Heater time already???

Wellmy fish roomtemp dropped my tanksdown to 74 which they are normally 80. Got down to 48 this morning outside So I guess it's time to put the heaters back into all my tanks. Wow

Have you put yous back in yet?????

Yep, only a very short time this year did I not have them going, we really didn't get alot of "summer heat" for any legnth of time

All mine are running along with space heaters. It got cold here in Va quickly.

i always have mine cuz i put the ac too cold in the house so i like to keep the water warm..!

No heaters here...I don't trust them.



Good luck and may your heaters work!

my temp water is a lot of my tanks are around 74. I'm like Kory....don't trust them. It has been rather cool here in Dallas the last few nights and I'll turn the house heater on before I turn on the tank heaters, except for my reef tank.

I have a floating thermometer on vats outside.
One has cichlids I am growing out and the other Albino Bristlenose Plecos.
The thermometer reads 58 Deg. F Fed the VATs this morning with flakes and the cichlids do what they usually do. Go to the top and feast on the flakes. They acclimated well, but soon I will have to get them out I can't take a chance for the temp inside the tank to drop to 40. Igot Albino Cobues and BB slims and galireya reef in there.

No heaters yet here...Only my Fancy Plecos gets heaters...

The "good deal" heaters cuz' I bought a large air pump, they for the most part suck worked great for the first couple of years then they went crazy!! Now I know why LOL they needed to move them. Either way too hot even for the frillys or won't get over 74F. So only have a few brands I use that have been great over the years.

I use a space heater. Roll it out on wheels and plug it in next to the tanks. Warms up the one room pretty nice.

When I start shutting the windows the ole' humidifier gets plugged in that keeps the few unheated tanks right at 74, for me to actually plug in the space heater as I hate base boards the rest of the house prays I get cold LOL otherwise suck it up and get a blanket

KMX wrote:

No heaters here...I don't trust them.



Good luck and may your heaters work!

I lost a gorgeous lionfish to one. NEVER will I use them again.

i think thats a matter of getting lucky, i had heaters since i started this hobby and never had any problem with them..

Luck indeed, but I am not willing to gamble with my fish anymore.

you must not have been in the hobby long not to have heater problems!

Turned the dehumidifier on in fish room. Alternates two on tell off and so far keeping fishroom warm enough

FishVixen wrote:

you must not have been in the hobby long not to have heater problems!

Well, i've been enough time to test them out , and you wanna know something better? all the heaters i have i bought them used! so you can imagine how many times/hours those heater have been working, its just my opinion about heaters...

Some people have all the luck!

i keep mine in like it cold in the house

i had it just like that too but i started having ich problems so i decided to keep the water warm to prevent decease.

I have been using heaters for over 20 years now and never had a problem with them and keep them in my tanks year round.