Heaters

Hi All,

Does anyone have any thoughts on using a heater purely for maintaining a
constant temperature. Any comment would be most helpful.

Cheer's

Steve.........

In article , sc002d6126
@blueyonder.co.uk says...
Hi All,

Does anyone have any thoughts on using a heater purely for maintaining a
constant temperature. Any comment would be most helpful.

Pretty wise thing to do in most people's opinion.
Rapid drops in water temperature are stressful to goldfish.

G

Does anyone have any thoughts on using a heater purely for maintaining a
constant temperature. Any comment would be most helpful.

______

Goldfish don't really need a heater as they like the cold water. If the water
gets too warm, they get lethargic. Heaters are mainly used for tropical fish.

~~~~Christine~~~~
Did you know that "a lot" are 2 separate words? Yes, really!

On 25 Aug 2003 09:38:31 GMT, uter (ChristineMB
7 27) wrote:

Does anyone have any thoughts on using a heater purely for maintaining a
constant temperature. Any comment would be most helpful.

______

Goldfish don't really need a heater as they like the cold water. If the water
gets too warm, they get lethargic. Heaters are mainly used for tropical fish.

~~~~Christine~~~~
Did you know that "a lot" are 2 separate words? Yes, really!

A lot depends on your definition of cold water. Most seem to think
fancy goldfish, because of the body shape require a higher temperature
than the single tailed goldies. But any rapid shift in temperature is
stressful to the fish whether higher or lower. I keep a heater on a
thermostat at all times to try to keep the temp as stable as possible.
I keep fancies and the temp of my tanks is around 74 degrees. My fish
are anything but lethargic.

Azul

In article ,
uter says...
Does anyone have any thoughts on using a heater purely for maintaining a
constant temperature. Any comment would be most helpful.

______

Goldfish don't really need a heater as they like the cold water. If the water
gets too warm, they get lethargic. Heaters are mainly used for tropical fish.

This is absolute rot. As any goldfish keeper will tell you, as the
water temperature goes up, so does goldfish activity. When it
goes DOWN they get "lethargic" as do all cold-blooded animals.

If you raise the temp high enough, yes, your fish will be
dead = very lethargic.

Heaters are mainly used where ever one desires a constant temp
for the protection of the fish.
~~~~Christine~~~~
Did you know that "a lot" are 2 separate words? Yes, really!

So is "bad advice."

Gunther

Just a warning to all....I had an heater in my tropical tank a few years
ago....it gets cold up here in NH and it was maintaining the temp for my
mollies and catfish while I was at work and the temps in the house would go
down to high 50s......until while at work it malfunctioned and I came home
to green water, a disgusting smell and 12 dead fish....the temp went up to
175F.....the poor things......moral of the story....buy a good
heater....check it frequently.....and keep the environmental temp in the
room close to where you want the tank to be so the heater is just for
emergency cold snaps......I learned the hard way.....

Sneaks

"Gunther" wrote in message
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In article ,
uter says...
Does anyone have any thoughts on using a heater purely for maintaining
a
constant temperature. Any comment would be most helpful.

______

Goldfish don't really need a heater as they like the cold water. If the
water
gets too warm, they get lethargic. Heaters are mainly used for tropical
fish.

This is absolute rot. As any goldfish keeper will tell you, as the
water temperature goes up, so does goldfish activity. When it
goes DOWN they get "lethargic" as do all cold-blooded animals.

If you raise the temp high enough, yes, your fish will be
dead = very lethargic.

Heaters are mainly used where ever one desires a constant temp
for the protection of the fish.
~~~~Christine~~~~
Did you know that "a lot" are 2 separate words? Yes, really!

So is "bad advice."

Gunther

too true, and just get a heater large enough for the tank... even if it is on all the
time it cannot overheat. in this case, bigger isnt better. Ingrid

"Sneaks" wrote:

Just a warning to all....I had an heater in my tropical tank a few years
ago....it gets cold up here in NH and it was maintaining the temp for my
mollies and catfish while I was at work and the temps in the house would go
down to high 50s......until while at work it malfunctioned and I came home
to green water, a disgusting smell and 12 dead fish....the temp went up to
175F.....the poor things......moral of the story....buy a good
heater....check it frequently.....and keep the environmental temp in the
room close to where you want the tank to be so the heater is just for
emergency cold snaps......I learned the hard way.....


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This almost sounds like too large of a heater in too small of a tank.

What size was the tank and heater?


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down to high 50s......until while at work it malfunctioned and I came home
to green water, a disgusting smell and 12 dead fish....the temp went up to
175F.....the poor things......moral of the story....buy a good

Sneaks

most people keep fancy GF eventually will use a thermometer. GF are not really cold
water fish, that is, they dont thrive in cold water but can live despite being in
cold water. optimal temps for GF are around 75-78oF.
but the best use of a thermometer is to prevent the temp swinging around. sharp temp
drops stress the fish and bring on ich. Ingrid

"Steve carr" wrote:
Does anyone have any thoughts on using a heater purely for maintaining a
constant temperature. Any comment would be most helpful.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Steve carr wrote:

Does anyone have any thoughts on using a heater purely for maintaining
a constant temperature. Any comment would be most helpful.

Mine are dialed in at 74 deg F. House can drop to 62 at night, don't
want the water temp to move around.

-D
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