Temperature ...

[Viperboy]

How hot can fish stand ? .... my tank is around 88 right now and they seem to love it and are enjoying life now that the Ich is dying off .... just wish i didnt lose so many fish before i realized it. But my question is what temp do you all keep ur tanks at? ... i had my around 79 in general but now im thinking about raising it ... TIA

Ray

 

[Primetime]

Depends on your fish. What fish do you have in there?

 

[Viperboy]

Well after the plauge came through all i have left is 4 zebras and 3 bronze aeneus cory cats ..... trying to think of what else i should add that would be good ... i know im gonna get some type of pleco sometime and replace gordan the gourami with another neon blue gourami. But i know that will not max me ... and i didnt have much luck with tetras first time so what else would be good? and i dont like rainbows

Ray

 

[Fishyfanatic]

76 to 78 is the standard for tropicals.

 

[RoK]

With those fish, I'd say about 76F.

 

[Viperboy]

ah ok ... well i thought of another question today .... when im done treating for Ich how can i get the water cooled down slowly from 88 to 76?
TIA

Ray

 

[cbk.o4]

....slowly decrese the temp of your heater over a time span. do a degrees every 5 hours or so, the fish prolly wont notice.

 

[trotty]

i have discus and they stay at 28deg to 30deg i dont know what that is for farenh ah what eva that word is. i have an assortment of tetras, plecos, BGK, rams and also had cichlids at the same temp. seem to thrive and have not had any white spot for ages.

 

[noncentric]

My larger 25-gal (with a heater) is kept at about 78 F.

My smaller 6-gal (without a heater) stays between 78-80 F - even through the middle of the night, probably because it's in a fairly insulated area away from any windows or exterior walls.