Should I Put Heater Back In

I recently got my digital thermometer and for fun I tested the water of my baby betta 86 DEGREES!!!!! So I took out the heater and monitored the temperature without it it was 78 sometimes going to 79 and 80. Well that's better the thing is I know babies are more sensitive than adults so should I put the heater back?

 

Definitely keep the heater out. All my bettas don't have heaters until the cold season heats. So my bettas tanks average around 75. Your betta will be perfectly fine without the heater.

 

As long as it stays around there and doesn't change at all, I think you're fine without it. But be careful at night because the temperature can drop, so you should add it back in then.

 

I'm definitely going to add back during winter!

 

But be careful at night because the temperature can drop

Can we talk about this? Because, in the wild, this is something fish live with just fine. I understand the need to have a heater if the ambient room temperature stays cool all day, but the water getting a few degrees colder at night seems like a natural thing that occurs in the wild and may even be beneficial to a fish's health?

 

Can we talk about this? Because, in the wild, this is something fish live with just fine. I understand the need to have a heater if the ambient room temperature stays cool all day, but the water getting a few degrees colder at night seems like a natural thing that occurs in the wild and may even be beneficial to a fish's health?

It's a baby betta. Better to maintain a constant temperature.

 

That's the thing... the room temperature is so warm already the heater made it too hot... a constant temperature wasn't being maintained to begin with. What's riskier, having the temperature a little too cold at night, or having the temperature too hot during the day? Because that is the choice Iverg1 is facing here. I don't see her wanting to bother with unplugging and re-plugging the heater every morning and night. That would get old real quick.

What is the make and model of the heater, Iverg1? I ask because some of the cheap ones just constantly add heat and don't maintain a temperature. I know the "Great Choice" brand heater in the blue box at PetSmart is like that. I had it for a day and returned it.

 

I agree that it’s probably best to keep the aquarium slightly cooler than risk making it too warm. I’ve heard too many horror stories of bettas being cooked, and it makes me cringe, because it usually could have been avoided.

 

Great Choice"

it was cheap and it worked I had since I had my first betta in a bowl and thought why not use this for my new 3.5

 

I learned to never buy a heater that doesn't have an LED on it that lights up when it's running. That's how you know it has a temperature sensor and it's regulating. The cheapest one with a temperature sensor is only like $1 more than the one without. But when you're in a hurry at PetSmart and you just buy "the cheapest heater they have", the one you end up with is the Great Choice brand. That's how I ended up with it. You can make it work if you use a separate thermostat and plug it's power cord into that.... like a reptile cage thermostat maybe?

 

Id test the heater in a bucket make sure it doesn't malfunction.
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I learned to never buy a heater that doesn't have an LED on it that lights up when it's running. That's how you know it has a temperature sensor and it's regulating. The cheapest one with a temperature sensor is only like $1 more than the one without. But when you're in a hurry at PetSmart and you just buy "the cheapest heater they have", the one you end up with is the Great Choice brand. That's how I ended up with it. You can make it work if you use a separate thermostat and plug it's power cord into that.... like a reptile cage thermostat maybe?

Had a flat heater for a bit in a betta tank. Kept the water at 82 degrees, no LEDs or anything. I replaced it after a couple weeks because I didn't trust it.

 

I learned to never buy a heater that doesn't have an LED on it that lights up when it's running. That's how you know it has a temperature sensor and it's regulating. The cheapest one with a temperature sensor is only like $1 more than the one without. But when you're in a hurry at PetSmart and you just buy "the cheapest heater they have", the one you end up with is the Great Choice brand. That's how I ended up with it. You can make it work if you use a separate thermostat and plug it's power cord into that.... like a reptile cage thermostat maybe?

It was when I firsted started out so naturally I didn't know anything