60 Hours Without Hydro.

[KrystaK]

I live in Southern Ontario Canada. We were hit with an ice storm on Saturday night and though we lost power for a few hours on Saturday night (Dec 21.) We officially lost it at 8 am on Sunday (Dec 22.). Power came on tonight (Dec. 24) at 6:50 pm.
 
My tank has a parasite problem and I was planning on shutting it down any way.
I know it sounds cruel but I decided to see if my fish could survive without any water changes or attempts in anyway to assist. (Don't think I'm cruel please, I was hoping they would go so I wouldn't have to euthanize them later.)
 
Dank dimensions:
36 x 12 x 18, 
 
Stock:
2 BNP (1 Mature: 4 inches, 1 Juvi: 1.5 inches)
5 Panda Corys
1 Zebra Danio
4 Large Mystery snails
Several Assassin snails
 
The fish were not fed the entire time the power was out, no heat was provided nor was the water changed (As we had no water to spare to change the tank.) In fact we were tempted to take water from the tank in order to be able to flush out toilets. (We live on a well and the water is pumped with hydro, so no hydro equals no running water.)
 
Tank temp was around 68 F when the power came back on. 
Fish appear unstressed, but are extremely hungry. 
With the water stagnant for so long there appear to e a thin layer of film on it, which will be changed tomorrow hopefully at some point. 
 
 

 

[ShinySideUp]

Get a generator f f s ; and stop experimenting with living creatures who depend on you.

 

[Ninjouzata]

I'm glad they're all right & glad you are too.
 
Why don't you treat the fish to get rid of the parasites & then re-home them, if you don't want them anymore?

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

I agree with ShinySideUp.
 
You can do this, but dont tell us. I don't want to know that you are trying to kill your fish painfully instead of euthinizing them with clove oil.

 

[PrairieSunflower]

Advertize your fish free to a good home in places like the classified section on this website.  Explain the situation, their health and so on, there are often people up for the challenge to rehabilitate fish.

 

[l_l_l]

aww man, true aquarists are put to the test when such things arrive.
Fight the fight and if you are not ready to fight it, have someone else try to help you!
 
I really hope you find them a new home instead of killing them!