No heat in the house blackout for 3 to 4 days they say, going

>>2332089
dumb hoodlum

put your computer monitor up against the glass

I feel like the bigger issue would be all of the beneficial bacteria dying without the filter.

I assume your neighbors have a tank of their own?

If you can, do daily water changes when the power is out.

When everything blows over, ask them for some of their filter media, get some Seachem Prime and maybe bottled bacteria depending on how you feel using it, monitor the water parameters like a hawk, and cycle everything all over again.

>>2332108
Every time I consider getting in to the hobby I read posts like these, and realize I'm probably not smart enough to keep up with all this shit.

>>2332112
I mean I barely take care if them and they've always done fine

Or at the very least they've lived 10 yrs or so

Anyway I can't protect them forever

My neighbor told me that her goldfish during a big ice storm with her power out formed a mucus cocoon and survived some years after, so I'm crossing my fingers

>>2332112
I'm a complete idiot who even struggles with basic math and the only remotely hard part is starting your tank and getting the right levels but there's kits you can buy. A child could understand the instructions since you just stick in the tabs and get them to match the right colors.
Basically
>Get tank
>Put in water, filter, heater and thermostat
>Leave it alone to cycle
>Throw a few hardy fish in to continue cycling
>Done
For the most part you leave it alone. Check the levels and remove dead plants. If something spills or gets thrown in the tank(most likely caused by children) then it could take a dive. Sick fish too but that's why you're suppose to have hospital tanks so you can quarantine and separate new and sick fish.
I had a backup generator and heater for when we would loose power and had tanks since we had them for years, spent too much time on planting it and I'm cheap as fuck so I'd be pissed if I lost $40+ fish.

Dude just buy a generator

even a car battery and a power invert er would work. adding hot water and a thermometer would also work.

If OP is in Michigan then most of the posted solutions are probably out of the question. More than a million people lost power due to the storms they just had. Any store that had generators has likely sold out.

Hopefully OP will have time to find the missing two and get them to the neighbors. It's not like the tank is going to freeze instantly.

>>2332183
Yeah, and here in MI it's supposed to snow all week. Really shitty time to lose power.

>>2332119
they might survive. Most tropical fish can handle near-freezing temps for a few days.

If not, they're cheap to replace. I keep a few thousand dollars worth of livestock around the house so I have a generator and battery stacks for power outages. It's just a business decision though. If it were cheaper to replace the animals I'd do that instead.

>>2332089
You can nigger rig a setup using metal cans and candles. I've used it before to keep an ice hole open during the winter.

>>2332112
If you're truly too stupid or otherwise incompetent to manage a freshwater aquarium, you shouldn't really own ANY animal.
>>2332119
Goldfish are coldwater, not tropical. What's your setup and what fish you got, OP?

>>2333494
Everyone around me lost power but a few of the apartment buildings and me. Feels good man.

>>2332119
They don't form mucus cocoons. It was probably mold from the poor conditions.

If it's a big tank it won't freeze easily. Wrap it in something to insulate it and let whatever happens happen.