gianniz Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 as the topic, my tanks been hitting around 20 lately and better to be safe than sorry.currently all fish seems like normal, saw a free lure a male them kick hims away for like all day.i'm thinking she wants to do it but she waiting for rain aka water change??? (tomorrow arvo to see if my theory pans out).What am really concerned about my first born xeno ochrongenys fry 2months lol. been little skitsh and frieghtend, they are eating well and doing fine by themself but just scared of me!!! could it be temp as it's 20. (though it could be the water change a day go that made them defensive).so to summarise, cold them in summer, heater in or out???cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I don't remove my heater from the tank at all. It saves massive temp fluctuations in case of sudden cold snaps. The heater won't heat the water when the temps are high anyway. I have never ever understood why people remove them over summer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I never use them over summer. If your worried about it then put it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael's africans Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 The thermostatt in the heater allows it to cut in and out depending on the ambient temperature. However instead of removing my heater in summer, I drop the temp to the minimum for the species I am keeping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elapid Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Just to clarify.....It's not summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I bump my heaters up from 24/25 to 27 in summer. The tanks are usually 29 to 30. A sudden drop from 30 to 24 is likely to result in ich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_J Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 had a heat wave the otherday , after i did a big water change on my bristle nose fry.... as i wasnt home , i lost 50 odd b/ns plus the big breeding girl..... my first big loss.... anyhow , saved the rest of them....sorry for hijacking the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosedagoose Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 yeah i dont take them out but turn off from power point. Turned them back on 2 days ago,,, bloody freezing and crappy weather, id be putting them back in atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noxious_nasties Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I bump my heaters up from 24/25 to 27 in summer. The tanks are usually 29 to 30. A sudden drop from 30 to 24 is likely to result in ich.Equally you could say that by having a temp usually at 29-30 could result in deaths should a heat wave come. Trying to cool the water is alot harderthan it is to heat it.I'm a fan of having them off but inside - you save power, CO2 emmisions and money. I'd still monitor the temperature here and there on particularly cold days though.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 How much power do you actually save if they never actually turn on over summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noxious_nasties Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 If it's on cold days the kwh will go from 5kwh per day to at least 18kwh and a max around 23kwh.At a rate of say 0.25c/kwh thats going from a cost of $1.25 to between $4.50 and $4.75.Do that on many days and it's not hard to tell thats a significant consumption decrease.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 lets say my heater is set to 26 and most of the summer the tank is above that, the heater is using close to 0kwhr per day. As the 300w is only when the element is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogboy Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 i do not understand why people remove heaters over summer, when the thermostat turns them off they draw no power....i keep my Tang tanks at 22 to 26 and they may heat up more with a heat wave. it can get cold overnight where i live so i dont want fish getting cold overnight. also they are less likely to get broken in an aquarium or sump than they are sitting in a cupboard or drawer somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 i do not understand why people remove heaters over summer, when the thermostat turns them off they draw no power....i keep my Tang tanks at 22 to 26 and they may heat up more with a heat wave. it can get cold overnight where i live so i dont want fish getting cold overnight. also they are less likely to get broken in an aquarium or sump than they are sitting in a cupboard or drawer somewhere.With a heater in the tank and powered, there's always that chance of fish soup.Add 30+ degree weather and ambient temps to match and there is alot less time to identify and get rid of a heater with a screwed thermostat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 anyone tried breeding pair of ghost knife soup? It's not nice...heater went back in yesterday i do not understand why people remove heaters over summer, when the thermostat turns them off they draw no power....i keep my Tang tanks at 22 to 26 and they may heat up more with a heat wave. it can get cold overnight where i live so i dont want fish getting cold overnight. also they are less likely to get broken in an aquarium or sump than they are sitting in a cupboard or drawer somewhere.With a heater in the tank and powered, there's always that chance of fish soup.Add 30+ degree weather and ambient temps to match and there is alot less time to identify and get rid of a heater with a screwed thermostat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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