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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / May 2007Heater ran wild, fish are ok though
Yikes. Went away for a night, came home and my water temp was 92 degrees! Fish seemed to be fine though, I honestly thought they'd be cooked when I opened the hood and got blasted by the heat. Wholly cow. I had the thermostat set at 71. So I'm off to Big Al's for a new heater. Dana Do yourself a favor and get a good brand heater..such as Eheim Jaeger (Old EBO-Jaeger) but before you buy I would personally buy 2 heaters. If you need say 150 watts to keep your tank in the right area, buy 2 75 watters or a 100 and a 50 watt. Setting both heaters to achieve the desired temp will prevent overheating the tank and cooking the fish lus if one fails and doe snot heat and temp drops its still going to keep them warmer than none would...2 heatrs is the best way to go unless you have a high end temp controller...its really cheap insurance. <<>>Yikes. Went away for a night, came home and my water temp was 92 <<>>degrees! Fish seemed to be fine though, I honestly thought they'd be <<>>cooked when I opened the hood and got blasted by the heat. Wholly cow. <<>>I had the thermostat set at 71. So I'm off to Big Al's for a new <<>>heater. <<>> <<>>Dana ------- I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know! Since you did not state what type of fish you had, if they are nothng more than goldies, you can more than likely forgo a heater as they can easily tolerate temps encountered in a typical house environment without the need for a heater <<>>Do yourself a favor and get a good brand heater..such as Eheim Jaeger <<>>(Old EBO-Jaeger) but before you buy I would personally buy 2 heaters. <<>>If you need say 150 watts to keep your tank in the right area, buy 2 <<>>75 watters or a 100 and a 50 watt. Setting both heaters to achieve the <<>>desired temp will prevent overheating the tank and cooking the fish <<>>lus if one fails and doe snot heat and temp drops its still going to <<>>keep them warmer than none would...2 heatrs is the best way to go <<>>unless you have a high end temp controller...its really cheap <<>>insurance. <<>> <<>>On Mon, 14 May 2007 13:00:54 -0400, Dana Taramina <<>><dana@spamicide.gryffyn.com> wrote: <<>> <<>><<>>Yikes. Went away for a night, came home and my water temp was 92 <<>><<>>degrees! Fish seemed to be fine though, I honestly thought they'd be <<>><<>>cooked when I opened the hood and got blasted by the heat. Wholly cow. <<>><<>>I had the thermostat set at 71. So I'm off to Big Al's for a new <<>><<>>heater. <<>><<>> <<>><<>>Dana <<>> <<>> <<>> <<>>------- <<>>I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know! ------- I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know! >Since you did not state what type of fish you had, if they are nothng >more than goldies, you can more than likely forgo a heater as they can >easily tolerate temps encountered in a typical house environment >without the need for a heater Sorry. I posted recently about floating upside-down ryukins after feeding. One of the suggestions was to raise the water temperature, because I didn't have a heater in the tank. (Thinking, as you suggest here, that my goldies didn't need one.) That's when I put the heater back in the tank, and this happened. It's a fairly new heater, but one of the reasons I took it out of the tank in the first place was that I found it unreliable. (Always ran higher than I had it set for.) But nothing like this last episode. Brand name on the heater is "Theo". (Hubby picked it up fpr me when I asked him to, I didn't buy it myself.) Oh, and the fish did seem happier and didn't float as badly when the water was warmer. Dana have you changed the food/ feeding amounts? >Oh, and the fish did seem happier and didn't float as badly when the >water was warmer. > >Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?hl=en&q=puregold&qt_s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan >have you changed the food/ feeding amounts? The food label reads pretty well, really not much in the way of carbs and way down the list, so I kept it. I'm feeding really tiny amounts and soaking it and squashing it first so it sinks. They seem to be doing better, but are still floating after feeding. Just not for as long. So I'll get the new heater, keep the temp higher and consistent, do weekly instead of bi-weekly water changes. Does that sound better? Oh, and probably take the gravel out too. Dana get wet pack krill and see if they float with small pinches of that. you might be able to get the fish to come to your fingers and give them their pinch to stop the piggies from pushing in to get it all. Ingrid >>have you changed the food/ feeding amounts? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?hl=en&q=puregold&qt_s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan >get wet pack krill and see if they float with small pinches of that. you might be >able to get the fish to come to your fingers and give them their pinch to stop the >piggies from pushing in to get it all. Ingrid Wet pack as opposed to freeze dried? I'll so see. How about frozen? Dana yeah, frozen wet pack krill or daphnia. no tube worms and people have found bloodworms in their tanks after feeding. krill are saltwater and much less likely to carry diseases to fresh water fish. Ingrid >>get wet pack krill and see if they float with small pinches of that. you might be >>able to get the fish to come to your fingers and give them their pinch to stop the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?hl=en&q=puregold&qt_s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan >yeah, frozen wet pack krill or daphnia. no tube worms and people have found >bloodworms in their tanks after feeding. krill are saltwater and much less likely to >carry diseases to fresh water fish. Ingrid Great - thanks for all of your help. Dana >Do yourself a favor and get a good brand heater..such as Eheim Jaeger >(Old EBO-Jaeger) but before you buy I would personally buy 2 heaters. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >unless you have a high end temp controller...its really cheap >insurance. Good idea, thanks. Dana get the smallest heater will do the job. insurance. Ingrid >Yikes. Went away for a night, came home and my water temp was 92 >degrees! Fish seemed to be fine though, I honestly thought they'd be [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?hl=en&q=puregold&qt_s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan >get the smallest heater will do the job. insurance. Ingrid I will. I noticed that the heater my hubby bought is a monster. I hadn't noticed before. 300w. Dana |
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