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Please also put me on the waiting list
Please also put me on the waiting list
Jaco's 3 Story weaning School
- Thread starter Jaco Schoeman
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Eish... I tried my best to prevent this , but you guys are pushing me into a corner here...
The good news is that the Mandrins started to wean off...
but...
The bad news is that in July we had an 8 hour power failure, which started at about 22h00 - and I was asleep...
Needless to say, in the middle of winter, the water temp dropped to 9degrees and the mandarin's didn't survive...
I was so heartbroken I took down the tanks, and just has not gotten around to it again... It is a lot of work, and was just starting to pay off, then they died, and I could not do anything about it...
Sorry to disappoint you guys, but I still have the tanks, and I still have the receipe that seemed to work, so soon I will try again - promise.
PS: One should really invest in backup power, not just a generator, but automated backup energy - it just helps alot more in winter time. Had this happen in summer at least the temp would have been fine...
The good news is that the Mandrins started to wean off...
but...
The bad news is that in July we had an 8 hour power failure, which started at about 22h00 - and I was asleep...
Needless to say, in the middle of winter, the water temp dropped to 9degrees and the mandarin's didn't survive...
I was so heartbroken I took down the tanks, and just has not gotten around to it again... It is a lot of work, and was just starting to pay off, then they died, and I could not do anything about it...
Sorry to disappoint you guys, but I still have the tanks, and I still have the receipe that seemed to work, so soon I will try again - promise.
PS: One should really invest in backup power, not just a generator, but automated backup energy - it just helps alot more in winter time. Had this happen in summer at least the temp would have been fine...
Hi Jaco, I anly say the thread now, but sorry to hear about the loss. I got the opposite problem here in Rbay in the summer, yesterday the temp was 34deg, and my qt tank in the garage is hard work maintaing the temp without a chiller.
Regrads the manderins, a friend told me of his that adapted to pellets that roll across the substrate, when he used to feed his fish, his manderin would get into a hunting position, and then wait for the pellets to roll across the substrate.
Regrads the manderins, a friend told me of his that adapted to pellets that roll across the substrate, when he used to feed his fish, his manderin would get into a hunting position, and then wait for the pellets to roll across the substrate.
Thats quite sad! I was quite eager to have seen how it would have ended otherwise.....