Ben Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 How do you find your peppermints hold up in the heat. Yesterday it was 38o here in Newcastle and I was out all day. The tanks got to 32o+ and I lost 6 peppermints and that was it. Do they suffer from the heat? I have moved them into a tank that is normally 2o or more cooler than the other's other than the heat I can't see what else may have caused the deaths. They were sharing a tank with 10 yellow calvus and some cyp's. They are all ok. Any idea's. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazza Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Ouch, bad luck. I sometimes put ice cubes in my tank to cool it down in extreme heat. But i havent had any problems with this for peppermints. Sorry to hear about the loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Hi Ben Bugger I have no probs with mine at high temps yet, they have been to 36*C but mine are in more neutral water by the sound of the tank mates I have seen where Juv Calvus have picked on Peppermint juvs to the point of killing them, in a friends tank L2H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Sad Loss Ben, but I don't think it was the temperature to blame. I have records here of peppermints breeding at 30C. My fish room regularly holds at 33C during summer (tank temps, air temp higher) and although some of the cool water species of Corydoras are uncomfortable and bristlenose stop breeding the only species I have given up trying to keep is C barbatus! I have killed so many of them due to high temperatures that I just don't bother with them these days. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forri Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 My peppies have been up to 32degress also and have no problems. I do have a few airstones in there for that reason, keep the oxygen up... Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 2, 2004 Author Share Posted January 2, 2004 Cheers guys......Hopefully the move into the 6x2x2 with no calvus will help then survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHL Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Nathan made a very good point; at higher temps, the amount of dissolved oxygen drops, so that might have been a contributing factor (although in the distant past, my BN have been the only thing to survive when an air pump was accidentally turned off). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenomena Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Hi Ben, Sorry to hear your loss. My peps have gone to 36C with my discus when they (the discus)'re medicated. I found that peps aren't fussy and TOUGH! Tougher than common bristles, to me anyway. Cheers, DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazza Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 C. barbatus is a great fish but how often do you find them available. I have only seen them in shops once in the past 2 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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