Is your tank prepared for storm season

They are calling for severe thunderstorms this weekend marking the beginning of storm season.
Is your tank prepared?
Things you can/should do
Cut the power to the tank.  Does it overflow?  Does it start back up ok?
Invest in a power inverter for your vehicle.  This simple device clips onto your battery, and allows you to run an extension cord to your tank.  If your car has gas, you have power.
A small gas powered generator can be found for $150 at most equipment stores (harbor freight)
Remember the number one priority for your tank is oxygen.  It can take a couple days with no lights, or a drop in temperature, but you cant live without oxygen & neither can your tank.  Run your return pump if you can, and/or an air pump wiht air stone.
If worse comes to work you can pump air into your tank with a bycycle hand pump & a line.
A method of last resort would be to use a small amount of hydrogene peroxide in your tank to raise O2 levels.

 

We have a central air pump with air stones/sponges in all tanks. If power goes down for long, I have an inverter to plug the main air pump into. If it is out for very long I have a 6000 watt generator.

Eventually we will have a automatic start generator that will run the whole building, but that is a ways down the road.