It never rains......
Ive had my heaters turned off on all my tanks for the last few weeks, since before the heatwave, as all tanks sat at a 26-28c.
Noticed they were starting to drop yesterday, so switched them all on, didnt bother to check the temp they were on as I hadnt changed the dials on them, just unplugged them. Big mistake.
My fry tank, which I dont turn the lights on until midday normally, was beyond 40c, I assume it had heated up to that overnight, I presume faulty heater, but its only a couple of months old.
Needless to say, most of the fry were dead, there is about 12 still looking very poorly, not that they had much colour anyways, but they are almost see through, not eating etc, I immediately did a water change, vaccuumed alot of bodies or bits of bodies, it was disgusting, so the few remaining I moved to my endler tank, seemed the safest bet, I now dont know what to do for the best, I dont want to lose the few I have left, but I dont think there is anything I can do, will they recover now the heat is back down or will there little bodies not survive this?
Ive had enough this week, losing the mother, now the babies, frankly I dont want to carry on, I feel like rehoming all the fish and selling all the tanks.
Obviously Im now paranoid about all the heaters in the other tanks.
Ive had my heaters turned off on all my tanks for the last few weeks, since before the heatwave, as all tanks sat at a 26-28c.
Noticed they were starting to drop yesterday, so switched them all on, didnt bother to check the temp they were on as I hadnt changed the dials on them, just unplugged them. Big mistake.
My fry tank, which I dont turn the lights on until midday normally, was beyond 40c, I assume it had heated up to that overnight, I presume faulty heater, but its only a couple of months old.
Needless to say, most of the fry were dead, there is about 12 still looking very poorly, not that they had much colour anyways, but they are almost see through, not eating etc, I immediately did a water change, vaccuumed alot of bodies or bits of bodies, it was disgusting, so the few remaining I moved to my endler tank, seemed the safest bet, I now dont know what to do for the best, I dont want to lose the few I have left, but I dont think there is anything I can do, will they recover now the heat is back down or will there little bodies not survive this?
Ive had enough this week, losing the mother, now the babies, frankly I dont want to carry on, I feel like rehoming all the fish and selling all the tanks.
Obviously Im now paranoid about all the heaters in the other tanks.
Chin up.
