I turned off my airconditioning

[kimry1]

I'm so bummed today! I turned off the airconditioning in my house because the weather has been so nice lately. Unfortunately the water temp in my tank rose to above 85 degrees. I lost two of my favorite fish. My fox face fish and my purple tang are both gone. Be sure you have a cooler on your tank if you decide to open up the windows in your house and turn off the airconditioning. Don't make the same mistake I did. ):

 

[blutang]

My sympathy for your loss......it will defintely make you more aware of your surroundings now at the very least.
Later!

 

[flydan]

Hey,
Wow. Bummer first post. Welcome to the board and sorry for your loss. Did the temp go up really fast? Your fish should have been able to handle that temp for a while if it didn't swing to rapidly.

 

[kimry1]

Thanks guys. The temperature in the house was rose pretty slow, but I kept the airconditioning off for 3 days. I called my friend Mark. He used to own a fish store. He told me to get a chiller and to look in the classified ads for a used one. The temp outside today is very nice. I still have the airconditioning off. I opened up the glass top on the tank and turned a ceiling fan on. It's actually cooler this week than it was the past few days. If I had only known! I am very careful when it comes to power outages too. I also have a UPS hooked up to my tank to provide power for up to 8 hours if the electricity goes out in a hurricane. I just didn't think about the temp going up when I turned off the electricicty.