Heater Or No Heater 0.0

[Leedsboi86]

Hi everyone.

I have heaters installed in both my Betta tanks.

Ones 8G and the others 7G....
the 5G is empty at moment waiting for a Betta on the way(Red HM)
Now the tanks are both fully mature but they heaters never come on.

The room temp is 26C and the bedroom for the other tank is 25C.

So is it worth keeping the heaters in? they never come on even though they are switched on....

Is it cause my homes so warm?

 

[xweeqtx]

They might come on when the temperature drops at night while you're sleeping!
Heaters regulate the temperature, so I'd say keep it in - especially for a HM. VT's from shops tend to be more resistant, and the other tail types appear more sensitive. That's what I've noticed, anywho.

 

[Leedsboi86]

The Central heating takes over at night doesn't let temop drop to below 26C

So what happens when a Betta gets colder?
Just curious now cause I heard many stories

 

[littlest]

my betta was in a one gallon tank for a month at my boyfriend's when I had no place to stay. The normal heater was too big for it, I used a little mini 7.5W heater but the tank was colder than his normal tank. He was noticeably less active in the lower heat tank. I think it was colder than your house though, about 21C. I don't know what the long-term effects are, as I said it was only a month, but he didn't look happy about it and his colours became duller too.

Is your house really always 26C? That's really hot! I couldn't sleep in that heat. Your gas bill must be huge

 

[xweeqtx]

The room temperature won't be the temperature of the tank water.

The VT's I had was fine in a tank without a heater, because I have a warm house as well. He was more than happy. I even moved him to a tank with a heater and he didn't like it. But the CT wasn't very well without the heater, and had fins curling etc. The HM I never even risked it with, I had read somewhere that VT's and wild types can adjust and my reasoning is that because they aren't bred for a certain trait, whereas the more "fancy" types are, and generally if you are concentrating on how things look, you are losing something else such as their ability to adjust to different temperatures.

 

[Leedsboi86]

Worrying thing the Gas bill is barely anything norm around £40 a month lol.

The place is just naturaly warm all the time.

 

[MermaidMel]

What's worse for a betta? Too cool or too warm?

 

[xweeqtx]

Good question Mel..

I'd say too warm is worse, makes it so there is very little oxygen. Cool is live-able but will cause health problems rather than suffocate...

 

[Leedsboi86]

Just reading a book on Bettas I bought from TONG.
and it actualy says that temps of 22-26 are standard Betta temps.
Also that keeping them in this kind of temp has no affect on there health.
But it does say anything below 22 will have a affect on there health

 

[blue_betta]

Good question Mel..

I'd say too warm is worse, makes it so there is very little oxygen. Cool is live-able but will cause health problems rather than suffocate...

oxygen conten of the water is errelevent for adult betta. they breath air as they come from warm stagnant water that contains vey little oxygen in the wild.