Temp with water change???

[Reggae Fish]

I just did a water change and I run between 79.5-83.5

However, I always heat my mixed water the 82 since I do them later in the day so to keep it even...However, I when doing my water change this time...30 gallons on my 72, it spiked to 85.6 so I kicked on my tunze to blow some water from the bottom and floated 2 small bags of ice. I had it down to 84 within 5 minutes.

Is this going to cause a problem?

And yes, I normally check my temp before I do a water change and somehow my heater got turned up all the way...(my fault, lesson learned)
I will now check EVERY time regardless of if I always keep my same heater settings.

 

[stlouisguy]

Your fine. dont worry about it. If its not over 87 no reason to float ice either IMO

 

[Reggae Fish]

cool. thanks clark.

 

[Im Lon 2]

Better check that heater.. I hate heaters.. I have had 4 out of 6 just go crazy and heat up the water even when they are turned all the way down. The latest was a won pro everyone talks so highly about. I would love to have a temp gage like on home AC Unit that would shut the Heater off when it got to warm, and another to turn a fan on if it gets to warm also.

 

[Dert42]

i don't know how much it matters but i'm real careful about fluctuating the tempeture quickly.

 

[chadfarmer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8318039#post8318039 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Im Lon 2
Better check that heater.. I hate heaters.. I have had 4 out of 6 just go crazy and heat up the water even when they are turned all the way down. The latest was a won pro everyone talks so highly about. I would love to have a temp gage like on home AC Unit that would shut the Heater off when it got to warm, and another to turn a fan on if it gets to warm also.

that is why some people have controllers on there heater-- thank about what you have in live stock --

 

[Chelsey]

My theory: the more crap you have on/in your tank the more things that can malfunction and wipe things out

 

[DrBDC]

I use a finnex titanium with it also being controlled by my ac3. The AC3 turns it on and off and then I have the heater set for just a degree higher. You could do the same on the cheap with just a finnex temp controller for 20-30 bucks and then a cheap heater that has the temp control on it. Let the controller do the on/off and have the heater just set slightly higher.

 

[frenchie]

i agree the more things in tank the more problem like chelsey and lonnie both said cause i been through 3 of them that went nuts also almost cook my fish.

 

[chadfarmer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8322704#post8322704 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Chelsey
My theory: the more crap you have on/in your tank the more things that can malfunction and wipe things out

that is why you get the temp controller to control the heater it turns it on and off you dont use the control on the top of the heater control ----- do a search for tank being wiped out by a heater