tempature drop

yashua · 02/11/2008, 03:53 PM

i have a 60g.i went on vacation this weekend and when i got back my temp was in the sixties,60-62.my parameters other than the temp(now)were great when i left.after finding my tank last night when i got in,i heated the tank back up overnight.its back at 79.my fish ate this morning and dont seem any worse for the wear.the frogspawn came backout but the scolymia does not look well,open mouth excreting waste.shrunken.the shrooms are still shriveled and the gsp have not come back out. i thought maybe there woulb be a ammonia spike but it seems fine after testing this morninig.will the scoly recover?gsp?or should i just count the losses?thanks for any advice.

yashua · 02/11/2008, 04:04 PM

i just touched the scoly and the whole thing is hard as a rock.is it dead?

sufunk · 02/11/2008, 04:04 PM

You probably raised the temp a little too quickly but hopefully everything will be fine. I havent had that sever of a drop but have gone from 80 down to 68-69 and everything was ok.

I'd say the most likely casualty would be the scoly. Keep the parameters good, the temp stable and see if maybe you can get him to eat in the next day or 2 and hopefully he will recover.

I have a scoly that sucked up, lost its color and wouldnt feed for a good 2-3 months. One day he finally decided he was hungry and puffed up. After a few weeks of feeding he was back to normal. They're pretty tough so hopefully everything will be ok.

sufunk · 02/11/2008, 04:05 PM

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Originally posted by yashua
i just touched the scoly and the whole thing is hard as a rock.is it dead?

Does he still have flesh or is he all skeleton?

yashua · 02/11/2008, 04:22 PM

no he still has his flesh although hes all shrunken up he looks normal.he was releasing some waste so i fanned him and removed the waste.ifelt him and even his flesh was rock hard,weird.when i fanned him his mouth did seem to retract a little.

yashua · 02/11/2008, 04:41 PM

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Beach Bum 70 · 02/11/2008, 04:49 PM

give it time.. time will tell

sufunk · 02/11/2008, 05:10 PM

Yeah, dont mess with him or touch him. You dont wanna stress him out even more. Give him some time and good conditions and hopefully he will be ok.

yashua · 02/11/2008, 05:23 PM

so you guys think the gsp and shrooms will be fine.i do see a few (out of a hundred),gsp poking out.

yashua · 02/11/2008, 05:51 PM

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sufunk · 02/11/2008, 06:15 PM

Yeah, they should be fine. GSP is hard to kill even when you are trying to!

02/11/2008, 03:53 PM	#1
yashua Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 162	tempature drop i have a 60g.i went on vacation this weekend and when i got back my temp was in the sixties,60-62.my parameters other than the temp(now)were great when i left.after finding my tank last night when i got in,i heated the tank back up overnight.its back at 79.my fish ate this morning and dont seem any worse for the wear.the frogspawn came backout but the scolymia does not look well,open mouth excreting waste.shrunken.the shrooms are still shriveled and the gsp have not come back out. i thought maybe there woulb be a ammonia spike but it seems fine after testing this morninig.will the scoly recover?gsp?or should i just count the losses?thanks for any advice.

02/11/2008, 04:04 PM	#2
yashua Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 162	i just touched the scoly and the whole thing is hard as a rock.is it dead?

02/11/2008, 04:04 PM	#3
sufunk Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Davie, Florida Posts: 2,004	You probably raised the temp a little too quickly but hopefully everything will be fine. I havent had that sever of a drop but have gone from 80 down to 68-69 and everything was ok. I'd say the most likely casualty would be the scoly. Keep the parameters good, the temp stable and see if maybe you can get him to eat in the next day or 2 and hopefully he will recover. I have a scoly that sucked up, lost its color and wouldnt feed for a good 2-3 months. One day he finally decided he was hungry and puffed up. After a few weeks of feeding he was back to normal. They're pretty tough so hopefully everything will be ok.

02/11/2008, 04:22 PM	#5
yashua Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 162	no he still has his flesh although hes all shrunken up he looks normal.he was releasing some waste so i fanned him and removed the waste.ifelt him and even his flesh was rock hard,weird.when i fanned him his mouth did seem to retract a little.

02/11/2008, 04:41 PM	#6
yashua Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 162	bmp

02/11/2008, 04:49 PM	#7
Beach Bum 70 Beach Bum 70 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sunny Isles Beach Fl Posts: 777	give it time.. time will tell

02/11/2008, 05:10 PM	#8
sufunk Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Davie, Florida Posts: 2,004	Yeah, dont mess with him or touch him. You dont wanna stress him out even more. Give him some time and good conditions and hopefully he will be ok.

02/11/2008, 05:23 PM	#9
yashua Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 162	so you guys think the gsp and shrooms will be fine.i do see a few (out of a hundred),gsp poking out.

02/11/2008, 05:51 PM	#10
yashua Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 162	bmp

02/11/2008, 06:15 PM	#11
sufunk Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Davie, Florida Posts: 2,004	Yeah, they should be fine. GSP is hard to kill even when you are trying to!