GeeTee Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Found the heater in my fry tank died today.(Late Sun arvo,no shops open) Being a sealed unit I don't imagine there is anything I can do with it and is just a matter of buying another one? If there is anything I can check please let me know. The light flicks on every now and then when I twist the knob but there just isn't anyone home. On a lighter note the tank has 30 flameback fry(stripped yesterday)and 3 platy fry(i think). These 3 fry emerged from the subtrate one day and were just swimming around cautiously. When I stripped the flameback there was 1 dark fry,bit odd I thought,then realised it was one of these 3 fry and the mother must have picked it up thinking it was her own or food I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 How warm is the room its in? If its cold you might be able to warm the water by slowly and gently adding warm water to the tank, and then putting a heater next to it. Cheers Jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Or you could use large drink bottles full of hot water throughout the night to keep them warm.. Or depending how many fish try and transfer them into something in the hotwater cupboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTee Posted July 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Just added to the original post what's in it. I did do a small water change to bring the temp up and have covered them up considerably to see how things go before night falls. It's in the garage and not well insulated.The cover is insulation paper and a thick towel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTee Posted July 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 I see no casualties from overnight or during the day,so all seems to be fine. Have a new heater fitted now so things will be back to normal soon. The temp dropped as low as 20 deg and the little ones just seemed to slow down a fair bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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