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Power went out last night tank dropped to 72°. Just got my tank and fridge hooked up to a generator.

I’m only worried about keeping the return pump and heater on. The lights and everything else are not a necessity. Hope the power comes back soon. All is good and no need to panic 🙂

What is everyone doing for backup power? I have a generator for when I'm here to hook up, but what is everyone doing if your not home? If I'm at work and the power goes out to get me until I get home. I was looking at the eco flow Delta 2 to run my return pump and heater. Will the Delta 2 automatically switch to battery if power goes out? My tank is only 20 gallons so it looses heat fast.

First scare last night. Ink bird shut the heater off due to it heating for 6hrs n not reaching the temp set at. It was a little cooler in the house. I'm thinking I need a second heater in my tank? Or extend the heat time from 6 to 10hrs? I keep my house pretty cool all year. Current heater is an eheim 75watt. Tank is 20 gallon. Temp did drop to 76.5. I'm raising it slowly now..

Where should I put my heater the middle section doesn’t fit I have filter floss in there tell me if I should take it out

In light of a recent post I saw where someone’s heater cooked the tank, I wanted to share some preventative measures I’ve taken and may help others.

Smart thermometer to see temp anywhere and kasa smart plugs to remote turn on/off allows me to turn this off as soon as the tank gets out of my “normal”

PFA and links below

MOCREO WiFi Digital Thermometer... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5H991Z7?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

https://a.co/d/5Exq9yP

5 hours after the Hygger heater controller cooked my tank killing thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars

Before a Hygger heater control some how cooks the tank to 96 degrees killing every single thing in it