Dont wafff at me dont cawl me naaames

[Fishalicious]

Dont laugh at meeeee

This is probably going to make me
look really stupid but hey whatever.

My tank is in my bedroom. Lets say my bedroom is at 60 degrees F right now and my tank is at 78. If I turn the heat up in my room to 70-75 degrees w/out lowering the heater temp down on the tank, will my tank be around 88+ degrees?

I'd assume that a tank would adjust to room temp after some time. But if the tank is already being heated at 78 and the room temp is at 75 then would my visi-therm heater know not to work as hard and all would be fine? I'd think that as long as I didn't go over that 78 mark in my room then all would be fine.
I have a 55 gallon and a 10 gallon in there.

If I'm wrong, then whats my best bet of keeping the tank temp constant if I'm not always going to have the room heated (I shut off the heat when I leave the house) or as I stated before, would the heater just 'know' ?

[acronym:c70f13bb35="Thanks in Advance"]TIA[/acronym:c70f13bb35].
-Dan

[Mofo2713]

The only stupid question is one that is not asked...

Your room temperature will have no effect on your tank if you have a heater in there as long as your room temp is not above the tank temp. Since your heater is adjustable, just leave it set at the current setting and as long as you don't raise your room temp. past 78 then your tank won't go above it.

[Fishalicious]

Thanks Alot!

I figured that's how it would work, but before I started using the heat in my room (IM FRICKEN FREEEEEZING!!!!) I wanted to make sure.

Thanks for the piece of mind.

-Dan

[Mofo2713]

no prob...i live in the basement so i know what you mean. i woke up the other night and my room was 59. i turned the heat on and it got up to 70 in a couple hours. Woke up the next day and the tank temp. didn't fluctuate one bit...

[BrianNY]

In fact your heater will work less when you heat the room. The thermostat on your heater controls when it's on or off by sensing temperature fluctuations in the tank. It waits until the temperature falls below the set point to turn the heating element on.

[Menagerie]

In fact your heater will work less when you heat the room.

IM FRICKEN FREEEEEZING!!!!

Well, turn up the heat and grab a blanket in the mean time

[smallfry]

Well, turn up the heat and grab a blanket in the mean time

Either that or jump in the tank with your finned friends where it's warm.

[Fishalicious]

Now THAT just sounds like a more realistic option..

::throwing on my scuba gear::

oh, wait! I only have a 55!

Maybe when I get my 150 African tank I can lay down in there with them. Well, if I drop the water level quite a bit before hand! :P

Thanks Guys!

[verucaproduce]

Dont wafff at me dont cawl me naaames

I love your post subject. Thanks for the chuckle. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time....
Good luck warming up!

P.S. I wasn't laughing at you...I was laughing errrr....at you...sorry.

[Fishalicious]

hahahaha. I'm always here and ready for a good laugh!
I'm glad I made you chuckle. Made me smile right back.
Having a sense of humor OWNS!!

Edit: [acronym:8d6721dc6c="By the way"]BTW[/acronym:8d6721dc6c], what part of MA u from?

-Dan