Prepping Tank for Betta
Are you saying the stick on thermometer is inaccurate?
BTW, unless you have a thermometer in the tank, you > cannot know the temperature of the water — it usually is one or even > two degrees lower that the ambient temperature due to processes such > as the cooling effects of evaporation, etc.
When I say she looks good, I means she swims around the tank at her usual activity level. If it does go below 66 degrees she looks notably chilly - less movement, more huddling near the rocks (but this doesn’t happen often because if the temp reads low before I go to bed I will turn the heat on for her).
I wonder - do fish in the wild have perfect temperatures all the time? Last I checked the weather is always changing and I would think the fish would be able to adapt. Why is it we keep fish in a tank that is exactly one temperature?
While the Betta may “look” good, its really impossible to tell how > stressed it may be when the room temperature goes down to 66 o. Just > because you do not see any signs of illness YET is no reason to > believe the fish is doing “well,” and no reason to subject the fish > to that extreme. >
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