Ahh!!!!!!lost Almost All Fish!!!!!!!

fishobsessed · 06-21-2007, 05:49 PM

My Thermostat went bezerk and i lost almost all my fish!

Im renting the house so i wasnt there when it happened.My tenants werent there either.Did this ever happen to u guys?I quickly added some ziplock bags and added them to the water.The temp. was over 100*!

I got a new Thermostat.Im so pissed!!!!!!!!!!

Andyoybna · 06-21-2007, 10:33 PM

It happens, I hate it.... really not much you can do about it, or anything you can do to prevent it, on an early spring day right after a week in the 40's, the temperature jumped to 85, no AC on, since I was not expecting a temperature jump like that, I may have even had the heat on.... Anyways... with the combonation of the heat outside and my lights, my SW aquarium hit about 95 Degrees, lost quite a bit of coral, and a few fish.

fishobsessed · 06-22-2007, 04:35 PM

Thanks for reply its conforting to know im not the only one!

Tbx · 06-22-2007, 08:20 PM

It has happened to me to I had my MH hanging from the roof and I accidentally left them to close to the water then 2 days later 4 of my damsels dies and at least 5 gallons of water was evaporated I was glad my more expensive fish tend to stay in the rocks and near the bottom where it was cooler but mistakes happen to everyone you just have to get up and start over. better luck next time

fishobsessed · 06-22-2007, 10:25 PM

Thanks Tbx ,i guess i just hafto tough it up and not get too beaten.Itll make me wiser though.Ill be more careful now i guess.

Robbw · 06-26-2007, 10:27 AM

That stinks. Happened to me once when a cat brushed against the heater and turned the temp up! Your post reminds me that I need to unplug the heater in my goldie tank for the rest of the summer!

fishobsessed · 06-29-2007, 03:10 PM

U dont have air conditioning? that usually keeps temps down,didnt think u would hafto totally turn it off.Do u all do this?