Did my new fish get cooked?

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Joshuakahan

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My new buttikoferi arrived yesterday apparently I picked the worst day to order. I’m in Phoenix and it’s been around 105 the last 3 days, so when he arrived the water felt hot, like warm bath hot, so I did a slow acclimation and he seemed to be ok, but he’s hiding in the top corner of the tank all the time, it’s only been around 26 hrs, but usually my fish are up and at it by now. Think he’s still getting used to things or do you think it’s from the heat?
According to the tracking he spent about 36 hrs in Phoenix but I have no idea if he was in a climate controlled room at all. He’s about 1.5”
 
Joshuakahan said:
My new buttikoferi arrived yesterday apparently I picked the worst day to order. I’m in Phoenix and it’s been around 105 the last 3 days, so when he arrived the water felt hot, like warm bath hot, so I did a slow acclimation and he seemed to be ok, but he’s hiding in the top corner of the tank all the time, it’s only been around 26 hrs, but usually my fish are up and at it by now. Think he’s still getting used to things or do you think it’s from the heat?
According to the tracking he spent about 36 hrs in Phoenix but I have no idea if he was in a climate controlled room at all. He’s about 1.5”
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Keep the lights off and make sure it has some places to hide. It seems counter productive but if you give your fish places to hide it builds their confidence enough to come out and about.

This guy could be fairly shocked from this incident because a fish going into warmer water within a few degrees is ok. But when a fish goes into cooler waters they need to be slowly acclimated. So sounds like you did the right thing. If the fish is still alive, you are doing well.
 
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Matteus said:
Keep the lights off and make sure it has some places to hide. It seems counter productive but if you give your fish places to hide it builds their confidence enough to come out and about.

This guy could be fairly shocked from this incident because a fish going into warmer water within a few degrees is ok. But when a fish goes into cooler waters they need to be slowly acclimated. So sounds like you did the right thing. If the fish is still alive, you are doing well.
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Thank you, there’s a couple caves and a piece of wood, maybe I’ll add some tall plants for more cover. The last hour he’s started coming out a little. I think you’re right about the shock, I acclimated him for about 1.5 hrs and when I was done, he was in 75% tank water and it still read 87f and my tank is 79f .
 
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You live in phx? Cool. I live just north of Tucson! It's trhat hot here too! Sommer came too early for me. lol
 
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DwarfCichlidLvr said:
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You live in phx? Cool. I live just north of Tucson! It's trhat hot here too! Sommer came too early for me. lol
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Lol nice! Ya I feel cheated out of a few weeks of nice weather. I used to live near Vail then came to Phoenix.
 
Joshuakahan said:
Lol nice! Ya I feel cheated out of a few weeks of nice weather. I used to live near Vail then came to Phoenix.
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Yeah. Me too! lol Im actually near(ish) to vail!
 
Joshuakahan said:
Haha, sounds like we were almost neighbors, I was a few blocks south of the QT on golflinks n Houghton. I moved summer of 2014
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Yeah. You're like a 45 min drive from me! (there)
 
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