blueether Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Over the very warm weekend I had a catastrophic tank malfunction on the 430L native. The powerhead that drives the chiller failed at some stage on friday or maybe thursday night. I didn't notice untill saturday afternoon when the room temp was 30 deg and the tank temp was 26. Losses: All the giant kokopu both the torrent fish and most of the large bullies including the redfin male and the crans males Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyp123 Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Over the very warm weekend I had a catastrophic tank malfunction on the 430L native. The powerhead that drives the chiller failed at some stage on friday or maybe thursday night. I didn't notice untill saturday afternoon when the room temp was 30 deg and the tank temp was 26. Losses: All the giant kokopu both the torrent fish and most of the large bullies including the redfin male and the crans males Far out man, that's really sad - really feeling you at the moment - i'd be devastated if that had happened to me Just got my chiller today so hopefully I can keep it cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Over the very warm weekend I had a catastrophic tank malfunction on the 430L native. The powerhead that drives the chiller failed at some stage on friday or maybe thursday night. I didn't notice untill saturday afternoon when the room temp was 30 deg and the tank temp was 26. Losses: All the giant kokopu both the torrent fish and most of the large bullies including the redfin male and the crans males That's horrible! I'm really sorry for your losses! Those giant kokopu were such awesome fish.... Are you planning on restocking it with natives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Dam! How do they handle the temp fluctuations in summer in the wild? Or do the rivers and streams not raise that much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Rivers and streams are constantly fed by underground/and mountain runoff and there are also higher oxygen levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 I suspected something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Gutted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverdollarboy2 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 :tears: &c:ry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Got to work this morning building was at 32c seahorse tank at 28c lost one horse lucky i had another chiller to hook in line to bring temp down again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Due to one of my first native critters I have suffered a very destructive ammonia strike..... I hadn't seen my biggest koura (got them both at 1cm) for about a month, but I saw it while cleaning up the mess I would guess that including pincers it would be upwards of 10cm. But anyway, I woke up at 9:30 and checked the temp it was at 19.2 degres, so I started changing the ice bottles, then I noticed the bodies..... So I removed the dead fish and then started shifting the rocks and I found2 medium sized half eaten bullies in the same cave as the big koura, and they looked like they'd been dead for awhile longer than the others..... So I've done a 50% water change and I'm going to do one everyday for the next week (I really should have a test kit) Body count: 4 mullet 5 bullies (common) 1 young eel 2 bullies (redfin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyp123 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Due to one of my first native critters I have suffered a very destructive ammonia strike..... I hadn't seen my biggest koura (got them both at 1cm) for about a month, but I saw it while cleaning up the mess I would guess that including pincers it would be upwards of 10cm. But anyway, I woke up at 9:30 and checked the temp it was at 19.2 degres, so I started changing the ice bottles, then I noticed the bodies..... So I removed the dead fish and then started shifting the rocks and I found2 medium sized half eaten bullies in the same cave as the big koura, and they looked like they'd been dead for awhile longer than the others..... So I've done a 50% water change and I'm going to do one everyday for the next week (I really should have a test kit) Body count: 4 mullet 5 bullies (common) 1 young eel 2 bullies (redfin) Far out man I've had similar things happen to me in the past - it's always pretty disheartening Also, don't recommend doing 50% each day - i'd do 50% today, 20% each day for 3 days and you should be sweet What do you still have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiraka Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Thanks! 2 bandeds, 3 inanga, 3 smelt, a couple of redfins, 2 koura and 5 or 6 commons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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