Unplug your heaters

[TwoHedWlf]

Ok I'm sorry but this just makes no sense to me. There is no reason to unplug a heater to lower the temperature. For $40 you can get a wifi controller and change the temp anywhere in the world. Or adjust the thermostat on your heater. Unplugging it is just asking for trouble unless you have a low temp alarm. I have to run a chiller in the summer and I still leave my heaters plugged in.

Yuuup. It's kind of infuriating, every summer people start posting about how they unplugged their heaters because their tank is hot. WHY? That's literally what the thermostats are for. It's not costing you any electricity, it's not heating your tank...

 

[krichardson]

Eh,infuriating,really?

 

[neutrino]

But it's winter. My fish would die.

Exactly!

Meanwhile, in some parts of the world they're opening up their lids, blowing fans over their water, cranking up their chillers.

To quote the mid-century philosopher, Sylvester Stewart: different strokes for different folks. ?

 

[The Masked Shadow]

Can’t believe I didn’t see this. Temps range from 65 at night to 80-85 in the afternoon. I have a constant fan in my room. Should I unplug?

 

[C. Breeze]

Can’t believe I didn’t see this. Temps range from 65 at night to 80-85 in the afternoon. I have a constant fan in my room. Should I unplug?

Probably best to explore it a little bit and test the water so to speak. Maybe set your thermostat on the heater to a floor of 72 and see what happens for the next month. What h your tank temps in the morning when you wake up and again around 3-4 which is about as hot as it will typically get.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

My lowered the temp a few weeks ago. It’s now at 74. Just wondering if I should unplug.

 

[C. Breeze]

My lowered the temp a few weeks ago. It’s now at 74. Just wondering if I should unplug.

Assuming you lowered it to 74, rather than your current tank temp being 74 Lower it to 70 and wait a couple weeks and if all goes well then decide. No need to decide tonight.

And I’m a little different from some of these guys. I’ve got “indoor fish” and “outdoor fish” basically.

The fish that are inside are on a reverse schedule, becuase I’m not going to pay to heat my tanks while simultaneously paying to keep my house cold. I air condition the house right now and it stays around 70 and the tanks do too. I’m winter when I’m paying to heat the house- I go ahead and run the heaters on the tanks up a bit too- so the tanks run 76-7 in the winter. Reverse schedule for the indoor fish makes better sense for me economically in my climate in coastal Georgia. The “outdoor fish” that come inside are in there own building all winter that has a heater set to 65 so they stay that cool about all winter. The truly temperate fish like the natives and the Uruguay a fish are out year round other thangrowouts