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

[Kypros Hostetter <Hostetter2003@lawnet.ucla.edu>]

the fan trick kept my tank 10 deg below the ambient temp as well.  I 
lost no fish even though my house got up to 95

Matt Staroscik wrote:
> 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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