How Do You Get Your Betta Tanks Warm?

[K.J.]

Even at a good 80F house, the betta tanks 69F.. how do you get them warmer?

 

[eb2]

Even at a good 80F house, the betta tanks 69F.. how do you get them warmer?

I'm using a heater like the one in your pics from yesterday?

 

[Shuifish]

Hmm. Thats strange. My Shui lives in a one gallon fish bowl and the temp stays at a steady 73 degrees. The same temp the thermastat is set to. How big is your tank? Usually larger tanks get cold faster and require some sort of heater.

 

[K.J.]

I have;
three 2.5gs
1 2g
1 3g

One's a bowl type, one hexagonal (with it's own light) and the other three rectangular.. obviously heaters would be a bit much.

 

[Mikaila31]

Walmart sells little preset heaters for 2-5gal tank. They are black in color and I think $7 each. That is what I use on my 2.5gal betta tank. keeps the tank 74-76*.

 

[5teady_2012]

Hmm. Thats strange. My Shui lives in a one gallon fish bowl and the temp stays at a steady 73 degrees. The same temp the thermastat is set to. How big is your tank? Usually larger tanks get cold faster and require some sort of heater.

Actually larger tanks hold heat better than small ones

 

[Monty2451]

Well really, loosing heat all depends on the surface area which is exposed directly to the air, so if you have a 20 gal. long tank as opposed to a 20 gal. tall tank, the long one will lose heat faster.

As for heating those tanks, I have a 1 gal. and a temporary half gallon tank. When the bulb on the 1 gallon tank burned out, the water was a little on the cool side (72-74 degrees), but still ok, but now that I got the replacement bulb, the water stays at an almost constant 76-77 degrees. Maybe keeping a regular bulb on the tanks, instead of a florescent will give them that little extra boost in temp they need.

 

[Amunet]

I have heaters in both of my betta tanks.
The one in my 3 gallon is actually the one that came with the 10gallon kit. Not sure what the wattage is.... whatever comes in the petsmart 10gal top fin starter kits.. maybe 50w? *shrugs*
It works perfectly fine with the little 3 gallon though. Never had a problem with it overheating the tank at all.

 

[ibbledibble]

i currently have 7 tanks up and running, and not enough heaters for all of them. all my larger tanks (110g, 40g, 13g and 10g) have 1 heater each. then i have 3 small tanks, approx 15L, 10L and 6L (4g, 2.5g and 1.5g) and i only have 1 heater between them.

i have a small external filter (very small) with a spray bar. i put the spray bar into 1 tank the heater into a second tank and the intake tube into the third. then i put tubes between the 1st and 2nd tanks and between the 2nd and 3rd. if you create a siphon with the tubes it keeps the water level even across all 3 tanks. then when you turn on the filter it forces an exchange of water between all 3 tanks.
so, 1 heater and 1 filter and 3 warm happy bettas! although the tanks are a little bit bare at the moment as it was kind of an emergency measure and haven't had a chance to decorate yet. they just have a few plants loose in the tank and some slate caves.