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I just came home from work a little while ago, making my daily rounds, petting the kitties, feeding the lvng room tank, spare bedroom tank and my room tank. i came into my room, and the glass tops were bowed in. I thought, crazy kitties, they had jumped up on to the tank(crazy wasn't the inital word... ) and so i looked in the back to see if they had knocked off the tops from behind... coming back around to the front, i see something is at an angle, and it happens to be that glass bar that holds the front and back panes of glass together!!!!! So upon further, stressful investigation, the pane had pulled itself from the sealant! i about died!!! and this is the 55 gallon pirhana tank!! so long story short i now have 3 5gallon buckets 1 fish per bucket. and 2 inches of water in my 55. thank god i have a spare 55.....] Any advice? I cant get the other 55 gallon here until after 9pm tonight.....what should I do for the pirhanas..? Each bucket has a floating plant at teh top for some privacy and to decrease the stress. as for me, im trying to breathe.:#(

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

Well, try to keep the piranhas calm for one. If it's dark they may even just go to sleep. Aeration may be nice, but it can also lower water temperature, which with individual buckets like so may be hard to keep up. However, as a note, many fish can sit in a plastic bag without a plant inside for over 6 hours when being, for example, transported from a wholesaler to a fish store. With healthy piranhas you probably don't have all too much to worry about, IMO. Maybe even wrapping the buckets in towels might help in insulation or something, though.

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I agree...wrap towels (or sheets or whatever) around the buckets, but first put newspaper around then the towel on top. it's a great insulator.

keep them in a dark corner all together & quiet. All should be ok.

If you move the fish back tonight, don't feed them until the morning.

Good luck !

If you have a small airpump available and some airstones you may want to place one in each bucket to give some surface agitation to help oxygenate the water.

I've had to keep larger fish for several days this way with no losses so you'll probably be okay.

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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain

How thin is the glass on that tank, a 55 gallon fish tank dose not need to have glass supports unless it is a converted terrarium.

your fish should be fine in 5 gallon pails for 6 hours

sorry to here of you misfortune

Joe

The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an bacon and egg breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

thanks, so far the pirhanas are doing ok in their bucket

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

Tanya I am so glad that you noticed it before it became horribly detrimental to all involved:#(

I had a similar problem at the beginning of March, but I lost everything in the tank:#(

Today I finally broke down with the time and energy and resealed the tank...it really isn't too hard to do, the hardest part was standing on my head to scrape the old seal out and put the new one on

Keep the air circulating in the buckets and best of luck, also doing small water changes will help to keep the fish from being horribly stressed...

heidi


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I lost a pirhana!! ughh im soo sad!~!! now i only have 2.. and it was because i didnt aerate properly.. im soo frustrated and sad and upset!!! :#(:#(:#(:#( and i still cant get the new tank set up until tomorrow late afternoon! and it was a big one too..:#(

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

so sorry. I hope the others will be ok.