Do you care about temperature?

[Art]

Most people focus on the big three - CO2, Lighting and Fertilizer. Other than keeping their tanks within a "tropical" range, most people don't seem to pay too much attention to the temperature of their aquariums.

Do you care about the temperature of your aquarium? Let's hear from you! What temp do you run it at or do you let it be free like I do?

Does temperature matter?

 

[Count Krunk]

This is a tuff one. I want to scream yes but i with guppies and shrimp I've swung the tanks from 75 to 67 degrees with no issues. Water change water is cold during the winter lol.

 

[FrankZ]

I run my tanks between 75-78 depending on the live stock. I’ve tried to run without a heater and just let the tanks swing with house hold temperature but my livestock always appears to be unhappy when I do. My cherry shrimp are fine in an unheated tank though. Plants don’t seem to care one way or another.

 

[Pepere]

Inkbird controls the heater turning it on when it drops to 74, and off when it gets to 76.

2, 29 gallon tanks and a 20 high in the bedroom with well insulated walls. Rest of the house only gets heated to 60 degrees but bedroom stays a delightful 71 degrees…. My recliner is next to the bed and I spend most of my hours when home, in the bedroom.

In the summer I have AC in that room only, keeping it 74 degrees. Very economical to cool just this room…. Without AC the tanks would get up in the low 80s….

 

[riioKen]

Usually my tank is on the colder side (heated to 22°c, 71-72f) for a tropical ones, it's like this since November, fish beg for food everytime I'm near the tank and are very active through the day. In summer it raise to almost 28° with fan on at 100% and with an extremely high evaporation.

 

[Burr740]

Ideally I'd like to keep mine around 68-70 for better solubility of CO2 and O2 along with plants having a slower metabolism in lower temps.

Currently I have 8 tanks in a back bedroom, now dubbed The Tank Room, and the two Dutch/display tanks in the living room. As it stands I just let them be whatever the house is, mid-upper 70s in the summer and around 70 in the winter.

Ive thought about putting a little window unit in the tank room for the summer months but then I'd have to keep the door shut...which I really dont like the idea of but I could get used to it

Its not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things but I do notice things go better when its cooler. Fussy plants are a little more agreeable and another really interesting thing is the tanks dont seem to get 'dirty" as fast as they do when temps are pushing 80. That Im sure is a by product of slower metabolism across the board

 

[Burr740]

Inkbird controls the heater turning it on when it drops to 74, and off when it gets to 76.

2, 29 gallon tanks and a 20 high in the bedroom with well insulated walls. Rest of the house only gets heated to 60 degrees but bedroom stays a delightful 71 degrees…. My recliner is next to the bed and I spend most of my hours when home, in the bedroom.

In the summer I have AC in that room only, keeping it 74 degrees. Very economical to cool just this room…. Without AC the tanks would get up in the low 80s….

That sounds very pleasant and wow I cant even imagine. Here in N AL comfort levels depend on the AC at least 6 months out of the year

Different world in Maine ayuh? (see what I did there)

 

[Pepere]

At most in Maine historically at least AC has only been needed 3-4 weeks a year….

Last summer it was more like 7-8.