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

[Linda Knapp <linda@bozuk.org>]

After I wrote that post yesterday I went upstairs and found my Axolotl  
floating on the top of his tank. Not normal but also Not dead! I did  
multiple water partial water changes added a little salt (the  
universal med) and added lots of ice and he eventually went back to  
sitting on the bottom - I got home tonight and he was looking a little  
happier still. I did another partial water change and added more ice.  
These guys really like the cold....
Keeping my fingers crossed on this one. And I am soooo happy the  
weather is cooler.
Linda

On Aug 4, 2009, at 8:27 AM, Trish wrote:

> H Linda-
>
> I am sorry for your loss too. Its hard when you put so much time and  
> money, into these tanks, and something like this happens. I had them  
> temps set at about 80 to 82 which they are at all the time....the  
> lights were off, for they would have porduced extra heat.....BUT it  
> is in the formal dinning room, which is one of the rooms which gets  
> the sun from the afternoon until when the sun sets....so yes one of  
> the warmest rooms in the house, other than one upstairs. So am  
> assuming it got up in the 0's to have done this....and my husband  
> didnt open then windows after the sun set, so the house never really  
> cooled off. It was sad. *_*
>
> Am still not sure as to what to put in their. I guess I can take my  
> time and see whats out their. And then there is the money factor.  
> After the money the Duboisi cost, I cant spend anything like that.
>
> Hope yours are doing ok now. I am glad it has cooled down, back to  
> our normal weather. YAY!
>
> Trish
>
> --- On Mon, 8/3/09, Linda Knapp <linda@bozuk.org> wrote:
>
>> From: Linda Knapp <linda@bozuk.org>
>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Sad and Hot week/ Bristle nose
>> To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat" <gsas-member@thekrib.com 
>> >
>> Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 9:21 PM
>> 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>
>>>
>>>> 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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