whats temperature does your tank sit at?

[Mech]

Just a quick question, what temp you guys have your tanks, heater or not whats it sat at? here in the UK you need a heater as it gets very cold.

thanks

[JennyPenny]

I don't have a heater in my tank, but our house never gets colder than about 60F. I don't even know what the temp of my tank is because I don't have a thermometer. They can stand a wide range in temps as far as I know, from about 60F-85F or so.

[Mech]

most mornings its about 33F here this time of year so i need a heater

[JennyPenny]

Wow, that is really cold! I'll check my temp for you.

[Mech]

that would be great, i had my tanks at 68F and they all seem to sit on and around the heater lol.

[KenCotigirl]

Hello mech i am not sure what you meant by it being 33 deg. You meant outside correct. Here in NJ it 23 deg going down to single digits. I do not heat my shrimp tanks but i heat my house. It currently is 68 deg now. I set the temp during the day when only the dogs are at home at 62 deg and night when i am asleep at 62 deg. I quess the tank temps are arround 65 deg. Summer temps 78 deg.

Ken

[JennyPenny]

My temp is 68F.
It was interesting to see the shrimp react to me putting in my thermometer, and later when I removed it. I heard they are drama queens but I had no idea! They all freaked out and swam around all herky jerky.

[Mech]

thanks for checking for me

[jonesinfershrimp]

mine gots 69.5 the lowest and 71.3 the highest no heater. got down to 68.7 with negative temps outside. but i also have a larger volume of water so my temp is a bit more stable.