good average water temp?

[Shagster]

Hello,

What's a good average water temperature for a planted tank?? I've been
keeping mine between 74 and 79 degrees.. Is that too cool?? I've seen
others post average temps at or above 80... A partial list of my plants is
below:

Crypto wendtii (green and brown)
Crypto lucens
Dwarg sag
Hornwort
Anubias
Pennywort
Amazon swords
Vallisaneria

Thanks,
Troy

[Steve]

Shagster wrote:
> Hello,
>
> What's a good average water temperature for a planted tank?? I've been
> keeping mine between 74 and 79 degrees.. Is that too cool?? I've seen
> others post average temps at or above 80... A partial list of my plants is
> below:
>
> Crypto wendtii (green and brown)
> Crypto lucens
> Dwarg sag
> Hornwort
> Anubias
> Pennywort
> Amazon swords
> Vallisaneria
>
> Thanks,
> Troy
>
>
Hi,
Your water temperature sounds perfect for almost all plants and many
fish. Equally important is temperature stablity; if it cycles up and
down between 74-76 or 76-78 in a 24 hour period that's fine. I wouldn't
want it to vary daily between 74-79 because of the fish, although as a
seasonal this is fine.

Baensch's Aquarium Atlas has information about recommended temperature
for specific fish and plants.
Steve

[Shagster]

Thanks for the feedback Steve!

"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> Shagster wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> What's a good average water temperature for a planted tank?? I've been
>> keeping mine between 74 and 79 degrees.. Is that too cool?? I've seen
>> others post average temps at or above 80... A partial list of my plants
>> is below:
>>
>> Crypto wendtii (green and brown)
>> Crypto lucens
>> Dwarg sag
>> Hornwort
>> Anubias
>> Pennywort
>> Amazon swords
>> Vallisaneria
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Troy
>>
>>
> Hi,
> Your water temperature sounds perfect for almost all plants and many fish.
> Equally important is temperature stablity; if it cycles up and down
> between 74-76 or 76-78 in a 24 hour period that's fine. I wouldn't want it
> to vary daily between 74-79 because of the fish, although as a seasonal
> this is fine.
>
> Baensch's Aquarium Atlas has information about recommended temperature for
> specific fish and plants.
> Steve
>
>
>

[Dick]

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 10:32:23 -0400, "Shagster" > wrote:

>Hello,
>
>What's a good average water temperature for a planted tank?? I've been
>keeping mine between 74 and 79 degrees.. Is that too cool?? I've seen
>others post average temps at or above 80... A partial list of my plants is
>below:
>
>Crypto wendtii (green and brown)
>Crypto lucens
>Dwarg sag
>Hornwort
>Anubias
>Pennywort
>Amazon swords
>Vallisaneria
>
>Thanks,
>Troy
>
I keep my 5 tanks at 76 to 78 although one tank pushes 81 in the
summer. I have never figured out why it is different, but 81 seems ok
to the fish so far as I can tell.

dick