I work nights, I'm at work now. My wife called me to tell me the pump was leaking and water was all over the floor. She dried up what she could and just to be safe I told her to leave everything unplugged till I get home to look at it. How long will the fish last without a heater????
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Gotta keep the water oxygenated have her plug the heater in the display and face a powerhead toward the top of yhe water
I don't want her plugging anything in. She said the power strip started smoking. It must of gotten wet. I won't be home for another 6 hours and I told her to thrown a towl over the tank to try and keep heat in.
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Depending on the size of the fish you have 3-4 hours before they feel the effects of low oxygen. Don't worry about the temperature too much, you can always raise that slowly. If you have an extra powerhead around, throw that in for now.
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Oh mannn, if ur house is lile 70 73 degrees thats not much of a problem but for 6 hours they might not make it unless the water is oxygenated
If the temperature in your house is around 72 its not too much to panic about. Not to mention, cooler water will have more oxygen than warmer water. The only thing I would recommend is throwing in a power head or an aerator if you have one laying around. One of them bubbly things we had on our good ole gold fish tanks. If you don't have one, your wife will need to consistently provide the water flow or she can manually dissolve oxygen by taking a cup or small bucket and scooping and pouring constantly. Sounds silly but its better than standing still water.
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Do you happen to have another power strip some where in the house? If so have her plug that in with an extension cord to a separate outlet and elevate it off the ground then she could plug in the power head and thermo.
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Just have her hook a power head up to an extention cord and point it toward the top but don't blow the water out. That should do you until you get home... Been there done that.
I don't think he wants her to touch the power strip where it sounds like everything is attached too. I wouldn't recommend it either. If she gets electrocuted and no one is around to help, that usually isn't too good.
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If there is at least half the tank or more with water oxygen will not be an issue for a long time. Remember, these fish were probably in a small plastic bag with a few of cups of water for 24 hours or maybe even more at some point. The heat loss probably won't be that much either with just an 8 degree difference between ambient temperature and tank temp. Just have your wife triage the situation and deal with it when you get home. I don't think you need to panic.
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