How Cold Has Your Betta Bin And How Long

[coralseas]

i had some bettas sent to my house and the mail man said no one home at my house and left the note in my mail box. wile i sat in my living room whating for the knock at my door. so now my fish have bin sitting in the cold for 3 days. and it about 50F at night here and 60f during the day. i will know if they alive in a few hours..

what do you think? and if you have had your bettas left in the cold , how cold and how long???

 

[Glegorly]

i had some bettas sent to my house and the mail man said no one home at my house and left the note in my mail box. wile i sat in my living room whating for the knock at my door. so now my fish have bin sitting in the cold for 3 days. and it about 50F at night here and 60f during the day. i will know if they alive in a few hours..

what do you think? and if you have had your bettas left in the cold , how cold and how long???

Thats very cold for a tropical fish, 50f is about 10C at which temperature (i think) goldfish go into a slower state eating less if at all due to a slower metabolism. Did the person shipping the fish to you include a heat pack? When you do recieve your fish make sure you acclimate them even if they appear dead. Don't open the bags they are in and just let them float on the tank surface. If they are alive they should slowly but surely wake back up. If its been a few hours and they haven't moved they almost certainly haven't made it.

Next time if you do buy fish to be sent to you through the post ask the seller to delay the posting till the weather warms up. I hope your fish are ok, keep us updated.

 

[chesterscot]

hope their ok some ppl dont use heaters for bettas though its adviseable so you might be lucky fingers crossed for you
regards scot

 

[JustKia]

Why 3 days? Did you not go to the post office the same day to pick up, seeing as you were expecting fish to be delivered?
I think you'll be very lucky if they have survived.

 

[bronzecat]

Sounds like a Saturday delivery? It's not advisible to have Saturday deliveries for this very reason.

The fish may be ok though. When you consider that when sent from Asia they could be in transit for 3/4 days.

 

[newfishy]

I have had bettas get lost int he mail for close to 5 days and had the weather turn nasty and they lived. I also had some bettas live threw that winter when my power went off for days and the house was in the 40's. only the strongest adults made it though.

 

[coralseas]

the all made it, they left thiland on sunday , arived in cali sometime on monday. left cali on thursday, arived in tacoma washington friday morning at 730am, witch is just a few miles away, left for my house saterday, and never made it to my house. i picked them up monday morning at 630am. all fish are alive.
its bin down in the 50s the last few nights. but not all have eaten yet. but im very happy the are alive!!!

 

[Devorax]

Quite a bit of blind luck, but I am so glad!! Let this be a warning to people about the perils of importing fish, not all will survive this kind of ordeal!

 

[JustKia]

I'm very glad that they made it.

 

[lilfishie]

Glad to hear they all made it

 

[saltynay]

Thats very cold for a tropical fish, 50f is about 10C at which temperature (i think) goldfish go into a slower state eating less if at all due to a slower metabolism.

Just to clarify about the goldfish its around 14C when their metbolism slows and they go into a state of semi hibernation when at below 6C

 

[coralseas]

thanks guys.. but on the update. one of the males i bought, is stuck at the top of the water, like he has swallowed too much air. or there is something wrong with his insides.

what do you think this could be? and if you think it will pass? and i have only seen 3 females eat out of the 16 fish i receved.. im going to go on the hunt for blood worms today

 

[lilfishie]

is he lying on his side? sounds like it could be his swimbladder, try feeding a deshelled pea, cut into a small enough piece, and lower his water level to a few inch

 

[Glegorly]

Thats very cold for a tropical fish, 50f is about 10C at which temperature (i think) goldfish go into a slower state eating less if at all due to a slower metabolism.

Just to clarify about the goldfish its around 14C when their metbolism slows and they go into a state of semi hibernation when at below 6C

I remembered the information from a page on the RSPCA website and I researched it before I answered the question. The Wiki Says:

"Temperatures under about 10°C/50°F are dangerous to fancy varieties of goldfish, though commons and comets can be exposed to slightly lower temperatures without a problem."

 

[saltynay]

I remembered the information from a page on the RSPCA website and I researched it before I answered the question. The Wiki Says:
"Temperatures under about 10°C/50°F are dangerous to fancy varieties of goldfish, though commons and comets can be exposed to slightly lower temperatures without a problem."

Fancy varieties come under radically different rules as they are subtropical they should be kept at 16-22C. Comets and common pond goldies the ones people normally associate with have a much larger range of temperatures they can survive in.