Goldfish and heater

hopkins.gail · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 11

Goldfish are fine at lower temps in the winter. If your water temp
drops below 60-55 degrees cut way back on feeding them and they will
be fine. After all many goldfish live outside in ponds year round. I
don't use heaters in any of my tanks and they are just fine. Stable
temps are more important than the degrees. You don't want it to vary
more than a few degrees.

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Tynk · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 200

On Feb 20, 7:34�am, dr-s...@wi.rr.com wrote:

> how stable is a 1.5 gallon tank?
>
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Location, location, location.
Even a 1.5g tank can be kept stable, without a heater, if in the right
place.
However, most people aren't going to have a warm, humid fish room.
= )~
So being stable is *very* important.
Comparing pond fish dealing with lower temps and fish inside tanks
with up and down temps that are not gradual isn't going to work.
There is no comparison there. Pond fish are dealing with gradual temp
swings.
The temps in unregulated tanks will bounce back and forth much too
fast, and by doing so can stress the fish too much.
I have a few 2 1/2g's lined up inside my 75g's cabinet.
I don't heat these tank, as they are warmer than room temp under
there, and stay that way at all times.
The canister filter gives off a bit of heat, and being inside a closed
cabinet, it stays toasty.
In the house, there's only 2 places where I don't add heaters.
My bedroom dresser and on the kitchen counter.
Anywhere else in the house or kitchen is not the same. I have a
naturally warm pocket right between the sink and the stove.
I usually set up the 2 1/2g quarantine tank there, and it stays a
steady 76*f.
The kids came over for dinner the other day, so I was cooking the
works. Turkey breast, roasted potatoes, the works.
The oven was on for hours, and the stove top was quite busy too.
I had to keep an eye on that tank's temp because I didn't want the
temp to swing up, and then go back down.

dr-solo · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 194

how stable is a 1.5 gallon tank?

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:16:46 -0800 (PST), "iowakoi@yahoo.com"
wrote:

>Goldfish are fine at lower temps in the winter. If your water temp
>drops below 60-55 degrees cut way back on feeding them and they will
>be fine. After all many goldfish live outside in ponds year round. I
>don't use heaters in any of my tanks and they are just fine. Stable
>temps are more important than the degrees. You don't want it to vary
>more than a few degrees.