BeeReady
Kit

Battery air pump for each tank

Keeps air in the water when a power cut stops your filter, with spare batteries.

Essential

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Good to know

  • Most fish cope with a slow rise or fall in water temperature over 24 hours. Wrap the tank in blankets to keep the heat in, especially the lid, where most heat is lost.
  • Hot water bottles placed around the outside of the tank can help keep it warm.
  • No pump? Stir the surface for five minutes every hour, or pour a jug of tank water back in from a height.
  • Feed little or nothing until the power is back, so waste doesn’t build up.
  • When the power returns, check the water and expect to do a few partial water changes over the next days.

Edit

BeeReady is an independent planner. It is not part of, or endorsed by, the UK government’s Be Ready campaign, and it does not send alerts. In an emergency, call 999 and follow instructions from the emergency services.