Summer is finally what it should be: clear blue skies and bright sunshine...but, my thermometer is reading temperatures around 28 degrees!!!
The fish seem fine, except for on, which is lurking in shady places near the bottom.
Are tropical fish used to such temperatures?

What do I do if there it gets even warmer?

my aquarium runs between 26-28 degrees all the time. no probs. If you are concerned about water temp, add some cool water every now and then

or do what your supposed to and turn the heater down , you would need to remove a lot of water before you can add enough cold to notice a temp change........


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This post has been edited by Alverez: Jul 1 2008, 05:15 PM

turning down the heater was stating the obvious. I was assuming that it had been tried, and the tank was still running warm

Holly

If you're worried about the temp being too high in your tank, you can always lower it buy adding some ice cubes. I sometimes do this anyway to encourage my corys to spawn, it's a safe and effective way to lowe the temp, as aposed to doing a water change, or waiting for the water to cool down after turning your heater down.

Anyone agree??

Most aquarium fishes come from tropical Asia and are born and live in temperatures around 26-28C. They also encounter those temps in the wild so as long as there is plenty of oxygen in the water then they will be fine.
Most fish will tolerate temps up to 32C without any real problem but some species, particularly the rift lake cichlids can have problems above that. Fish also age a lot quicker at higher temps.

You are better off leaving the temp be rather than trying to lower it and having it go back up again. the fluctuations will cause more problems than a stabile temp

This post has been edited by Colin_T: Jul 1 2008, 05:26 PM

ice cubes....wow seriously didn't think of that. Simple but effective I'm sure...like me!

i haven't even got a heater yet

i'll try the ice cubes thing....do they have to be made form frozen filtered/dechlorinated/tank water?

i think ill just add something pointless to add to my post count




so your telling us that sun is heating your tank up to 29 c ?

where do you have it placed ?

Not necessarily the sun - without air conditioning, my house usually stabilizes about four degrees above the air outside. My tank tends to stabilize at around the room's temperature.

The tank is placed in a corner which is shaded throughout the day; it's getting pretty warm here in the UK!

im going to turn my heater off then if your tanks heating up that much, just to see...........

i dont have my heater switched on either, its too warm as it is this time of year, my tank is between 27/29 so will be trying the icecubes!

I keep one of two 11W fluorescent lamps on during the day as well; I can feel the heat when I touch the top of the tank, maybe that's a contributing factor?

Wow, that warm without a heater! My thermometer reads 25degC with the heater on. You must have a warm house.

Unless your thermometer is no good.

I live on the 4th floor of a block of flats, which is the top...convection currents perhaps ?

I think my thermometer is working, I got it only 4 weeks ago.

Sun beating down on the roof all day too probably! Your thermometer probably is working, hey, if you're sitting there feeling really hot yourself then it makes sense right? Just thought I'd check in case you hadn't thought of that.

Your problem will probably end tomorrow anyway as it is supposed to rain for a few days I think.

Before you all go and unplug your heaters, just remember it can get quite cool again overnight...

So check your tank temps first thing in the morning, to see where they are. If they're still overheated, then you're probably good to go. Although personally I just turn mine down a little - in these sort of temps, the heater won't turn on anyway, so shouldn't make much difference if it's plugged in or not (unless it's faulty, of course! ).

ok so....if a fish , say in its natural habitat was swimming around in the nice warm water , say for the sake of my point , 26c , swimming round all day long, when the sun goes to sleep at night does the water temp not drop ?? im willing to take an uneducated guess and say of course it does ....

i mean c`mon a couple degrees temp drop overnight is hardly going to do anything at all to the fish , in fact , id say that it might even feel more at home with very slight temp drops in the hours of rest/darkness ??

just surmising here .....

This post has been edited by Alverez: Jul 1 2008, 09:14 PM