Trading emails with a certain
sweet someone yesterday caused an incidental hope that all my recent posts
haven’t been too much of a downer. I can be kind of whiney. ~grin~ True story.
That said, I can’t help
sharing what happened yesterday.
When I went to medicate my
decimated 29 gallon tank I found the second and final dwarf clown pleco
deceased. It seemed I was down to just the four Dalmatian mollies. Struggling to extricate the tiny body out of a decoration, I was surprised to find three surviving kuhli loaches.
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| Hang in there, gang... |
Pulling water out of that healthy
tank for my trio of survivors, I realized the water felt super cold. With all
the drama across the hall, I neglected to do more than toss food in there every
day and watch them eat for a minute or two.
Talk about clouds with a
silver lining! If not for an effort to save those others, the broken water
heater might never have come to my attention. My twelve (?) year old kuhlis could
well have all died.
Fortunately, I had two spare
water heaters. One has a thermostat, the other does not, and I had to swap them
after what I hoped was an ich killing hot water bath for the one removed from
the ‘hospital’. Otherwise, my survivors were going to be boiled alive.
I am happy to report that the
temperatures evened off before my bedtime. The heater with no thermostat warmed the ten gallons to 80 degrees
Fahrenheit, several warmer than normal, but it should be okay. My little
rescues are in 82 degrees, two lower than what they’d lived with for the last
week of my failed attempt to heat treat for ich.
Oh, crap. I set the thermostat too low on the oversized heater and only now noticed the three survivors are in seventy degree water. Ugh...
Oh, crap. I set the thermostat too low on the oversized heater and only now noticed the three survivors are in seventy degree water. Ugh...
Is it wrong of me to nickname
my four initial carriers as ‘typhoid mollies’?
I rather like typhoid mollies. Kind of fitting.
ReplyDeleteNo worries about discussing your tank. All this sounds very upsetting.
Heh... Thank you!
DeleteYou know at some point or another we all share things that someone might not care for and others find info they might need. Share on. Typhoid Mollies.....like it.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I know you're going through a tough period. ~hugs~ The fact you're taking time to visit means a lot. Take care, my dear.
DeleteI know nothing about caring for fish. I'd have to read and read and study some more if I wanted to have fish. I don't want to have fish. I would feel sorry for them right away.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and weekend. Big hug. ♥
I'm not sure how much longer I'll run tanks at this rate. ~nods~ We shall see. Take care, my dear. Hugs back to you!
DeleteTyphoid mollies- I like that :) Glad you discovered the broken heater.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm so lucky, really, considering. Be well!
Deletehope, everything will be OK with your fish
ReplyDeletehave a great weekend
Well, so far so good with what's left of the population. ~sigh~ The three rescued kuhli loaches seem stable to go back 'home' after a water change in their original tank this afternoon. Thank you for the kind words. Be well.
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