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good average water temp?
Hello,
What's a good average water temperature for a planted tank?? I've been keeping mine between 74 and 79 degrees.. Is that too cool?? I've seen others post average temps at or above 80... A partial list of my plants is below: Crypto wendtii (green and brown) Crypto lucens Dwarg sag Hornwort Anubias Pennywort Amazon swords Vallisaneria Thanks, Troy |
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Shagster wrote:
Hello, What's a good average water temperature for a planted tank?? I've been keeping mine between 74 and 79 degrees.. Is that too cool?? I've seen others post average temps at or above 80... A partial list of my plants is below: Crypto wendtii (green and brown) Crypto lucens Dwarg sag Hornwort Anubias Pennywort Amazon swords Vallisaneria Thanks, Troy Hi, Your water temperature sounds perfect for almost all plants and many fish. Equally important is temperature stablity; if it cycles up and down between 74-76 or 76-78 in a 24 hour period that's fine. I wouldn't want it to vary daily between 74-79 because of the fish, although as a seasonal this is fine. Baensch's Aquarium Atlas has information about recommended temperature for specific fish and plants. Steve |
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Thanks for the feedback Steve!
"Steve" wrote in message ... Shagster wrote: Hello, What's a good average water temperature for a planted tank?? I've been keeping mine between 74 and 79 degrees.. Is that too cool?? I've seen others post average temps at or above 80... A partial list of my plants is below: Crypto wendtii (green and brown) Crypto lucens Dwarg sag Hornwort Anubias Pennywort Amazon swords Vallisaneria Thanks, Troy Hi, Your water temperature sounds perfect for almost all plants and many fish. Equally important is temperature stablity; if it cycles up and down between 74-76 or 76-78 in a 24 hour period that's fine. I wouldn't want it to vary daily between 74-79 because of the fish, although as a seasonal this is fine. Baensch's Aquarium Atlas has information about recommended temperature for specific fish and plants. Steve |
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On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 10:32:23 -0400, "Shagster" wrote:
Hello, What's a good average water temperature for a planted tank?? I've been keeping mine between 74 and 79 degrees.. Is that too cool?? I've seen others post average temps at or above 80... A partial list of my plants is below: Crypto wendtii (green and brown) Crypto lucens Dwarg sag Hornwort Anubias Pennywort Amazon swords Vallisaneria Thanks, Troy I keep my 5 tanks at 76 to 78 although one tank pushes 81 in the summer. I have never figured out why it is different, but 81 seems ok to the fish so far as I can tell. dick |
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