horse_gambler Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I just bought a Digital thermometer and I am wondering about a few things. where in the tank should the thermometer be placed?(near the top middle bottom, at the side near the filter or not?) what temp should the tank be at(average?) And will it hurt my girls to be attcking the cord? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Didn't realise digital thermometers had cords. I thought most of them were battery operated. I assume the cord that you're talking about is some kind of sensor? Anyway, I doubt that bettas can inflict a strong enough bite to an electrical cord to do any damage to themselves or the cord. How fine is this cord? Why do you think they're chomping at it? Does it look like a worm? I'd place the sensor close to water flow. Temperature should be around 26 deg Celsius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horse_gambler Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 the cord is what the sensor is attached to it isn't very thick and they girls have stoped attacking it, they seem to like to try and take bites out of anything new(including hands lol) The therometer has been in for the night and has settled at 23 deg Celsius is that an ok temp or should I now be looking into a heater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 You managed to get it to 23 deg without a heater? Isn't Canada freezing right now? I'd be trying to bump up the temp a couple of degrees which probably means a heater. If you bring the temperature of your house down by about 4 deg, the money you save on your power bill will probably buy about 20 aquarium heaters. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Em Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Bettarazzi, the thing with Canadian houses is that they're all centrally heated to around 20 degrees C. So using a heater is not really needed in the middle of winter. Although it's a heck of a shock when you go outside into the minus degree temperatures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Ahh.... but it's a dry cold! But seriously, I visited some friends in Mississauga just after New Year a couple of years ago. Temp only ever went down to minus 3 while I was there. But it didn't feel so bad. I think because it wasn't windy and the air seemed quite dry. So I didn't feel as bad as I do in the middle of a Melbourne winter when it's only 16 degrees but windy and wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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