Gutted...

Not had my tank long, and have already suffered my first disaster!

The weather isn’t too good in the UK at the moment. And last night, while I was sleeping, we had a power cut!! Woke up this morning and had a wee peek at the tank. I had just bought a cleaner shrimp yesterday and wanted to see how he was getting on. He was dead, and so were 2 of my 6 little hermits! The temperature had dropped a lot because the heater wasn’t on.

The power is back on now, and I think my remaining hermits and one snail will make it

Really annoyed about my shrimp though! Spent £14 on him and had him less then a day!

Ahh well, not alot I can do eh?

 

Sorry for your loss

 

bummer.......hope all is well now!!!!!!!!

 

Wow--that was a really fast temp swing---how big is tour tank--and did your house get that cold that fast????

 

that sucks, I had a peppermint shrimp that I had for less than 24hrs, he decided to take a ride on a powerhead, he ended up getting stuck to the intake and died.

 

Sorry for your loss. It sucks to lose a cleaner shrimp as they do so much good in the tank. Hermit crabs die off reguarly and don't really last too long. I lost 3 in a week when they were switching into larger shells and were caught by my damsels. I would find parts of their body on the sand.
I try to keep at least one or two powerheads on an uninterruptable battery backup in case power goes out. With those running, it does help keep the tank a little warmer since there is heat transfer.

 

+1 on the ups! Id keep the heater and one powerhead on the back up too. Great piece of equipment. Tiger said it all

 

Thanks guys! The rest of my crabs survived, they enjoyed shrimp for dinner. lol.
Cheers for the tips tiger, I will seriously consider setting up a backup batter for the future. Seems like a good idea.