Author Topic: Tank progress (Read 10542 times) 28 replies

Sue · « **Reply #20 on:** April 17, 2014, 03:30:55 PM »

The author does say that only 2 of their 7 tanks have heaters in and they are only switched on early Nov to mid Feb. If I did that most of my fish would freeze in our house! They also make the comment that their coolest room is 19^o which is far warmer than ours are except during a heatwave.

We don't like a warm house, only the room where we sit down to relax. Every other room is kept a lot cooler with the central heating thermostat set to 15^o - including the rooms where my tanks are. And the heating is off at night even in the depths of winter. There is no way I could do without a tank heater in winter, unlike 5 of 7 of the author's tanks. Even now in mid April, the rooms get cold at night.

Shipwreck · « **Reply #21 on:** April 17, 2014, 04:31:03 PM »

Good lord,my bungalow must be like the tropics,our thermostat is set at 21.5 degrees
Daytime and at night 17.5 degrees,however the night time temperature doesnt normally
Drop below 18.5 degrees so it is rare that the heating kicks in,but as soon as we are up
The thermostat is up to 21.5,however we do tend to be in t shirts even during the winter.
Currently the tank is running between 23 to 23.5 degrees when the tank lights are on,i am
Slowly lowering the tank heater settings a bit at a time,taking out the 150 watt heater doesnt
Seem to have affected the tank temp at all,the 300 watt lone heater seems to be coping on its
Own quite happily even with 500 litres of water to heat.

jesnon · « **Reply #22 on:** April 18, 2014, 10:52:20 AM »

I think if anything if we get a decent summer I will have the opposite problem. Even a couple of months ago because my bedroom gets baking in the morning as the sun rises that side. The other day I looked and it was 26c.. horrendous! Luckily no tank there. My lounge kitchen diner is a bit cooler but can still get too hot in the day. My tank has been reading consistently but I'll definitely keep my eye on it especially if I plan on bringing the temp down

Cazzybaby · « **Reply #23 on:** April 21, 2014, 10:57:18 PM »

Hello I'm very new to the forum and fish keeping but just thought I would point out that room temperature and water temperature aren't the same. My room is currently 20 c but my tank which is Unheated as I don't have fish yet is sitting at 14-15c .
The man I bought my tank off who by the way is not a professional advised me to keep the tank at 27 which I thought from the little about fish keeping I had read sounded too high, so I'm glad I have read this thread to back me up.

Shipwreck · « **Reply #24 on:** April 21, 2014, 11:41:59 PM »

I am now running between 22 to 22.6 degrees and all seems well,the fish which
Are cherry barb,dwarf golden barb and galaxy rasbora seem quite happy and active
The good thing now is i am only running one 300 watt heater and i have removed the
Other heater which was a 150 watt heater,officially the heater is not capable of heating
All 480 litres yet as i say mornings the tank is 22 degrees and during the day with the
Lights on it gets up to 22.6 degrees

Sue · « **Reply #25 on:** April 22, 2014, 10:11:02 AM »

Cazzy, you mentioned in another thread that you've only just filled the tank. If you used cold water it will take a few days to warm up to the same as the room. You can speed it up by turning the heater on. That will also enable you to see how well it is calibrated as the dials on some heaters are way off. The way to set them is to turn them to a lowish setting and see what the temp that gives using a thermometer. Then turn the heater up a bit at a time till you get the right temp. And make a note of what the dial actually reads.

Cazzybaby · « **Reply #26 on:** April 22, 2014, 05:43:00 PM »

Ok thanks sue. I have a heater but the cable is a bit dodgy so I was scared to leave it on overnight, just waiting for my new one to get delivered.

Sue · « **Reply #27 on:** April 22, 2014, 07:03:40 PM »

Ooh don't want to get electrocuted

I'd definitely wait for the new one!

dbaggie · « **Reply #28 on:** April 30, 2014, 10:24:49 PM »

Quote from: dbaggie on April 16, 2014, 06:28:09 PM

I'm going to gradually drop mine a couple of C of the next few days to see whether there is any noticeable effect on the fish.

Just thought I'd update on this - I've been running my tank at 21c for a while now and have seen no adverse affects. All my fish are looking well, feeding well and are very active. One change I have noticed though is that my plants seem healthier!

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