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September 2nd 06, 11:29 PM
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Power-Outage Contingency
I was just wondering: If the power does go out, wont the Rock continue the
natural filtering for a while? In other words wouldnt a Live-Rock tank and its inhabitants hold up a bit longer than an electric filtered tank if faced with a power outage? If the temperature remained fairly constant, how many days (hours) could a Live-Rock tank go before conditions and inhabitants started to crash? 
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September 2nd 06, 11:44 PM
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Power-Outage Contingency
Bacteria in the rock, and bacteria in filters can't do
much without water flow. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets StringerBell wrote on 9/2/2006 6:29 PM: I was just wondering: If the power does go out, wont the Rock continue the natural filtering for a while? In other words wouldnt a Live-Rock tank and its inhabitants hold up a bit longer than an electric filtered tank if faced with a power outage? If the temperature remained fairly constant, how many days (hours) could a Live-Rock tank go before conditions and inhabitants started to crash?
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September 3rd 06, 12:28 AM
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StringerBell wrote:
In other words wouldnt a Live-Rock tank and its inhabitants hold up a bit longer than an electric filtered tank if faced with a power outage? No. The bacteria die at about the same rate in either case. George Patterson Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your slightly older self.
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September 3rd 06, 04:47 PM
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"StringerBell" wrote in message ...
I was just wondering: If the power does go out, wont the Rock continue the natural filtering for a while? In other words wouldnt a Live-Rock tank and its inhabitants hold up a bit longer than an electric filtered tank if faced with a power outage? If the temperature remained fairly constant, how many days (hours) could a Live-Rock tank go before conditions and inhabitants started to crash? The key is water circulation and oxygenation. If this is missing - the tank will convert quickly to a stinking dump.
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