How I match temperature during water changes

[pdandy]

This is how I make sure the temp of the new water from my sink matches the temp of the tank.


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[F1 VET]

Hand held IR thermometer, I check my tank, them match my tap. Simple, cheap and accurate!

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[pdandy]

Very cool F1. I usually match by touch and then I keep the thermometer there to just watch it.

 

[mustang93svt]

x2 IR thermometer is a great, cheap investment.

 

[soupa2]

Great idea.. but how you hold the temp of the faucet water??

 

[F1 VET]

Great idea.. but how you hold the temp of the faucet water??

Point it at the hose! Just match the tank and incoming tap, reduces stress greatly, even 1-2 degrees is a fluctuation. Or you can point it at the stream of water going into your tank.

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[ToolMan78]

Man, reading the title of the post, I thought someone had built a heat exchanger for water changes.

 

[muskieboy]

Point it at the hose! Just match the tank and incoming tap, reduces stress greatly, even 1-2 degrees is a fluctuation. Or you can point it at the stream of water going into your tank.

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That's cool. I never knew you could do that, I have one of those things lying around.

 

[Slippery K]

Unplug your heater and add water slightly warmer than the tank water. Once done wait about 15min and plug the heater back in. That's what I do.

Slightly warmer water is fine. Water colder than the tanks can put fish into shock.

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[rodger]

I always add water through a hose from the tap, going through a carbon filter. I use what ever the temp from the cold spigot is year round. I have it running very slowly (roughly 1/2 hr for 50 gal) so it is never a concern. Been doing it this way for 30+ years with no problem, although the use of the carbon is just in the last 10 years.

Here is the filter I use, replaced 2X a year.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Camco-Water-Filter-with-Hose/14504321