Just got home and we have a huge death toll in the family. All our tropical fish and shrimps have been boiled to death. The thermostat in the tank has malfunctioned and I can just about put my hand in the water.
Had to laugh though. The shrimps looked like you can eat them. But I don't like them lol.
Still gutted though, but life goes on.

Question is now do I do a full water change now it's boiled to be on the safe side ?

Change the water, clean the filter, change the thermostat, let the tank settle for a week then start introducing new fish slowly, a few at a time.

Get a Lobster in there before it cools down

Poor wee blighters...

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Originally posted by norfolkluego
Get a Lobster in there before it cools down

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Originally posted by jollygreengiant
Change the water, clean the filter, change the thermostat, let the tank settle for a week then start introducing new Victims slowly, a few at a time.

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PS - I know you said it in jest Norfolk... I'm just commenting on the general practice of boiling live Lobsters / Crabs.

We boil cabbage and spuds, how do we know they dont feel pain?

I check with a stethoscope that they have no heartbeat before boiling my veg!

Lobster and crabs decay so quickly after death that they present health risks if not cooked immediately afterwards.

Couldn't do it myself though but then again, I don't like lobster or crab meat

Phil

venus flytraps seem to be able to feel things...

anyway, yeah i'd change the water any way.

just seen an advert for a kitchen tap that gives out boiling 100 degrees C water. that can't be safe surely?!
imagine having friends round, and one of them goes to wash their hands in the kitchen sink and they didn't know about your tap

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Originally posted by blakep82
venus flytraps seem to be able to feel things...

anyway, yeah i'd change the water any way.

just seen an advert for a kitchen tap that gives out boiling 100 degrees C water. that can't be safe surely?!
imagine having friends round, and one of them goes to wash their hands in the kitchen sink and they didn't know about your tap

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Originally posted by blakep82
just seen an advert for a kitchen tap that gives out boiling 100 degrees C water. that can't be safe surely?!
imagine having friends round, and one of them goes to wash their hands in the kitchen sink and they didn't know about your tap

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Well can of worms. But will give the tank a good old clean and let it settle. Kids already want new fishes now and can't wait !
Thanks fellas

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Originally posted by blakep82
just seen an advert for a kitchen tap that gives out boiling 100 degrees C water. that can't be safe surely?!
imagine having friends round, and one of them goes to wash their hands in the kitchen sink and they didn't know about your tap

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brilliant... that must be worth £250 from You've Been Framed.

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My dad had the opposite problem with his fish back in the 70s, during the 3 day week with all the power cuts, we had a power cut and all of the heating for the tanks went off. All of his fish in 60 odd tanks died.

YOU KILLED NIMO!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

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Originally posted by scootz
PS - I know you said it in jest Norfolk... I'm just commenting on the general practice of boiling live Lobsters / Crabs.

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Originally posted by balidey brilliant... that must be worth £250 from You've Been Framed.

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Tropicals scare me with the cost of the fish . The other side of it is where the replacement fish come from.
Having lived in the tropics theres a thriving live catch industry stripping reefs in the lesser developed regions.
Don't mind responsible sources but having seen damaged reefs with locals armed with home made tools and nets stripping the sea of all living creatures for penny's only for a greedy geezer to turn up with a truck loaded with styro boxes and oxy bottles. That kind of put me off tropicals.
I have a large pond that has been getting cleaned and reset for the summer.
One of my foot long offs jumped right out and was lying on the lawn. I picked it up and
put it back in and it's ok.
Another one turned up in the vortex filter and it's ok.
My pump runs all the time and it's got a uv clarifier as well.
I have been lucky with them over the freeze as I have deep water it doesn't freeze solid.
The offs and koi are messy but with a good filter we get most of the crap out.
I had tropicals before when I was young and dad kept fish as well but movedto cold water as
I simply can't afford the time that tropicals deamand to do properly.I'm very successful in the big coldwater fish having regulary grown them to over a foot long in the last few years.

[Edited on 13-5-11 by mangogrooveworkshop]

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just seen an advert for a kitchen tap that gives out boiling 100 degrees C water. that can't be safe surely?!

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Can you claim on your house insurance for all the new gear and fish?

Thats not a bad ida about the stats.

Not sure house insurance is worth bothering about though.

Our tetras were approx 2 yrs old

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just seen an advert for a kitchen tap that gives out boiling 100 degrees C water. that can't be safe surely?!
imagine having friends round, and one of them goes to wash their hands in the kitchen sink and they didn't know about your tap

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Originally posted by norfolkluego
Get a Lobster in there before it cools down

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I just cannot understand this one... why would anyone stick a living creature into boiling water!?

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