gal]

You poor thing! I live in NJ and couldn't believe we never lost power. We have tons of trees all around us, so it was a small miracle. When we drove around and saw how bad the devestation was we were shocked. You guys in CT really got socked hard by this storm and I'm highly impressed by your dedication in keeping your tanks going! Not like you had nothing else to worry about. I posted in the off topic section about losing power and how some people lost all of their fish. And I KNOW how cold it was at night. Yikes!