its too hot...

[BOD]

shall look out for although isnt mercury like posionus? seeing as i broke my last one i may not be such a good idea

 

[zig]

True.....i think most of them contain some level of mercury, although some are spirit based, but anyway its probably not a good idea to break any of them in your tank i just know the mercury ones are more accurate from developing film for years, where a degree or two can make a difference, so ive allways used mercury ones, learnt that years ago studying photography in college.

 

[BOD]

cheers for the info....

 

[pica_nuttalli]

er, just a point:

The boiling point of water at sea level is 212 degrees Fahrenheit and 100 degrees Celsius. Since your tank is at 90 degrees and your fish aren't dead, I'd imagine that your thermometer is reading in Fahrenheit, not Celsius.

just thought i'd mention it.

 

[Torrean]

I think the best thermometor set up would probably be a stick on thermometor and an alcohol thermometer on the inside. Because mercury is poisonous. I think alcohol is too but too a much lesser extent. The combination of the two thermometors should allow you to get a fairly accurate reading. As for the speed of the reading, mercury may be faster but how fast does it really need to be. I can see maybe using a murcury thermo for water changes but not for in the tank, because if it breaks you'll probably have a bunch of dead fish.

 

[Synirr]

I believe most thermometers made to go inside aquariums are made with alcohol rather than mercury nowadays, just for the record

 

[BOD]

errrrr duh i had a dumb moment last night before i went to bed...of course its 100 C for boiling point lmao.....yea i did mean its 90 F it has C next to it as well..... (tut tut my old science lecturers would be ticked off if they saw this haha opps! )

 

[ferrikins]

mine got up to 28*c yesterday, my poor newt is'nt supose to have any temp abouth 24*c, he seems ok though.

I have a timer on my lights on my tanks and I set them to be off for the hottest part of the day.

Was way to hot yesterday, I know we need some sun, but when my animals are to hot and un happy I am to.

 

[Gill]

Thats What Happened to me, And I lost Alot of Fish.

 

[BOD]

well i bought a new thermometer....and its says the same thing as my sticky on thermometer does althou...i have noticed that my sticky on one jumps from 86-90 on the scale and both are lighted up so maybe it isnt actually 90 degrees but inbetween which is showing up my new one also says 86 degrees...but the fish are fine!

 

[Jen]

Thats probably 90F... its 100C that is boiling.

 

[BOD]

yea i know...i corrected mydelf earlier for that mistake haha 90 C = boiled fish..hmmm!!!