who uses warm water from sink to fill up their tanks? or do you just use cold water? 50% water change of 100 gallons seems like alot of cold water to heat up?
fill up tank with warm water?
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We add water as close to tank water temperature as we can. We have run out of hot water doing large water changes. We're going with a tankless water heater for our new tank system so we have an unlimited supply of hot water.
I match the water coming out of the tap to the temp in the tank. Too hot or too cold of water can stress the fishies, so I use 80 degree water when I do water changes
Spiritofthesoul;5142279; said:
We always like to "acclimate" our fishes as to not stress them out. Most Cichlid tanks are warm water, so when you add its a no brainer to add water that is close to the actual tank temp, which is warm water.
If you don't agree then make a cold bath and toss your fishes in there, lol
I used to do cold water changes with no issue but then my fishies started going into thermal shock 3 water changes in a row(scary watching all your fish swim upside down and spaz out while laying flat on the substrate >.>) so now I do warm w/cs with slightly cooler water. It's a little bit more annoying b/c I actually have to monitor water temp with my hand throughout the water change.