Hello All,
With a potentially serious ice storm heading for most of South Eastern Massachusetts this Wednesday, I thought I would send out a little public service announcement.
Everybody should have an emergency plan for their fish during a power outage.
For a short outage this may only include a battery powered bubbler and water heated from a gas stove. For a longer outage a small portable generator can be priceless to run just your heaters and filters.
If you don't have a generator and you are facing days without power, consider packing your fish up. We pack fish in large bags and styro coolers and ship them across the country regularly. Just keep a good supply of heat packs on hand and get some bag buddies from us at the store to help add additional oxygen. Fish will last longer packed in a heated cooler than they will in an unheated unfiltered tank.
If power is out for a very long time (as it was for people in central/western ma a few years back) you can take your already packed up fish to a friends house, or even into a store like ours... as long as we are not experiencing similar hardships.
So along with your grocery shopping and roof shoveling, consider grabbing a small generator or at least a cooler, heatpacks, and some bag buddies.
Would love if people posted some additional suggestions below!