When I did my routine weekly water change on my tanks last week, I dicovered that the heater in my 10-gal fry tank had been disconnected for a week. The water was chilling cold when I touched it and when I read the thermometer, the temperature was at 67F. I normally maintain the temperature at 76F. I have around 50 1-month old leulupi fry and a couple 1-inch bristle nose pleco in the tank. Surprisingly, I haven't lost a single fish and there was no outbreak of ich. They continued to eat during the week that I have forgotten to connect the heater. The only sign I saw was that the algae was on the glass because, apparently, the pleco did not eat. So the fish must be quite hardy and can tolerate days below normal temperature.
No heat for a week
- Thread starter Tiger15
- Start date
ich attacks stressed fish. If the temp was low but steady then they would most likely be fine...however, a fluctuating temp would be another story.....for any fish