Will this be a disaster?

Hello there.

Well here is the situation: my landlord will be coming tomorow to do some work on the bricks outside the appartment. He will have to work through my bedroom window and my balcony door, I am afraid that both could be open pretty much for 2 hours straight.

I've got a 20 gal (71 F) with paradise fish right next to the bedroom window, a 10 gal (80F) puffer tank in front of the balcony door and also in the living room a 15 gal (75 F) with Agassizis that just layed their eggs TODAY.

I will wrap every tank in a couple of blankets, but will it be enough? It is supposed to be around 30 F at noon, if work starts earlier, it could be less than that.

Shoot. It took 4 months for these Agassizi to finally spawn.

Will it be a complete disaster?

I'll admit I'm a little tense, but would not freak out for 2 hours of sunlight. My only tank with noticible algae is the furthest from the window. The other 2 get 90 minutes each and have almost nothing, go figure...

It's the appartment below freezing temperature, that I am a little bit concerned about. The janitor did come to have a look at things and since he keeps fish too (did not know that...), I guess he'll try to make sure everything is done fast.

I do think it's a brilliant idea to do this in December, but if it lowers heathing bill, well yoohoo.

You'll probably think I over did it, but better safe than sorry. So I wrapped a beach towel folded in two around each tank and put a towel on each side of the power filters. Tomorow morning, I'll put a blanket or sleeping bag around tightly, loosely on top at the opening for the filter. No lights, so a little less heat from that source, but I hope the heathers do the job. The swimmers will miss breakfast, not a bad thing... And I don't think sun exposure should be an issue. I am the most concerned that the power filter would become a chiller, so I made sure it's a bit covered.

It's just that the apistos are so fragile... I'm almost afraid to fart when I feed them, and I rarely do. And now there is that little yellow bully protecting her eggs (an event I did not enjoy enough since I waited so long for it and now THIS) so stress level will be up for the other 2. Turns out it was a good thing that I did not order the mini krib to replace them... yet.

It is a little stressfull for the other tanks too: the 20 gal is right next to the open window they'll be working on and just got a couple of female albino PF, one being a psycho. The 10 gal is 5 feet away from wide open balcony door and is kept at 80F. I just hope it won't be windy and that they don't hammer too much...

Hum... Now what to do about the house plants...

Wish me luck!

Well the eggs are gone. Could they have been moved? If not, they have been eaten, due to stress I guess... bummer.

Everyone survived but one rasbora was a little thin to begin with and he had an eyeball completely white when I got home... He's taking a salt bath...

Hope it was not just luck: they are coming back tomorow to complete what turned out to be a botched 2 hour job... It will be a little warmer outside, so I'm optimistic all will be fine.