My room where I have tanks gets cold when it started to get cold outside. I have a 1/2 gallon, 1 gallon, and 5 gallon. I found a heater for my 5 gallon tank , but I don't know how to keep the other 2 warm. I can't move them to another room cause I live with my parent. Any ideas on how to keep the tanks the right tempatures.
Help with a cold room
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Make sure you have a hood of some kind on all tanks.
ANd if your really desperate:
you can blacktape one(short) side of the tank and put a lightbulb next to it. heat will transfer accross the the tape to the water but the tape will keep it from going algea crazy.
I dont really recommend it as it can get quite messy to remove someday but it will keep tanks warm.
You will have to monitor temps the first few days to get the right "distance from tank" for the bulb. And be careful not to start a fire. Cause that would be bad.
ANd if your really desperate:
you can blacktape one(short) side of the tank and put a lightbulb next to it. heat will transfer accross the the tape to the water but the tape will keep it from going algea crazy.
I dont really recommend it as it can get quite messy to remove someday but it will keep tanks warm.
You will have to monitor temps the first few days to get the right "distance from tank" for the bulb. And be careful not to start a fire. Cause that would be bad.
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Are these tanks in your room? How cold is cold? Is there some way to negotiate the smaller tanks being out of this room for just a few months? Tanks that small are usually not good to have unless you really have them in a room that has a stable temperature all the time
yeah I guess, I dont even know what a 1/2 gallon or 1 gallon tank look like. I have only seen the "heated with lightbulb" method on retangles and they were larger tanks. Might cook your fish on something that small.
They make small heaters for tanks upto 2 gallons
Here is a link from Big Al's
http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl3684/cp18534/si1382454/cl0/hydorminiheater75watt
Here is a link from Big Al's
http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl3684/cp18534/si1382454/cl0/hydorminiheater75watt
You could buy a small heater for your room, thats what I did and it works great even has a thermostat.
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I once read about a method where you take a large enough container to fit both tanks/bowls, place them inside, fill it with water all around and then use a heater to heat the surrounding water.
My honest opinion is that you should really invest in larger tanks. Who is living in the .5g and the 1g? Just a single betta in each I hope. That is about the only species who will tolerate such conditions for any extended period of time.
My honest opinion is that you should really invest in larger tanks. Who is living in the .5g and the 1g? Just a single betta in each I hope. That is about the only species who will tolerate such conditions for any extended period of time.
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Lights or a room heater would be the simplest, I think
If you could find a heat mat, like the ones used for seed starting, you could place the 2 smaller tanks on it. that's what I did with my ~2g 'bucket' QT tank to raise the temps when my fish got ich. They don't have an thermostat but would help raise the temp a few degrees.
If you could find a heat mat, like the ones used for seed starting, you could place the 2 smaller tanks on it. that's what I did with my ~2g 'bucket' QT tank to raise the temps when my fish got ich. They don't have an thermostat but would help raise the temp a few degrees.