Fish transfer urgent help please!!

[joe_ayres]

Hi guys just transferring to bigger tank and was wondering what's the lowest tempeture the fish will survive in until it warms up enough cheers in advance

 

[Pfisherman]

really depends on the fish, so long as it is not a sudden change though they can adapt pretty quickly.

 

[joe_ayres]

Ok great thank you

 

[McMullen]

Yikes!!!! I could only speculate to which point they'll actually die! If emergency I might and I mean MIGHT put a fish in 74 degree water. :eek:

 

[Pfisherman]

lol i keep my tank at 76

 

[joe_ayres]

Oh really ok not to sure wat to do sit up and wait all night lol

 

[jetmaker]

What kind of temp you talking about

 

[joe_ayres]

At the moment its 60.8 f

 

[McMullen]

I actually keep mine at 76 as well. It seem though that 78-79 is the number I hear most discussed. It's the word survive here that makes me a little nervous.

 

[McMullen]

60.8?? Yeah that's way off!!! Guess it'll be a long night!

 

[joe_ayres]

Lol yeah it's 10:52 pm at moment looks like an all nighter

 

[joe_ayres]

Lol just don't want to put my fish in to shock so wat do you reckon would be the lowest I could put them in

 

[jetmaker]

What temp are they coming from

 

[joe_ayres]

75 f

 

[McMullen]

You'll want someone with cold blooded vertebrate knowledge.
All I can tell you when core temp of humans drops below about 4 degrees from an average temp becomes concerning for disrhythmias, coagulopothies, and acidosis.....not helpful here....but personally 74 is my gut.

 

[jetmaker]

I would not transfer to within a few degrees at most 4

 

[joe_ayres]

Ok well thanks for all of your comments I will let you all know how it goes I will wait a while longer though a couple more hours it's going up a degree every 15 mins

 

[McMullen]

Good luck!!

 

[joe_ayres]

Thanks il keep this post updated

 

[joe_ayres]

Just to let you know all fish and inverts survived I stayed up until 3:00 until water reached temp really pleased