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Unread 04/04/2011, 08:52 AM   #11
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Fish in a bag vs fish in an aquarium is a totaly different deal.

Fish in the bag have water and oxygen. The only thing using up any significant oxygen is the fish.

Fish in an aquarium have corals, inverts, rocks ....... Corals stress as temp and flo fluctuate which changes the water quality. Chemical reactions as things die off from temp and oxygen depletion changes water quality. Its a domino effect. Really no hard fast rule as everyones' setup is different. How well was the tank oxygenated to begin with? How populated is the tank with ALL life forms? How good was the water quality to begin with? How large was the bacteria population in the tank? What type and how pourous is the live rock? .........

Best thing is to have some kind of alternate power source that can keep temp and flow for at least a couple hours. MOST outages dont last much longer than that.


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