Re: [GSAS-Member] Sad and Hot week/ Bristle nose

[Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

My house was over 100F INSIDE during the day on our two hottest days.
Turning off the lights, opening the tops, and using fans kept my tanks below
90F for the most part. No casualties.

(Except my fridge. The compressor in my fridge died at the peak of the
heat.)

MS

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Susan Welenofsky <welenofsky@comcast.net>wrote:

> My apartment went up to 95 on the 105 Thursday. I fled to the mountains and
> camped! At least it was 70 degrees there at night, but up to 95 again in
> the
> day on Friday. It was 88 when I came back.
>
> All my fish and shrimp survived except a red-lined pencil fish that may
> have
> not been doing well to begin with. I've heard that if you use a fan blowing
> right across the water, you can drop the temperature by 10 degrees.
>
> Susan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Richard Parke
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:32 PM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Sad and Hot week/ Bristle nose
>
> The temperature on my overstocked 50 gal tank (usually kept around 74°)
> rose
> to to 84° several times. All the inhabitants (1 three-inch+ pearlscale
> goldfish, 1 three-inch calico ryukin goldfish, five zebra danios, 9
> glowlight tetras, at least 9 white clouds, and 1 articulated hillstream
> loach), survived. The tank is thickly planted (mostly java ferns and
> anubias) aerated by waterfall filter and large airstone. I did my usual
> weekly 50% water change, kept the lights off except for the daily feeding.
> Although I assumed everyone was extra hungry because of the higher
> temperatures, I fed a bit less than usual and counted on the smaller
> fishes'
> ability to easily out swim the goldfish. Tank temperature has returned to
> normal, and everybody (including plants) seem to be 'jes fine!
>
> Thanks to the big Aquarium-God-in-the-sky/water.
>
> Richard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Linda Knapp<mailto:linda@bozuk.org>
>  To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
> chat<mailto:gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>  Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 8:21 PM
>  Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Sad and Hot week/ Bristle nose
>
>
>  I wonder how hot the tanks got? I have a bunch of bristlenose in my
>  old discus tank which I used to bring up to 84-86 degrees when I had
>  Discus in there. I guess the tanks could have gotten up in the  mid 90
>  degree range easily.
>
>  I was gone during the Seattle heat wave and so missed out on the fun
>  (I was in Foggy San Francisco where the temp topped out at 70) The
>  tanks in the hottest part of the house are unfortunately my Axolotl
>  and my two Saltwater Nano Tanks. My Axolotl was NOT happy even though
>  I had my daughter throwing ice in his tank every chance she had. He
>  seems better now but I am still doing frequent water changes and
>  adding ice - he likes ICE cubes always! I really need to move him to a
>  cooler spot.  My saltwater tanks did ok but  over the years I have had
>  the things in them pared down to what would survive hotter temps (ie
>  everything else I tried died). I tell you saltwater tanks are really
>  not for the faint of heart. I did loose my Bubble coral  out of my
>  smallest tank. I wish I had had my daughter switch the saltwater tanks
>  to lights off during the day.
>
>  Oh well hopefully we will not get too many more periods like that.
>  Linda
>
>
>  On Aug 3, 2009, at 12:50 AM, Steev Ward wrote:
>
>  >
>  > I heard from several people who lost Bristlenose Plecos during the
>  > heat. I'm starting
>  > to think they don't like high temperature.
>  >
>  > Steev
>  >
>  > Subject:   Re: [GSAS-Member] Sad and Hot week
>  >      Date:  Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:58:28 -0700
>  >     From:   Shango Los
> <shango@shangolos.com<mailto:shango@shangolos.com>>
>  >
>  >> Albino
>  >>> Bristle nose......
>  >
>  >
>  > Sadly I lost 8 Albino Bristlenose from the heat too.  I sold 10 of
>  > them to a
>  > friend and they didn't make it back to his house through traffic and
>  > the
>  > 100+ heat that day.  Such a waste of little life forms; and so
>  > surprising
>  > too because they are a really resilient species.
>  >
>  > Luckily, I still have my breeding stock plus two left for sale.
>  >
>  >
>  >
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