? on water changes

[hilldaddy71]

how do you get temp on new water tank temp?
also should i use the stuff from store for tap water i bought????
thx

[YoFishboy]

I hook up my Python water changer to my garage sink and I mix hot and cold water until it "feels" like a right temp match to the tank - you should definately use a water conditioner to get rid of chrorine and/or chloramine in your water.

[gsk177]

I use a Python as well and simply place a stick thermometer, an aquarium style which hangs on the tank, and mix the hot and cold from the tap until it reaches a temperature a few degrees cooler than what I want it.

[Kasakato]

Why colder? I keep it at the exact same temp. to avoide shocking my fish. What kind of dechlor did you get from your LFS?

[gsk177]

When I say a few degrees cooler, I mean 3 degrees cooler. I have read that most fish like a slight temperature change and that some fish are stimulated to spawn.
In my 55g tanks, with a 50% water change, 75 degree incoming water mixing with 78 degree tank water only produces about 1 1/2 degree cooler tank.

[Bobafish]

I have heard that also. A few degrees cooler and ur fish actually enjoy it. :)