Digital Thermometer V's Temperature Strips

[gaz gun man]

I have a digital strip one and a Marina digital planner one, they both read the same. I had a cheap Marina one that just displayed the temp and that was rubbish.

 

[Tag2008]

Well it seems Ive got a duff one from ebay,
I bought a galss one today and its reading the same as my LCD strips, seems this digital one is reading about 2-3 c higher than it should..

 

[raptorrex]

i have two, very expensive,£100+ calibrateable thermometers. one from TPI one from Fluke. both read the same temps, but none of the thermometers i have seen, in tanks, are even close to accurate. two or three degrees either way is not unusual.

So, does this mean we all need to spend £100 to keep or fish happy and healthy? (I'm not on convinced of this) or are fish nowhere near as sensitive to the temperature they are kept at, as we are led to believe? (much more likely imho)

 

[Tag2008]

i have two, very expensive,£100+ calibrateable thermometers. one from TPI one from Fluke. both read the same temps, but none of the thermometers i have seen, in tanks, are even close to accurate. two or three degrees either way is not unusual.

So, does this mean we all need to spend £100 to keep or fish happy and healthy? (I'm not on convinced of this) or are fish nowhere near as sensitive to the temperature they are kept at, as we are led to believe? (much more likely imho)

Hi,
Thats an interesting comment,

From what I read it seems that consitancy is as important as an exact temperature to keep the water althought thats possibly only good short term if its hotter or coooler?, I was told that keeping the water hotter does speed growt in the fish but does shorten the fish lives im not sure what effect keeping the water cooler has although im sure it would be bad on most species.

Ive been lucky as my LCD strips seem to have been quite close to the mark so I havent been keeping the water as hot as the new thermomiter suggests. But you need a good thermometer for sure and I thought the new digitals would be great and easy to read...

After testing this digital one its clearly not calibrated properly so ive emailed the seller to see if he will swap it for another, but if its a steady 2-3 degrees out all the time I guess it would work as a back up if all else fails.

 

[raptorrex]

(Tag2008)From what I read it seems that consitancy is as important as an exact temperature to keep the water

Humm, in nature, fish would rarely have a consistent temperature. indeed, they rarely have consistent anything!