Power interruption on tank -- OK or no?

[Scav]

Hey guys,

Been informed that we're having scheduled power interruptions throughout the week where I'm living.

Every day this week the power's going to be off for an hour; tomorrow the power will be 86'ed for eight hours.

Will this be a problem not having the water cycling?

[Judge]

Hey Scav. 8 Hours??? That's a bit much. I use a power inverter that I hook up to our truck when power goes off around here. I would recommend something like that or maybe a generator. One hour, well ok...but 8 is a bit much I would think. Surely someone else will swim along and maybe have some different suggestions. With the inverter you could run for a while and turn off I suppose. I ran my solid for 6 hours just a coupled of weeks ago without any problems. I use two long extensions and hook up the essentials on both of my tanks. Let us know how it goes.

[Scav]

Answering my own question . . .

Everything's still alive and well in there. Perhaps it's because I've got some of the less-finicky species in there, but I can't help thinking I might have been lucky on this one.

Wait. Who's lucky -- me, or the fish?

I've got a good chromis this time around though; it likes to hide around the liverock when nobody's around.

The emerald crab, on the other hand, comes out quite frequently -- and I was told I'd probably not see that thing again as they're the types to burrow under everything.

Hermits are doing fine; they've each molted at least once so far. Snails are doing OK as well.

I usually do morning feedings with my 4-year-old son; he really gets a kick out of watching the fish dart around the tank.