Cold Water :o But My Fish R Fine :s

[matchstickman47]

i put my hand in the water today and it was realy cold... checked the temperature... it was like 19 celcius ... i looked at the heat.... it wasnt on... i played around with the thermostat and it turned on.. what the hell is going on ?? im going to the shop on the weekend to get a new one but ther is no way i can get there during the week ...


another thing... the fish were all fine... i have a honey gourami, khulis, bns, the mollies were a bit figety ill admit but still fine...???

er wat wrong with my heater! it was temporarily broken... i dont trust that one bit... im scared :0 heeeeelp

 

[glolite]

Always a good idea to have a spare heater for emergencies. If it's come back on now all you can do is keep an eye when you're there. I doubt the fish will die at this time of year without heat but it might stress them out a bit. Have you got a portable heater you could stand near the tank?
Oh and you could leave the lights on 24/7 until you get a new heater.

 

[Lawrence]

probably the wireing in the thermostat went out of place. i think my brother had a similar problem with his old tank and this occured when the thermostat was moved around.

 

[zuulan]

i put my hand in the water today and it was realy cold... checked the temperature... it was like 19 celcius ... i looked at the heat.... it wasnt on... i played around with the thermostat and it turned on.. what the hell is going on ?? im going to the shop on the weekend to get a new one but ther is no way i can get there during the week ...

You could also just set the room temperature to 21-24c.

If you can't get to the lfs before the weekend you could order one off the net. Should arrive before then.

 

[matchstickman47]

i dont have paypal.. probs just up the room temp ... thanks

 

[Gill]

i put my hand in the water today and it was realy cold... checked the temperature... it was like 19 celcius ... i looked at the heat.... it wasnt on... i played around with the thermostat and it turned on.. what the hell is going on ?? im going to the shop on the weekend to get a new one but ther is no way i can get there during the week ...


another thing... the fish were all fine... i have a honey gourami, khulis, bns, the mollies were a bit figety ill admit but still fine...???

er wat wrong with my heater! it was temporarily broken... i dont trust that one bit... im scared :0 heeeeelp

Good thing you have these fish, as they can survive in quite low temps

 

[matchstickman47]

yeh khulis are form canada.. i think and i reckon plecs r the hardiest fish i have

 

[saltynay]

Khulis aren't from Canada they come from south east Asia and quite often wild caught. Therefore equator air temps of 30C year round and a water temp of 24+

 

[dave_oddballs]

mollies are sub-tropical aren't they? they should be able to live perfectly fie at 19 Celsius

 

[ALW]

Most fish can handle cold temperatures for a while, it can represent the wet season in some cases.

 

[dave_oddballs]

fair enough, just never seen any of the other fish in cold water, whereas i have seen mollies actually living healthily in permanently cold water.

Dave

 

[JoolsA2]

fair enough, just never seen any of the other fish in cold water, whereas i have seen mollies actually living healthily in permanently cold water.

Dave

ye, the fish you have should be able to live for 2 or 3 day with out a heater.

 

[wolfwolf]

19 is better than 50!

 

[Inchworm]

Hi matchstickman47

When you do replace your heater, be sure to warm them up slowly. A rapid increase in temperature can stress them and possibly be more dangerous than their being too cool. Just increase the temperature in easy stages.