PlatyLady
Aquarium Advice Freak
Two female guppies, the two that had just dropped fry in the past two weeks. I'd been keeping the tank lights off as much as possible all week, in an effort to battle the beard algae that seemed to be starting, so on Friday night, I missed checking on the tank before bedtime, as there were no lights to turn off. Saturday morning, I awake to two floating guppies and the temp was up to 94. (I'd filled the tank higher than usual last week, and now I know the heater seems to work better when it's more submersed)
Anyway, I took out some water, and added much cooler water slowly after turning the heater way down. I would have thought that the rosy barbs or the otos would have gone first if the temp got too high, not that I have any preferences, of course. There were a couple platies who didn't look so happy, and one that seems to have a sore or missing scale - she's in my 5 gal QT for observation at the moment. She's been known to get scrappy with barbs, so I don't know what it is yet.
Unfortunately, this happened on the same weekend we were going to euthanize my skinny platy who's been in QT for over 3 months. It looked like she was going to get better, but has looked more emaciated recently. She still eats, and behaves normally, but I think it's time. I just couldn't do it this past weekend, what with the guppies. I hadn't lost a fish since September, almost 6 months! The lesson learned - it never ever ever ever hurts to check my tanks even if things are going well.
Anyway, I took out some water, and added much cooler water slowly after turning the heater way down. I would have thought that the rosy barbs or the otos would have gone first if the temp got too high, not that I have any preferences, of course. There were a couple platies who didn't look so happy, and one that seems to have a sore or missing scale - she's in my 5 gal QT for observation at the moment. She's been known to get scrappy with barbs, so I don't know what it is yet.
Unfortunately, this happened on the same weekend we were going to euthanize my skinny platy who's been in QT for over 3 months. It looked like she was going to get better, but has looked more emaciated recently. She still eats, and behaves normally, but I think it's time. I just couldn't do it this past weekend, what with the guppies. I hadn't lost a fish since September, almost 6 months! The lesson learned - it never ever ever ever hurts to check my tanks even if things are going well.