Temperature Getting Too Low At Nite

[spicyball]

Hi..as my tank is in my air con room..my water temp normally go down to 25-26 at nite and my fishes get white spots very regularly due to constant temperature fluctuation.

thinking of puttnig a heater in my tank at nite to prevent it from becoming too cold...will this work??

[Regal]

Put a heater in the marine tank seen funny ....But in some countries which having the "Winter " , They have to put in the heater to maintain the temp.....

IMO, U should add in the heater at night to maintain the temp..

[sphinx]

Heater normally comes with built in thermostat and you just need to set it to the temp say 26 and when temp falls below 26 it will than activate...... it's not constantly on all the time..... so dun have take it out in the day

[hbpencil]

Aplogise to hijack the thread a bit .... but it's related.

I've been reading around and also not too sure whether should I get a thermostat to maintain a stable temperature for my aquarium ..... knowing about Singapore's temperature .... may I ask how do you guys 'maintain' a stable temperature for your tank? (Other than using a chiller)

Thank you.

[Clownfish]

Aplogise to hijack the thread a bit .... but it's related.

I've been reading around and also not too sure whether should I get a thermostat to maintain a stable temperature for my aquarium ..... knowing about Singapore's temperature .... may I ask how do you guys 'maintain' a stable temperature for your tank? (Other than using a chiller)

Thank you.

Singapore's temp is quite consistent cos we dun hav the four seasons

[seamonkee]

This is interesting.... reefers usually complain about temperature being too high and not too low...

I agree with Clownfish, temperature don't fluctuate much in Singapore.... if your tank is in an air-con room, I think it's ok...

The white spots... could it be from something else rather than temperature?

[spicyball]

I think most probably is because of temperature because i always see my clownfishes having whitespot in the morning and by noon...those white spots are gone...

[Regal]

Yes, U can drop the ice cube to lower U temp............ But after certain time the temp. will go back. IMO, 2-3 deg C don't affect the fishes......

[hbpencil]

Thanks for advising, Clownfish and seamonkee. So, I need not but thermostat for my aquarium liao .....

[spong3bob]

my tank water temperature sometimes go to as low as 19 degrees at nite due to air con... is it ok?

normally in the day it seldom go above 26d..

[SharkBait]

Phoar,that is way too low.And the temperature fluctuations are too big.you need to add a heater man.

[SpidermanX]

I also ve the same prob. Clownfish ve white spot early i the morning but is gone abt noon time. I did not put it in air con room but do u think it is always good to maintain a consistent temp?

[Dazza]

19 degress can keep cold water abalone etc hahaha

[spong3bob]

will try to increase the temp of my air con in the nite...

but this morning temp is ard 22d... so i guess its ok...

sometimes the water is so cold that after i turn off the air con the water outside the tank will have a layer of water.....