BarryH
Member
After many years of keeping fancy goldfish I'm going to use a spare tank for Redmoor roots, Moss and Cardinal Tetras.
Changing the water for goldfish is pretty simple in that I fill containers and let them sit overnight to reach room temperature. I appreciate with a tropical tank the temperatures need to be higher so I'm unsure about adding warm water during water changes. Is it as simple as adding a bit of hot to the container to get to temperature or is there some other method I should use?
Also I was looking at thermometers and wondered if I need to have in the tank or is there another method of checking the temperatures? Looking at the photos in the great threads on here I can't remember seeing a tank that has a thermometer in it.
Changing the water for goldfish is pretty simple in that I fill containers and let them sit overnight to reach room temperature. I appreciate with a tropical tank the temperatures need to be higher so I'm unsure about adding warm water during water changes. Is it as simple as adding a bit of hot to the container to get to temperature or is there some other method I should use?
Also I was looking at thermometers and wondered if I need to have in the tank or is there another method of checking the temperatures? Looking at the photos in the great threads on here I can't remember seeing a tank that has a thermometer in it.