Stupid Idiot!!

[fatbobsufc]

What a fool I am ) . I did a water change on Saturday. I unplugged the heater as I normally do to avoid it getting damaged.

Anyway for the last two days I have noticed fish flicking. I know the water parameters are ok (yes I should have checked them with hindsight but we are all wise after the event). So on going to bed tonight I added some treatment thinking it could be early symptoms of disease. I dropped in the treatment and on rinsing the dosing cup in the tank water I noticed the tank water felt cold. When I looked at the heater plug I had forgot to plug it back in AAAARGGHH! What an idiot. So I normally have the temperature at 80°F and it has dropped to 74°F. I have plugged the heater back in and hopefully the temperature will gradually rise now. I am so upset about this. Does anyone think I will lose any fish? Could I do anything else to help them? I was thinking of adding warm water but I was worried that this sudden fluctuation might stress the fish even more. Will adding the treatment have harmed the fish under the circumstances?

Please help

 

[Leaf]

You should be fine....was the water you added of a similar temp. to the tank?? If so it would of decreased slowly to 74f...which isn't to cold.

 

[fatbobsufc]

Yes, the water change water was the same temp as the tank water (it may have been slightly warmer).

I have come downstairs this morning to look at the temp and it is back up to 79°F so hopefully should be back to normal very soon. Does anyone know if this could have harmed my fish?

I suppose on the bright side it could have encouraged my Corys to spawn!!

 

[semper fi]

you need to raise the temp slowly back up. a few degrees at a time, not all at once. raising the temp up fast may stress the fish and result infish loss. keep an eye on the fish.

 

[Clare]

Temperature doesn`t sound like it dropped too low, however, keep an eye out for whitespot unless the treatment you gave them was already for whitespot.
You shouldn`t get a problem but there is always a risk.
Good luck.

 

[fatbobsufc]

Oh no!

I think the temperature rise was just under 1°F per hour. Is this too much?

Can anyone advise on any reconciliatory methods I can use to ease the situation?