Anyone know of an excellent quality ACCURATE thermometer? I have always used the ones that are a buck something at Wal-Mart - the kind that suction to the inside of the tank, but I have ALL kinds of readings from them. Of the 10 or so that I have, only about 4 are the same when all placed inside the same tank, side by side. It's very frustrating.
Thermometers
- Thread starter SftWrmRain
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i usually keep 2 of those suction-type of a different brand in each tank, and as long as neither one of them goes out of a 5 degree range of the other, i'm good. it seems to be a good idea unless you want to spend 20+ bucks on a digital thermometer. however, it may be a good investment if your fish are extremely temperature sensitive, or if you are trying to breed them.
I use this one in all of my tanks. Bought them from my LFS.
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=ES00232
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=ES00232
Petsmart sells a great digital therm for about 8.99 or something. i have found it to be a little more accurate than the others.
I find the Top Fin ones from Petsmart to be pretty accurate (glass with black suction cup). I tried a Penn Plax one and it was always way off.
i have a couple different ones in my tank. i have 2 of the strips that put on the outside of the glass 2 of the glass ones and 2 digital.
I just bought this one yesterday, but it's for use when I'm getting water ready to add after a gravel vac/water change. It isn't quite instant.. about a 10 second delay. But it was really great, and it was much better than waiting for the red tube ones.
However, I do use those glass ones actually IN the tank. I knew the first one I bought wasn't accurate, broken actually. (How does that even break?!) The second one I did in hot bathwater tests, and actually saw it respond.
But yes, I really did like the eight dollar one above, that I got from Petsmart.