In doing my nighttime ritual checking on my tanks I found a 55g that houses angel breeders acting oddly. Swimming in circles, even upside down. They were fine a couple hours earlier when I fed them.
Grabbed the hose to do a quick water change. When my hand hit the water I knew what happened. Scorching hot! Panic set in. Grabbed a digital thermometer and freaked out. 102.3F. OMG! Unplugged the heater and did a 20% water change. Filled tank slowly with cold tap (about 70F). This only cooled the tank down to 91.6F. I was afraid to cool the tank down too fast, so I decided to wait and do another small water change. Also, I raised the filter returns, lowered the water level to increase oxygen. And left the lid open and a fan in the room. Tank was down to 87.2F when I went to bed. Still afraid of what I would find in the morning.
When I got up this morning the first thing I did was to check on this tank. It houses 3 paired, divided. This was the tank with the Clowns I raised from a couple years ago. This was the new line I started at Tamar's request, so it holds a lot of meaning for me. Well, when I checked on this tank I found all three males were deadAnd one female is also dead
The saddest thing of all is that there were only 2 female survivors; and neither of them are Clowns although they are both from the same spawn. One female is a Gold Marble Ghost and the other female no one can agree what she is....a yellow angel with the tiniest splash of black in one fin. Having 2 females and no Clowns I have lost this new line. Completely wiped out in the blink of an eye.
Now, before you tell me to just start over....I no longer have the original Red Capped Koi female. She died last year. I still have the Blue Zebra, but he is getting quite old and looks like he won't live much longer. Can't get any weight on him and his tankmates are fat piggies. This really sucks.
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