Well, I did it good this time!

[enchanted]

I have been having some temperature fluctuations so I called Aquarium Pharmacuticals yesterday about my Rena Cal Top Light heater. I had never taken the step of putting it in the tank and letting it sit to adjust to the tank before plugging it in. I just plugged it right in.

So, they tell me to unplug it and let it sit for 15 to 30 minutes and plug it back in.

That was about 4:30PM MST yesterday. Well, I unplugged it after getting off the phone, then forgot.

I was looking at the tank this morning thinking that didn't fix it since the temp was down to 68 and went to look at the heater. I was going to move another heater into it or take this one back and get a new one. Well the heater wasn't on and suddenly I realized what I had done.

So, I plugged the heater back in. I haven't lost any fish, but I just realized that this is what you do to breed corys.

If the fish don't get all the eggs I may have cory fry soon.

 

[Tempestuousfury]

68's a big drop if it was in the hi 70's. However, it's best to get the temperature to the right temperature rather than increase the temperature a little at a time.

Invest in multiple heaters in case one fails...

 

[enchanted]

Oh, I have a 250 and a 200 coming and I'm intending to buy a few spares eventually. With 6 tanks I want to have a couple of spares on hand.

It was running 75 yesterday, so it wasn't that bad. All the fish look okay, almost as if they didn't care.

I'm just worried about the cories because I was going to move them and breed them next week.

Guess I will have to wait a month now.