Aquarium Heaters
Excerpt : Heating in an aquarium is essential for fresh water and salt water fish. They both like their water to be hot as they are both tropical species of fish. Goldfish are cold water fish so you don't need
Heating in an aquarium is essential for fresh water and salt
water fish. They both like their water to be hot as they are
both tropical species of fish. Goldfish are cold water fish so
you don't need to worry about a heater for them. Often when
winters comes fish shops get many calls asking why their fish
have just suddenly died or are acting strange. This is because
people have not turned up
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the heaters in their fish tank! As the
weather gets colder people forget that their house temperature
drops and so does the tanks temperature so you have to adjust
the heater for this time of year! If there is just a one degree
drop in twenty four hours it could bring on a fish disease
called "ich" or it could outright kill a fish!
When buying a heater you have to look at all the
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options. You
could buy a very cheap heater but then you have the problem
where the heater will probably break, the thermostat isn't as
good as regulating the tank and you don't have a temperature
heat setting like others would. Then you have the mid priced
heaters, they are generally the ones that people use. They have
semi decent thermostats and hold their value reasonably well.
After a period
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of time maybe six months to a year you have to
change your heater as the heating element isn't always working
properly after this time!
Try to check your heater every couple of weeks and check the
temperature of the tank everyday so that you can make sure that
your fish are not suffering! Too hot and you will basically boil
your fish and too cold and you can freeze their blood. So
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and keep the temperature regulated!
Always try to place your heater near a filter as this helps to
distribute the heat. This helps to save your fish from hot or
cold spots! Heating is essential in tanks so make sure that you
are adequately prepared in the seasons that count!
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