Reddit mentions of Aquatop BREZA Battery Powered Air Pump w/ AC Power Failure Sensor

I know you said the next hour. But, if you have time to get to the store, you can get some of the below items. I just wrote this for someone in California who is getting ready for power outages due to wildfires so you have to sift thru, but it's the basics that are the same. I would get the battery backup now, they have them at the bigbox stores. It will last longer than the battery on your current backup. But, they don't stock a ton, so I'd head out now. Get Battery Backups (4 if they have them); each takes 2 DD batteries; buy extra airline hose. If they only have 2 backups, buy splitters and extra stones and you can run 2 in each tank. Buy space blankets anywhere with camping gear, walmart, target, etc. maybe even drugstore. Good luck!

Here's the info from the other post:

So sorry to hear. I can only give you hints re the outages. I can't imagine what to do in event of evacuation. Would it even be possible to take something in the car? I guess. Have a bucket with a lid and a battery backup with airstone. But, that only works if you have the time to actually CATCH your fish! But, for the outages. Lots of variables. Re: the heater, prob the easier question. What's the ambient temp inside your house (day and night/high and low)? This assumes the brushfires don't raise the temp outside/inside your house? I have no idea if that happens, make changes accordingly I guess. But, if your house temp for the quest i asked is at least always between 70 and 85 and you don't have some exotic species they'd probably survive. If it were winter, I'd have different feedback. Although Cali's big, so if you're in the Mts and it is colder, hmm, add blankets around the tank. i bought those space blankets to tape around the tank. Also hand/toe warmers can be taped to outside of tank with duct tape.

Re the filtration: Suggest that in preparation, doing more frequent pwcs and keep the nitrates as low as possible so that if the pwer goes out, you will have as much leeway. I guess you could still do a pwc if the power went out too. If you don't have a well.

I find this to be the best of the battery backups. If it's a big tank you could run 2. You'll want to have extra airline tubing to make your line longer probably. If the power goes out take the filter media out and wrapt the airstone with a rubber band or something so the air flows thru the media and put in the tank. It's hard to keep the stone under and the media on top so be prepared to play around with it to do that to keep as much of the cycled media alive as possible. Have an extra set of DD batteries, but I found they lasted a really long time. But, then again I've never been in the wildfire area.

Good luck!

I keep a couple of these battery powered air pumps that I use for moves or I suppose if my power went out, but my place only has surges and never had an outage long enough for me to be worried.