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Originally Posted by pawslover  I know some people use a thermometer to measure the temp of the water coming out of the faucet and try to adjust it to the temp of the tank. I don't because I got a python to do water changes on multiple tanks and they are not all at the same temp. I just hand check the water coming out of the faucet and usually aim for just slightly warmer than lukewarm or tepid. Water a little bit warmer doesn't seem to have any effect on the fish IME although a plunge with colder water will as I found out the hard way.
I had hooked up the python and thought I was draining my rainbow tank. I always use just cold water when I'm draining the tanks. I didn't have it on drain, it was on fill. I left the room to go look for something and when I came back, there was a disaster of water pouring out of the tank, COLD  Besides the mess I had to clean up, I lost the rainbows from temp shock eventhough I quickly drained the water and refilled with room temp water.
The other warning is to make sure that you don't attach the python to a faucet with a slow running drain as I have had the sink overflow on me on occasion. Despite the mishaps, I love my python and would hate to go back to lugging buckets. My fish/plants would hate it too as I am much better about doing regular WC with the python. Back to the original question, I have not noticed any real temp swings doing the WC the way I have been. I also quit worrying about too much after reading a post from someone who said that fish handle temp changes all the time in nature when there is an influx of rain/rainwater.
Thanks for posting the instructions on the drip acclimitization method. I had been meaning to try it and now know how to proceed. |
You're welcome. Thanks for sharing your experience with the python water change hook up. I recently saw the setup for sale at a local fish store and was debating about whether to buy it or not and what to do about water temperature differences. Your post clarified this for me. I am getting sick and tired of lugging buckets of water to the tank to do a water change and laziness is beginning to sink in that it becomes more and more of a pain everytime I have to do it, lol.