Heater broke help

[pud2224]

got home from work to find my eheim jäger heater filled up with water and broke. I have 5 cherry barb, 1 guppy, 1 molly 2 ghost shrimp, 2 adf's. Temp went from 78 down to 72 F. Will they be able to withstand those low temps for a few days til my new heater arrives? My backup is currently in a qt with 3 guppies and 1 three weekold fry. Not sure what to do here....

 

[chevypride]

Guppies don't "really" need heat. They can live in almost anything. I'd take that heater and put it in the tank.

 

[Rupret]

If goes get too cold. Here is what I did during a two week power outage during the winter, many years ago. I heated up part of the water on the stove (natural gas), then put it back in. it was already treated, so it was just a warming. I did that twice a day on 75 gallon tank and didn't have any casualties; some turned out to be some really hearty and long living fish.

I didn't have much choice at the time, but it actually worked. I'll have to say though, i was really glad to get power back.

Rupret.

 

[pud2224]

Good idea warming the water, I moved the qt heater and did small wc in qt with warm water. All seem happy so far

 

[mrvincent]

Just change heater. Guppies doesn't require heater as they're coldwater fishs.