Heating...?

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mahdira
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Heating...?

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I'm new to this whole catfish thing, so I thought I'd ask you experts! :D

I have a 4.5" spotted bullhead in a 10 gallon tank. (When he gets bigger I'll be upgrading the size of the tank.) Should I be heating the water? It's probably about 70 degrees at the moment, and the rosy barbs that are also in the tank are doing fine.

What do you think?
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Post by MatsP »

If you look at the Cat-eLog page:
Ameiurus serracanthus


It shows the temperature that this fish likes: 15-24'C.

(15 * 9 / 5) + 32 -> 27 + 32 -> 59'F
(24 * 9 / 5) + 32 -> 43 + 32 -> 75'F.

So, around 70'F is fine, and as long as you have some sort of heating in your house during the winter, it should be just fine.

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