JoeyGeeze
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi all, I have a Hydor inline heater on my 46 gallon tank and up til this point it's been flawless. The temperature rose in New jersey the last couple days so that means my apartment gets hot. My tank has always been at 78 but this week it went up to 79/80. To combat that I left the glass top cracked open today so it doesn't get the green house effect. I plan on buying a screen mesh to put over the top for the summer time.
Anyway, today I noticed my heater was on when I came home and the tank was reading 79.6. I checked to make sure it was set correctly and then lowered the heater to 77. About 30 minutes later the heater turned on again and my temp was reading 79.2. So now I panic LOL. I have a digital petsmart thermometer which has worked well for me. I just purchased a glass thermometer to double check the temp and was getting 79/80. Lowered the heater to 76 and again it turned on... OK buddy now you're getting unplugged!!
My apartments temperature is warm enough to maintain the temp in the tank, however, I'm more concerned about fluctuation and what that will do to the health of my fish. I have a kribensis, tiger barbs, kuhlis, and a spotted pleco. I don't think the pleco is happy, he's become quite dark colored because he likes a lower temp to begin with. I just emailed Hydor to tell them what's happening.
Anybody have any advice/ suggestions?? Maybe somebody has some experience with the Hydor heater? It's so random, it has been working well the last 2 months. I wonder if it needs to be cleaned? Sorry for the long rant!
Anyway, today I noticed my heater was on when I came home and the tank was reading 79.6. I checked to make sure it was set correctly and then lowered the heater to 77. About 30 minutes later the heater turned on again and my temp was reading 79.2. So now I panic LOL. I have a digital petsmart thermometer which has worked well for me. I just purchased a glass thermometer to double check the temp and was getting 79/80. Lowered the heater to 76 and again it turned on... OK buddy now you're getting unplugged!!
My apartments temperature is warm enough to maintain the temp in the tank, however, I'm more concerned about fluctuation and what that will do to the health of my fish. I have a kribensis, tiger barbs, kuhlis, and a spotted pleco. I don't think the pleco is happy, he's become quite dark colored because he likes a lower temp to begin with. I just emailed Hydor to tell them what's happening.
Anybody have any advice/ suggestions?? Maybe somebody has some experience with the Hydor heater? It's so random, it has been working well the last 2 months. I wonder if it needs to be cleaned? Sorry for the long rant!