HELP 90 DEGREE TANK

[DustinKeating]

I just found my sw nano at around 90 degrees, or 32-34. I immediately took the lights off, and turned down the heater. But do you think they'll live. it's two oscellaris clowns, a hermit crab and a snail?

 

[S.Reef]

I dont know man....they may, may not. I guess will find later.

 

[TRe]

good luck

 

[aresgod]

yea 90 is pretty hot, i have made that mistake before in buckets with heaters and everything lived for a couple days but it slowly died.....good luck

 

[seastaar88]

you may want to try adding ice cubes to aid in lowering the temp. how warm do you keep the room the tank is in?? the tank will always run ~4 degrees higher than room temp. hope all is well!

 

[DustinKeating]

Well it's been lowered back down to around 76-78. In about the span of 1 hour or so, everything seems alright, although i know that doesn't really mean a whole lot. Hopefully everything works out alright, is it likely that they will die soon because of the stress, or are effects most likely to happen pretty quickly?

Also, my fish look a lot darker, it's been gradual but especially today. I was under the impression that's just maturing, and hopefully not because of the heat spike.

 

[DustinKeating]

Now my fish have red lines on them around their faces, kinda like a vain that you can see very clearly...think they're fighting? is this some sort of disease, or just really bad stress from the temperature problem?