RolyMo
Member
Hi All
Was looking to get some advice on water temp whilst doing water changes.
I did a water change today where I added water from the outdoor mains water tap via the garden hose.
Admittedly the water temp seemed cold. Normal temp for the tank is approx 23 degrees celcius.
After filling the tank back up (must have been a 75% water change) I switched back on the pump and heater and left it for approx 1hr (declor was added BTW).
When I came back to check everything I saw one of my Red Phantom Tetra's being sucked against the filter intake, not a normal sight. I switched the filter off and fish just faded away and floated, barely alive. After observing a for a few minutes I decided to take the decision to put it out of its misery and used the ice bath method.
At the time of filling up I also noticed the Cardinal Tetra's seemed very sluggish, one looking like it was going to die, but when the temp got back to normal they were all happy and fine swimming in their shoals.
I did not take a temp reading of the tap water. I would think it is under 8 degrees C (colder than a bottle of white wine). If that temp is too cold for the fish what would be your suggestion of getting the water a bit more palatable for the fish for a 90 litre water change?
Is this the time to think about RO and getting the big PVC containers filled with RO water and storing in the spare room in the house until needed?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated as I do not want to loose any more fish as its sad to see and upsets the kids too (guess thats life). 😉
Thanks in advance
R
Was looking to get some advice on water temp whilst doing water changes.
I did a water change today where I added water from the outdoor mains water tap via the garden hose.
Admittedly the water temp seemed cold. Normal temp for the tank is approx 23 degrees celcius.
After filling the tank back up (must have been a 75% water change) I switched back on the pump and heater and left it for approx 1hr (declor was added BTW).
When I came back to check everything I saw one of my Red Phantom Tetra's being sucked against the filter intake, not a normal sight. I switched the filter off and fish just faded away and floated, barely alive. After observing a for a few minutes I decided to take the decision to put it out of its misery and used the ice bath method.
At the time of filling up I also noticed the Cardinal Tetra's seemed very sluggish, one looking like it was going to die, but when the temp got back to normal they were all happy and fine swimming in their shoals.
I did not take a temp reading of the tap water. I would think it is under 8 degrees C (colder than a bottle of white wine). If that temp is too cold for the fish what would be your suggestion of getting the water a bit more palatable for the fish for a 90 litre water change?
Is this the time to think about RO and getting the big PVC containers filled with RO water and storing in the spare room in the house until needed?
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated as I do not want to loose any more fish as its sad to see and upsets the kids too (guess thats life). 😉
Thanks in advance
R