Reply With QuoteThat small temperature change won't bother a healthy discus at all. That type of temperature change is sometimes used to induce spawning, so how bad could they possibly feel.
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Water temperature drop during water change
Hello everyone
I am new to your forum.
I've recently started keeping fish, discus being my first warm water fish.
I have 7 discus (young) and 3 german blue rams (also young) in a 450 liter tank with two 300w heaters.
I keep the temperature at 29c.
When I do water changes (50% daily), the water drops from about 29c to about 27.5c in about 10 minutes.
Is that too much of a change for them? Will it stress them out or negatively affect their health?
Thank you in advance
Re: Water temperature drop during water change
That small temperature change won't bother a healthy discus at all. That type of temperature change is sometimes used to induce spawning, so how bad could they possibly feel.
Re: Water temperature drop during water change
+1 I While I do heat my stored water, I don't worry about that kind of temp change. As long as the discus are healthy it shouldn't affect them, IMO.Originally Posted by Keith Perkins
That small temperature change won't bother a healthy discus at all. That type of temperature change is sometimes used to induce spawning, so how bad could they possibly feel.
Larry Bugg
NADA - Vice President
Atlanta Area Aquarium Association
Re: Water temperature drop during water change
Hi Brink and welcome to the forum .
I agree with others that small temp. changes up to 2 C degrees shouldn't hurt discus .
With that said I my self always try to match the temps. during WCs .
I'm curious though , why you need to change 1.5 C lower temp. ? Do you age your water or you change straight tap ?
We would like to see more info and photos of your tank and discus here in near future .
Re: Water temperature drop during water change
Hello Keith, Filip and Larry.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
Now I can do water changes without worrying about the fish.
I live on the side of a mountain and have access to a stream of mountain spring water. This water is connected to the house, so I just fill up my tanks straight from the tap. The pH is 8.3.
I will eventually post some pictures.
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Very lucky having a nice feed of mountain spring water.
Im not illiterate...only my phone's auto correct is
Re: Water temperature drop during water change
So what is the PH of your aquarium water before a water change?
Thanks
Ron
Re: Water temperature drop during water change
Water with PH 8.3 is usually so hard and stuffed with buffers (+15 dKh) that I doubt any change in pH can occur between two WCs, even with a big bioload in the tank .
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