Heater Broken. 1 Fish Survives! Can I Help It?

[seoulfish]

Hi, I set up the tank, washed the gravel thoroughly, added the oxygenating thing and the heater etc...

The tank seemed all set up so after a couple of days I bought 5 small fish. I think they're tetris (sorry I'm in S.Korea so didn't actually catch the name of the fish).

The heater malfunctioned and the water is now cold. 4 fish died yesterday but incredibly 1 is still alive.

Owing to my poor knowledge of Korean I can't get the heater replaced until tonight. Anything I can do to help the fish through the day? I pondered adding warm water to the tank.

 

[WILDER]

All you can do is put a blanket over the tank.
I think you need to read up in the biginners section of the forum.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showforum=58

 

[dwarfgourami]

How cold is it actually where you are? Have you got a thermometre in the tank? I wouldn't expect tetras to actually die from cold this rapidly unless the temperature went well below 20C. And given that Seoul is in the northen hemisphere (=summer), I wonder if this really is the main cause.
I am wondering if there could be other problems in this tank. What size is it? Are you able to test the water for ammonia and nitrites?

 

[seoulfish]

How cold is it actually where you are? Have you got a thermometre in the tank? I wouldn't expect tetras to actually die from cold this rapidly unless the temperature went well below 20C. And given that Seoul is in the northen hemisphere (=summer), I wonder if this really is the main cause.
I am wondering if there could be other problems in this tank. What size is it? Are you able to test the water for ammonia and nitrites?

I'll have to ask if I can test the water. The one little fish I mentioned this morning looks quite happy in there. The tank isn't one of the largest but I could put my cat in there and she'd have room to stand up and turn round comfortably.

How cold is it actually where you are? Have you got a thermometre in the tank? I wouldn't expect tetras to actually die from cold this rapidly unless the temperature went well below 20C. And given that Seoul is in the northen hemisphere (=summer), I wonder if this really is the main cause.
I am wondering if there could be other problems in this tank. What size is it? Are you able to test the water for ammonia and nitrites?

It's still the rainy season here so it's about 25 C

 

[dwarfgourami]

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It's still the rainy season here so it's about 25 C
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Can't be the cold then. 25 C is fine for tetras.

 

[Neal]

They have probably died from the cycle of your tank, please read the pinned topics in the begginer section for more information on cycling a tank.

Neal