Omg Killed My Balas.

[PlecMama]

I changed the water today, and it must have just dropped the temperature too far. I drained some water out and topped up with cold, I must have misjudged how much I was putting in. Both the balas are dead.

I always mix to temp for the smaller tanks, but in the 6ft under a 30% change, I just use the hose. How the hell cold was the water in the taps today anyway? hottest day of the year my eye!

I feel so bad for them, I do hope they don't feel any fear, I'd hate to think they were in there worrying about the cold and knowing they couldn't do anything to help themselves

Dan is ever so upset but he is pretending to be ok because I killed them by accident. Poor sharks. They were 6 or 7 inches long each, we'd had them since they were little tiny under-an-inch-long fish.

 

[Ferris]

Sorry for the loss.

I'm surprised that the temp would swing enough to kill them on a 30% water change. It could be due to the hot weather that the tank temp before you started was a little higher than usual and the cold water was therefore more of a shock.

Might be worth testing the water for ammonia etc just to be on the safe side but the water change is a little coincidental and i suspect you are correct and the temp change was the cause of the deaths.

I take it any other fish in there are OK?

Chin up.

 

[WILDER]

R.I.P. I tend to agree with ferris.