Ha Ha not the sharpest crayon in the box

[BushFishRox]

Ok well I had a stupid floating thermometer and I was misreading it, and for the last little while and I just got a digital hagen thermometer with probe and instead of keeping the water around 76 it was around 86 with my fish showing no signs of distress.

So now I am letting the temp slowly drop to around 78*F...

Do you guys think everything will be fine? or have I done some kind of damage to my fish?

 

[WyldFya]

What type of fish do you have?? Many fish can stand that temp for a long time, some thrive in it, and some need warmer temps.

 

[Full Metal Gundam]

all my tanks are atleast 86F and everbody's doing fine.

 

[BushFishRox]

I have an Oscar, Convict, Leopard Ctenopoma, 3 RH's, 6 Apollos and 1 common pleco in it

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

I keep all my tanks at about 86-88. And there fine think they like it warmer, helps defend against paracites.

 

[BushFishRox]

ok thanks guys!!!

 

[~A betta named Mowgli~]

It should be ok. During last summer there was a huge power-outage and our house got to be 100 degrees F in it. Only one baby fish died... of heatstroke... but 86 isn't that close to 95, temperature wise. Plus our filter didn't work.

 

[M|L]

I constantly keep my tank at an average temperature of 82-84F, so shouldn't be a big problem.

 

[Dreaco]

I keep my angels tank at 82 degrees. all the others at about 80.

 

[sploke]

Yeah I don't see that as problematic. If it were, I would think you'd start seeing signs of stress externally if anything.