Iormungand21
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Hi All,
It's a very gloomy time for me today. As I live in Austin, TX which just had a major ice storm and I lost power for over 48 hours, and subsequently 90% of my collection that I was not able to get evacuated to a powered place in time.
Unfortunately I dont know exactly how cold it got, but all but a couple of my Apistogramma Trifasciata survived the extreme temperatures. Which I found particularly surprising and interesting. I figured I would share as it seems very unexpected that they would be capable of surviving such extreme temperatures.
Basically all other fish perished. Temperatures likely got into the low 50s or even below. Room temp was in the mid 40s for the last night.
apistogramma Trifasciata - ALmost 100% survival rate
apistogramma elizabethae all died almost first. My favorite breeding project is gone.
apistogramma Ortegai also did not make it (except one female I was able to evacuate).
apistogramma Macmasteri also did not make it.
apistogramma Agassizi double red did not make it
Other fish that didnt make it:
nannostomus marginatus (dwarf pencil)
nannostomus beckfordi (Beckfords pencil)
Axelrodia riesei (ruby tetras)
hyphessobrycon tetras (unsure on exact species)
Pangio kuhlii (kuhli loach)
synodontis petricola (cuckoo catfish)
Corydoras Pygmaeus (pygmy cory)
Corydoras Habrosus
Corydoras Atropersonatus (Fairy cory)
Ancistrus cirrhosus (bristlenose pleco) 1 saved, 1 perished
It's a very gloomy time for me today. As I live in Austin, TX which just had a major ice storm and I lost power for over 48 hours, and subsequently 90% of my collection that I was not able to get evacuated to a powered place in time.
Unfortunately I dont know exactly how cold it got, but all but a couple of my Apistogramma Trifasciata survived the extreme temperatures. Which I found particularly surprising and interesting. I figured I would share as it seems very unexpected that they would be capable of surviving such extreme temperatures.
Basically all other fish perished. Temperatures likely got into the low 50s or even below. Room temp was in the mid 40s for the last night.
apistogramma Trifasciata - ALmost 100% survival rate
apistogramma elizabethae all died almost first. My favorite breeding project is gone.
apistogramma Ortegai also did not make it (except one female I was able to evacuate).
apistogramma Macmasteri also did not make it.
apistogramma Agassizi double red did not make it
Other fish that didnt make it:
nannostomus marginatus (dwarf pencil)
nannostomus beckfordi (Beckfords pencil)
Axelrodia riesei (ruby tetras)
hyphessobrycon tetras (unsure on exact species)
Pangio kuhlii (kuhli loach)
synodontis petricola (cuckoo catfish)
Corydoras Pygmaeus (pygmy cory)
Corydoras Habrosus
Corydoras Atropersonatus (Fairy cory)
Ancistrus cirrhosus (bristlenose pleco) 1 saved, 1 perished
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