Made a HUGE mistake today!!!!

[Mcass]

I have a water valve plumbed into my tank to make replacing evaporated water quick and easy. When I came home for lunch I turned it off and totally forgot all about it. When I came home tonight I discovered it. Not concerned about the mess but my fish are laying on the bottom! The water got WAY too cold! Noticed my heater had quit working as well at some point. Water is at 55. I've thrown the heater from my 45g in the sump and have a heat gun aimed the water surface of the sump. Any luck or precautions one could throw my way would be great! What are the odds they make it out of this OK? This is my 76g half round and it is taken FOREVER to warm.....


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[Brookster123]

Don't heat it up to fast, gradual is key here.. the next week feed them well and keep them happy, if they're not dead they will be stressed and susceptible to disease and sickness..

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[Bichir Bro]

Don't heat it up to fast, gradual is key here.. the next week feed them well and keep them happy, if they're not dead they will be stressed and susceptible to disease and sickness..

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+1
Gradual can't be stressed enough here. If they survived the plunging temps they can survive a slow and steady rise in temp done right. Reduce stress and like Brookster said, keep em full and cut down on all non-essential stressors.


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[Mcass]

Well I thought I'd update....my 9" Jack Dempsey seems to be doing fine as well as my Placo. I lost the 10" Gold Severum. He was seemingly struggling but OK when I left for work this morning but didn't last until I got home. Now I'm worried about 1 of my favorites, a 9" Livingstonii. He's laying on his side and even found him upside down once. He seems to be breathing fairly heavy.

When I caught things yesterday the temp was 55, 60, when I got home tonight. I did a 10% water change, adding warm water bringing it to 67.


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[mikem691]

The central and the plec probably wont have a problem with the low temp.

 

[Mcass]

Going to miss her!


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[katiekelsey]

That was a beautiful fish. I'd like to get one for the 75 gal tank I just set up. It's cycling now so I'll until I'm certain the tank is okay before I get one. Anything you can tell me about them?

 

[Bichir Bro]

Glad to hear the other two made it but real sorry about your loss
I know what it's like to lose a severum.


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[Mcass]

Lost my Livingstonii over night.....


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[mikem691]

Sorry to hear this. I thought you might have some problems with the ones that need higher temps. I was hoping not.

 

[Brookster123]

Awww man... really sorry for all this

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[Jerry46360]

Could you ad a pic of your Dempsey

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[Jerry46360]

Could you ad a pic of your Dempsey?

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