Have I killed my babies?

[giventofly]

Hi all,

Apparently we lost electrical power last night when we were sleeping and I estimate our heat was off for about 4 or 5 hours. The temperature in the container that holds my developing axolotl eggs has stayed right around 65 degrees F, except for last night! I checked the temperature this morning and it was 53 degrees! The babies are 15 days old as of today and have their gills. Do you think this temperature drop killed them? They aren't moving around sporadically like they have been. Should I try to heat the tank back up?


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[auntiejude]

Are they moving at all? I would let the ambient temperature warm the tub up gradually. 53 isn't too cold, but a sudden swing back to warm wouldn't probably cause more trouble.

 

[giventofly]

Great news! 5 babies hatched today when I got home from work! I got the tank up to about 70 degrees and this really set off the hatching! This is my first time raising eggs so I'm ecstatic!


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[xxianxx]

If I have a big batch of eggs I often keep half cool and half at room temp, this separates hatching times. I have kept eggs at 10c with no probs

 

[Fishtank1]

I thought axolotls love cold temperature. I read they do better in cold than hot. They even said don't let it get to warm because axolotls don't like that. Maybe the cold makes them calmer. I read something like that also.