M.H Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Just curious who lost fish in the heatwave i know i lost about 80 fry and a couple other smaller fish around the 6cm mark my bigger fish survived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootie Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I lost 1 goldhead comp. I did small regular water changes, topping up with cold water. Also added extra aeration to tang tanks, which definitely prevented further deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fongyfong Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 My temp hit 35 degrees gets real hot in my room also,i lost one fish, a starfish that looked like it melted, a hermit crab, and 3 corals, will be investing in a chiller before i get any more stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanke Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 hi it was a bad day in the yanke house hold i lot 1/2 my fish i say about $2000 i had 22 transcriptus at 4-6cm $15 ea. 18 regani at 5-7cm $10 ea. 1/2 of my malawi about 20 of them and my shelleeeeeeee well the brevis 2 pair and fry similis pair and fry signatus pair meleagris pair and fry Cyprichromis leptosoma (Utinta) lost 19 of them Paracyprichromis nigripinnis lost 12 i used ice and cold w/c to get the temp. down but not working that well i know i needed tank space but this is not the way to do it yanke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I only have one tank nowadays but I suffered greatly one miserably hot day a few years ago. This time I lost my female curviceps I had just convinced myself to try to raise her next batch of fry as well. Bugger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moody87 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I did =( 1 large green severum and 1 xl butterkoferi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noxious_nasties Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 hi it was a bad day in the yanke house hold i lot 1/2 my fish i say about $2000 i had 22 transcriptus at 4-6cm $15 ea. 18 regani at 5-7cm $10 ea. 1/2 of my malawi about 20 of them and my shelleeeeeeee well the brevis 2 pair and fry similis pair and fry signatus pair meleagris pair and fry Cyprichromis leptosoma (Utinta) lost 19 of them Paracyprichromis nigripinnis lost 12 i used ice and cold w/c to get the temp. down but not working that well i know i needed tank space but this is not the way to do it yanke Geez Yanke that really is a big loss, perhaps its time to look into a chiller? Was looking into this myself as I'm not keen on losing WC fish due to such high temps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasm Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 When down south for a day trip to escape the heat, came home and all my Tangs been wiped out Whole colony of T. Ikola of 17 (some F1 from Ned) 8 Red Moliro A Trio of Ventralis Chituta 5 F1 Dhonti from Laurie 8 Leptos Malasa 4 adult Leleupi Longior 4 adult Regani 6 juvies N. cylindricus a trio of E. yellow a trio of Xenos 4 calvus (from Peter Ng) 4 gold comps a pair of gold occie around 10 multies and similis The only Tangs that survived are 2 adult cuckoo catfish. Amazingly, all electric yellow juvies and a colony of demasoni are survived. Malawis are coping better than Tang I will need to restock so will be looking out for good fish again. I will also need to invest in a chiller as well, can't risk it again. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilly Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Suprisingly my outside tanks were 2 degs cooler than the ones in the house. Got away with only loosing 6 sunspot fry and a rainbow that jumped out. Didnt sleep for 48 hours doing waterchanges and cycling ice through the tanks. The hobby has taken a big hit with all the losses iv heard about i know of atleast 12k worth of losses, mostly tangs and especially WC fish seemed to fair the worst. My trophs hit 36, got them down to 32 and watched them spawn. Tough little buggers tank bred trophs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogie Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 My tank temp went up to 34 degrees... 4 Electric Yellows 4 Zebras 1 Demasonii 1 Mpanga 2 Red Ruben Peacocks All gone Now looking at chillers as the place i am staying gets really hot regardless of heat waves, that was just the icing on the cake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Most of my GT fry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 My tank in the gararge hit 40, my Barra and Jack survived. The Jack had some blisters but they healed in a day or 2. Barra coped better. I increased the salinity plus I have an aerator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krellious Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 lost a 15cm male and female dimi comp. Pilly do you still have any males? also 2 small brevis. Not bad compared to others. I also had 2 12 week old bunnies die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noxious_nasties Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Is the temperature in Sydney going to drop abit from now or are we still going to end up with temps that will leave untreated water at 33 degrees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johns Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Our tanks hit 32degrees and we only lost 7 x 3-4cm frontosa thank god for double brickk garages and 12ft high ceilings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanke Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 hi i looked at some chillers and what i need it for is to move from tank to tank and for a good 1 you are looking at about $1200 i can get a a/c for that room for about $700 and it will do all my tanks in there at the same time i have 21 tanks in there so a chiller will not do what i want if i had only 1 or 2 tanks yes it will but not when i have to move it around to get all the tanks by the time i get to the last tank i have to start all over again so i am thinking of a a/c for the room have to ask the wife u know how it go's please please can i have 1 lol yanke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fongyfong Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 hi i looked at some chillers and what i need it for is to move from tank to tank and for a good 1 you are looking at about $1200 i can get a a/c for that room for about $700 and it will do all my tanks in there at the same time i have 21 tanks in there so a chiller will not do what i want if i had only 1 or 2 tanks yes it will but not when i have to move it around to get all the tanks by the time i get to the last tank i have to start all over again so i am thinking of a a/c for the room have to ask the wife u know how it go's please please can i have 1 lol yanke Yeah an air con would be a good idea for you situation, but air cons take alot of electricity too your power bill will be sky high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasm Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 hi i looked at some chillers and what i need it for is to move from tank to tank and for a good 1 you are looking at about $1200 i can get a a/c for that room for about $700 and it will do all my tanks in there at the same time i have 21 tanks in there so a chiller will not do what i want if i had only 1 or 2 tanks yes it will but not when i have to move it around to get all the tanks by the time i get to the last tank i have to start all over again so i am thinking of a a/c for the room have to ask the wife u know how it go's please please can i have 1 lol yanke well u need to please the financial controller mate, mine is not that happy when she heard that I lost all my Tangs and I have to restock them, she was hoping I will give up the hobby but I told her NO WAY... I buy more instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogie Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Does anyone know if the Healia range of chillers are any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant265 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I lost 24 T. Chilambo, 14 Hongi, 6 gold occellatus, 2 J. Regani and 18 T. Duboisi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I'm sorry to hear about all the losses! It is gut-wrenching when that happens. I had a SA dwarf cichlid biotope get cooked a few years ago while I was away on Holiday and a heat wave struck. I was devistated at just the 1 tank being killed off. I hope it doesn't hit the hobby too hard in these Post-GFC times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootie Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I spoke to soon - I also lost another comp and a calvus. I feel lucky when I see some who have lost so many of there fish - it's awful. I have several tanks and temp ranged from 34 to 36 degrees. Here's hoping that the temp stays as is at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogboy Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 sorry to hear of all the losses guys, i lost a heap a few years ago, so i am feeling for you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gombe Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 i lost 5 similis and 1 gold occie. temp hit 42 inside on Saturday. Good luck guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin4 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 My wife shut up the sunroom (mostly glass) that i had left open as it gets the breese, just got home in time to get the temp slowly down, 3 x flavus, one spilo male, was pleased as have 3 , 6 fters there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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