Hi all, it's been awhile since I have been on the forum. I have completed school and my internship and have been working as a counselor since May of this year. Anyways, we had a power outage Tuesday evening after a big wind storm and remained without power until Friday evening. All of my discus and other fish died so all I have now are empty tanks which is very sad for my to look at. I want to replace them but I am hesitant since this is the second power outage that we have had so far this fall. Fortunately the last one was only for about 12 hours. I have already spent a bunch of money restocking all of the food in the refrigerator and freezer as well as staying in a hotel so it might be awhile before I can afford another school of discus. In the meantime what can you folks tell me about generators because I know nothing about them. How many watts do you need to provide electricity for 4 tanks (55-75 gal each), a refrigerator/freezer, heating the house and a tv/dvr? How much do they cost? Is propane or gas powered better? Portable or non? Thanks so much.