Who uses heaters

[Sorrell]

We live in Wyoming so heaters are a must year round. My betta tanks don't have heaters but they are contained in the fishroom which is kept at a much higher temperature then the rest of the house.

 

[!guppy!]

i have heater in all the time, not so much for constant temp and all that, but also because i can make it 79F ish so its warmer and encourages better growth in plants and fish and also helps pregnancy.. so ive herd!

 

[karrihug]

i live in south florida, never gets to cold, but we keep the ac on all the time so everything is heated except the smaller betta tanks which have incadescent lights. those stay warm from the lights being on.

 

[Tropjunky]

I do my house i freexing not bad when the weathers hot but well i think every1 needs a heater.

 

[SirMinion]

SirMinion...
Is your area very temperate all year long?

No, it get's hot in the summer and bloody cold in the winter here on the east coast of England, but even without heating, the house rarely dips below 15c, even if it's snowing outside.

 

[Pixie]

I use to have heaters but had a hard time getting them regulated so I took them out. My tanks stay about 78 year round. I live in Minnesota and came from North Dakota so it gets a bit nippy in the winter. I'm such a wimp when it comes to the cold though, that my house is always pretty warm, so I don't worry about it. I never have a problem with sick fish unless a new fish brings something in.

 

[Nisha]

I used to have a heater too but it didn't seem to make a difference. I couldn't ever tell if it was working so I just took it out. It always seems to be between 76-82 in my tank, even through winter. The temperature stays pretty constant in the condo I live in and the tank is on the inside, away from the windows. My fish have been pretty happy over the last 3 years here without a heater.

 

[Angry_Platy]

Yes...to be safe

It is on more often that not in winter and off all the time in summer....

 

[*~*DaRk_AnGeL*~*]

I use a heater in all of my tanks. I get too scared that if I turn it off the temperature might suddenly change!

 

[Doggfather]

i got a heater in each of my tanks

 

[clutterydrawer]

SirMinion and Cluttery,

Is your area very temperate all year long?

Here we would be frozen once October-November gets here so we have to have a heater.

I live in Leeds in the north of England

so...no..it is not warm all year. I imagine we don't have such severe winters as you would, but we still get cold. I just have to wear a lot of clothes

can't wait till i can move out into a hosue that's actually fit for human habitation. bloody parents.

 

[love fishies]

I found out how important heaters are, it was very hot, new community tank, new to this (used to goldfish). I unplugged the heater, that was ok until one night it cooled off because of thrunderstorm, woke up and the heat was at 70 in tank. The fish ended up getting ich and lost 2 fish because of my stupidity. Should have come on the forum to ask first before i did this. Now i keep it on all the time and everything is fine with the one lonely female black phantom tetra that is left in the tank.

 

[CFC]

I only use heaters for the really cold months from around November till March, after that i allow the tanks to run at room temperature, some fluctuation in water temperature over night mimicks the natural enviroment of the fish more closely as the water would cool off a little once the sun goes down. A lot of the recomended temperatures for tropical fish are actually the high end temperatures as the only information on them is that that has been recorded at source where they have been caught from. As most tropical fish are collected during the dry seasons when the weather is at its warmest and the rivers are low the temperatures recorded are much warmer than they would be during the wet season when the constant rainfall cools the water, most tropicals are fine with a temperature of 20c which can easily be maintained in most houses without heaters.

 

[jordan barnhart]

Never needed a heater at all. Never needed one in winter,summer, spring, fall...

my tanks stay at 74-76 degrees. never seen a change in that...

but i do have one in an emergency