125+ degrees

[Decz]

I never really talk about my freshwater tanks on the forums here.... but here goes. I have a smaller, planted, tank set up for my dwarf puffers with a couple of cories to help clean up after them. All was going well until the heater malfunctioned. ....... I took a look in teh tank last night and found everyone upside down, the puffers were floating and the cories on the substrate. As I reached up to touch the tank I realized it was quite warm, a quick check showed the temp to be over 125 degrees!
The heater is clearly not working properly, I adjusted the knob and it wouldn't change the temperature. It was working fine and hasn't actually been touched in awhile, so I can only imagine that it was the same power surge a few days ago that also blew the little giant pump on my closed loop reef tank. It's so sad when you lose fish.

I wonder if the plants will recover from the heat?

[OrionGirl]

Oh, that too bad! And an important note for everyone--always check all your tanks after power surges! I'm so sorry you lost the puffers--they're such great fish.

What plants do you have?

[tetramoon13]

ohh man, that really bites! sorry for your loss.

[Decz]

Plants: micro sword, java fern, corkscrew vallisneria, cabomba and wisteria. Some have already started to turn yellow

p.s. I put 125+ because my thermo doesn't go any higher than 125, but the water was really warm, so I'm guessing it was well above that.

[OrionGirl]

Well, for the rooted plants, they might recover--though the tops will probably die off. I'd just wait and let the leaves die, clean them off, and wait and see. I know that terrestrial plants will often recover from temperature extremes, so would imagine the aquatic plants can come back as well.

[reiverix]

Sorry about the fish. The plants might shed a few leaves but make a comeback.