Navarre Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 So its been cold of late....and thinking I was doing the right thing I thought I would add an extra heater to the tanks to help keep water temp up over night. This works fine if you also remember to plug those heaters back in once all the changes in tank have been made. Otherwise your tanks get even colder. This is what I learnt today. So remember to check double check and triple check those plugs and switches. Lost 6 200mm pinochio whiptails just starting to spawn Colony (30 or so) of BN's Colony of N brichardi Colony of Lionheads Guppies so at market prcies down here about $700-800 worth of fish I guess. hth Navarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 oh man that sucks in a huge way! real sorry to hear that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nana Luke Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Sorry to hear about your loss. That must really rip your undies to find that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 oh no! not you too!! You were supposed to learn from my example! Not wanna try it yourself!!! I can sympathise tho. So sorry for your losses. It really suks! So remember to check double check and triple check those plugs and switches. AMEN!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Really sorry to hear about this Navarre (Mod = Warren: Do not use real names) I hate loosing fish especially ones you have been growing out for ages and have just started to breed for you.. Hopefull you can replace what you have lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Sorry to hear about the loss. I don't need to worry about not replugging the heaters as I just leave then plugged in during my water changes. The heaters lie in the bottom half of the tank so as long as the water change is no more than 50%, the heater remains submerged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Oh Navarre... I am so sorry of your loss... yell out, I may be able to replace some of those fish for you if you are keen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carznkats Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 So sorry to hear that Navarre Winter sucks! :evil: I'm glad I have those marina minders on my tanks...makes for peace of mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Hmmm, I left one of my tanks unplugged last winter for about 2 weeks and didn't lose any. It was at 15° when I found it on a warm day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted May 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Thanks all. LOL at 15 degs on a warm day...thats the difference between a cold Christchurch and the NI. I guess. Thanks again. Navarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 That was inside, with underfloor heating. I think outside it was -5° at night the entire week before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I'm very sad to hear of your loss After some of the recent experiences of members here, I think I'm going to become an obsessive-heater-checker! I have already changed everything to two different power points (each with a multi-plug attached). Each plug now has one heater, one light and one filter plugged into it. That way if the overload gets tripped or one of them gets knocked out, hopefully things won't get too bad before I notice. (The advantage of having one ligh in each is that hopefully I'll notice if one of the lights stays off all day.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 sorry to hear that another reason to have a fishroom as i dont have a problem if i forget to plug heaters back in because my fishroom is never lower than 24*c plus most of my tanks dont have heaters anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broms2 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 sorry to hear of your loss nava rre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 That sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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