As I was preparing a shopping plan around 10:30 a.m on Black Friday with my sister-in-law, Mr. Berry called to let me know the power had gone at Lack . Not exactly what I wanted to hear, but I was so thankful that he called to let me know so that I could attempt to move our alevin to one of our other schools in the county that participates in our TIC Program. I gathered my 2 aerated buckets and had decided that even if I could not connect to move the alevin to another school, I might be able to take them to the stream and rig up some type of basket to keep them in temporarily until the power came back on...
Because our tank still has the foam coverings on and the heat is down in the building due to Thanksgiving vacation, the tank remained at a cool 54 degrees even with the power off for around 3 hours. All the alevin were alive and well when I got to the school! So much to be thankful for...
I syphoned water from the tank into the buckets and made a make shift basket by wiring two baskets together. Just as I placed the basket in the aerated bucket to transport them, the power came back on! I was so relieved. So I placed them safely back into their normal home and returned home. Every year a new adventure with TIC... I didn't really want to shop on Black Friday anyway!!
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