tank temps

[fishyjessie]

what temp do you usually keep your heaters at. i have a new 29 gal that i am going to keep baby parahnas in and i dont know what to set the heater to.

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Around eighty. However, since you might want to cut down on the amount of food you give to your fish (being so expensive and whatnot) 75 or the like should be ok.

 

[guppymonkey]

Since fish are cold blooded their body temperature (and metabolism) are regulated by the surrounding water temperature. When you are raising young fish many people elevate the temperature into the low 80s so that the fry will grow faster. This only works well if you are willing to feed them many times a day. This can have some bad side effects though, mainly lowered life span as the fish age faster because of the raised temperature.

If they are tiny fry I would have the temperature at about 80 and feed them a lot. If they are over 1/2 inch then I would put the temperature about 76 or 78 degrees F.

 

[Cheese Specialist]

75-80F for most fish but at the moment 85F for my discus.

 

[Def]

Normally about 24 in the main tank (think thats about 75, not sure), and 28 in the quarantine tank. I bump the main tank up to 28-ish if ich appears though.

 

[-cAtFiSh-]

i have mine set to about 26C but now that the weather is getting hotter its about 28ish