When I left this morning, the temp of my 15g was 76. I personally like 78, the imbellis do better in that temp, so I turned it up one notch. When I got home it was 96.5!!! I lost 3 harlequins out of the ordeal, but it looks like my imbellis got throught the heat wave ok. I managed to get the temperature down to 86, still too high, but at least it's not too bad, and the fish are starting to move again. I did it over 7 hours and now I'm really, really tired, so I'm going to bed. I'm letting nature take it's course for the rest of the temperature drop. I feel aweful! It was totally my fault, sometimes, you should just leave things alone! I increased the current in the tank, CO2 be darned for the time being.
I think the fish will be ok. I'm really surprised that my imbellis pulled through. I really expected them to be dead. I also expected my pygmy corys to kick the bucket too, but all of them are fine, as are my tough little bridget rasboras. I'll probably go to the fish store and replace the lost rasboras and get a new heater on Thursday. But I've had that heater for three years and it's been great, so I can only assume that it was totally my fault and I just wasn't watching. I think I'm going to lose a few plants from this too. My wisteria looks really depressed and my hygro is shedding leaves. Tank looks just aweful, please give me some pity. All this time I'm worrying about the stupid cold in IL, and then it's the heat that ruins everything. This, friends, is what I call irony.
Hunding is biting me and trying to cheer me up as I write. He is a good little fishy.
AHHHHHH. BEATING MYSELF UP!!!!!!!!!!! Time for bed now.
I think the fish will be ok. I'm really surprised that my imbellis pulled through. I really expected them to be dead. I also expected my pygmy corys to kick the bucket too, but all of them are fine, as are my tough little bridget rasboras. I'll probably go to the fish store and replace the lost rasboras and get a new heater on Thursday. But I've had that heater for three years and it's been great, so I can only assume that it was totally my fault and I just wasn't watching. I think I'm going to lose a few plants from this too. My wisteria looks really depressed and my hygro is shedding leaves. Tank looks just aweful, please give me some pity. All this time I'm worrying about the stupid cold in IL, and then it's the heat that ruins everything. This, friends, is what I call irony.
Hunding is biting me and trying to cheer me up as I write. He is a good little fishy.
AHHHHHH. BEATING MYSELF UP!!!!!!!!!!! Time for bed now.