Power Outage...

[onidrase]

My power went out for a mere hour and a half.. Most my stock was impartial to it, but during that time, I lost all 5 of my upside down catfish.. I had no idea they were all that fragile..

Lesson learned, invest in a power strip with battery backup...

Would any, more hardy catfish work in a 37 USG tank, 30"x12"x24"? Tank mates are a fairly docile (but very young) firemouth, and a large group of tiger barbs which is likely only going to get larger.

Lots of driftwood decor, and young anubias nana, anubias barteri, and java fern. pH of tap is 7.8, but I haven't tested pH of tank water with the edition of real driftwood. But it's probably not far apart. Temperature is 78 when the power isn't out

Of course, I'd like to get a fish that can handle a large variety water perimeters... I still make newbie mistakes, after all...

Plecos count as catfish, but I've grown somewhat distasteful of them because my last one was a poo machine. My filter power since than has tripled, but I still don't know if it's strong enough to keep my sand clean. I'd also like to avoid bristlenose plecos. Not a fan, really. They're effective, and smaller, but they're just ugly IMHO, and if I'm getting a pleco, it's to be an edition to the tank, not just algae control. I control my algae fine without an algae eater

Any suggestions are appreciated... Thanks much.

 

[This Old Spouse]

I think that's bizarre that you lost 5 UDC??? I'm not that great at stocking ideas, but I'm flabbergasted you lost all those fish in so short a time. So sorry.

 

[This Old Spouse]

I think that's bizarre that you lost 5 UDC??? I'm not that great at stocking ideas, but I'm flabbergasted you lost all those fish in so short a time. So sorry. And sorry about the double post. Couldn't stop it!!

 

[onidrase]

I think that's bizarre that you lost 5 UDC??? I'm not that great at stocking ideas, but I'm flabbergasted you lost all those fish in so short a time. So sorry.

I know, right? But given the horrible A/C of this apartment complex and the cold winter days of the Colorado Foothills, the temperature did drop significantly. Two of the UDC's stuck around for a while, but both were in significant shock, then my heater shorted out a few hours later which didn't help one bit I went out and replaced the heater, though. I'm just trying to get past it all. My new ideas for christmas gifts are a stronger back up heater and a battery backup power strip. God forbid this happens again.

 

[onidrase]

Loaches would work too.. Just trying to fill in the gap on the bottom. I don't know what sorts of loaches are supplied out here at this moment, besides "angelicus Botia" which I think would grow too large for my tank.

Chances are I'll be waiting it out, anyway. I've got lotsa problems to deal with and need to make sure my fish are back up to health before I dare pick up new bottom feeders.

 

[gatorsean]

raphael cats are pretty cool. you might want to get a few because some are active during the day while others are completely nocturnal.

 

[onidrase]

raphael cats are pretty cool. you might want to get a few because some are active during the day while others are completely nocturnal.

They're a tad large. It's quite debatable on if 1 would permanently, but I know that more than 1 wouldn't. I technically have one now, but I'm trying to rehome him. He used to be in my 4 footer, but I had to take it down because my room mates were complaining about the amount of space it took up and the amount of water I needed to change during maintenance. I might end up keeping him around in there until I get set up the 4 footer again when I have my own place. I just don't wanna take him back to the lfs, they've had a huge stack of the same raphaels in the same tank for months now.

 

[gatorsean]

yeah i guess your options are kinda limited in a 37 gallon

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Sorry to read you lost 5 Upside Down Catfish during the power loss, these fish have an almost bulletproof reputation.

 

[onidrase]

Sorry to read you lost 5 Upside Down Catfish during the power loss, these fish have an almost bulletproof reputation.

They were showing definite signs of temperature shock, and the perished didn't show any signs of being bullied or nipped, or having any sort of sickness otherwise. I'm very discouraged to try them again

 

[Crossfire]

If they're available, try some kuhli loaches! Adorable, harmless, peaceful, and really cool and wormy looking
Sorry for your lose , just had a power outage here too, not long enough for fish to die but my light timer got fried for some reason

 

[onidrase]

If they're available, try some kuhli loaches! Adorable, harmless, peaceful, and really cool and wormy looking
Sorry for your lose , just had a power outage here too, not long enough for fish to die but my light timer got fried for some reason

They always have the label up for black kuhli loaches, but there never are any in the tank. At least, not in plain sight.

The power outage here wasn't too long either, but it dropped the temp enough in my room to have my shaking in my boots.

I'm thinking about rehoming my tiger barbs cause they're the big issue. I got them to be tank mates for my convict. But now my convict doesn't want any tank mates period, so I've just been holding onto them. I'm thinking black skirt tetras and either peppered cory cats or kuhli loaches, if I do rehome the barbs. First I need to make sure they're healthy so I'm not sending them elsewhere to be sick and die.

A few of them are having trouble staying upright. Not pointing nose down, but actually belly upping. It's rather worrying. I've never had a fish do that before.

 

[This Old Spouse]

Here I was going to volunteer to take them off your hands, but not if they're going belly up. I'd rather see them nose down (common behavior).

What are your water parameters? When was the last time you did a big water change?

 

[onidrase]

Here I was going to volunteer to take them off your hands, but not if they're going belly up. I'd rather see them nose down (common behavior).

What are your water parameters? When was the last time you did a big water change?

did 50% this morning. ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate ~15. the temperature has not been steady due to the heater shorting out after the outage, and then the replacement heater going out as well. I just now slowly started bring the temp back to 78. This week has just been a mess.

 

[swanseastilo]

Anything i can do to plan for a 4 hour power outage i got some planned work going in friday i cant afford to spend extra money to keep tank going like power boxes