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	Reducing Temperature
tomsouthall Enthusiast Posts: 286 Kudos: 470 Votes: 13 Registered: 18-Jan-2004	I am wanting to reduce the temperature of my tank from 28 degrees (i had discus-now gone), to 26 degrees and obviously i wont do it all at once so i dont upset the other occupants, so i was wondering what is the best way to do this without upsetting my clown loach, zebra loach, rummynoses, BGK and BN? thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
openwater Fish Addict Posts: 565 Kudos: 551 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Jul-2004	28 to 26 is not that huge of a difference, do over 24 hour or longer. A day will be fine.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	when you get up in the morning set the heater down 1 degree, then that night before going to bed, drop it another degree...then viola you are 2 degrees cooler than you were when you woke up...have fun, Heidi "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
ACIDRAIN Moderator Posts: 3162 Kudos: 1381 Votes: 416 Registered: 14-Jan-2002	Yes, 24 hours is a good time limit for that change. I would do as Heidi has suggested, one degree in am, and one degree in pm. _____________________________________________________________ There is always a bigger fish...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	As the above members said, just drop 1 degree in the morning & 1 degree at night. http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54


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