battery back up?

[SCHEITHE]

does anyone use a battery back up for there fish tank. now im starting to get into corals i need to get a battery back up incase the power goes out when im not home. please tell me what kind you use and how long it backs up for. thank you all very much!

[PelagicMagic]

I have a apc battery back ups for my vortechs. The model that runs for 45 minutes is only $60.00. It also doubles as a surge protector. Anything longer and you need a generator.

[SCHEITHE]

thanks. anyone else?

[SCHEITHE]

[Frank-n-Tank]

for a backup the apc is good most people use them to run their COMMAND CENTER,haha but I would only run some power heads in the event of an outage, I lost power for 12 days, no backup, just a friend to come once a day and manully filter thru a sock of carbon and dump the bucket back in, no loss at all!

[shaggy420]

i bought the vortech battery backup after losing power on several different occasions. since it was become a regular thing i decided to pick one up. itll run one pump for 30 hours and 2 for 15hr

[ibanez2k]

I like the APCs myself. We have several in our IT department where I work and I use one on my home tank and the tank at the office. When our power goes out it's usually not for longer than an hour at the most and a good APC unit will keep my powerheads, heater, and lights on for that amount of time pretty easily.

[whatevva]

I use a 7500 Watt portable generator and a PROPERLY wired transfer switch. The battery backup is just for the Auto-Dialer that calls me if the house loses power.

[Fat Tony]

I use a battery back up to power one of my Tunzes and my ACjr when the power goes out... give me surface rippling for O2 exchange and keeps my pH probe calibration spot on

I'm not sure how long it would last as I haven't had to experience that yet.. As i have said for at least a year or so now... my next big purchase is a generator.