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preparing clean fish tank with mix of hot and cold water from tap?
Hi all, I am wondering if it's OK to continue preparing my 45 gallon fish tank with some hot water at the end after filling it with cold water to bring the temperatures to normal . I am also using aqua safe yellow bottle liquid according to directions. Water is from faucet. I have two thermometers one in the lower left corner and one in the upper right corner then I mix water with my hand until both thermometers show around 75 F. The fish living in the tank are guppies..
Sorry for confusion: fish is not in the tank at the time of water mixing, I was more concerned with the hot water impacting the level of oxygen and just gave the fish type in the case they are sensitive for oxygen. Also I always wonder if the oxygen bubbles are only giving oxygen while they travel from the bottom of the tank to the top or the oxygen is pumped everywhere in the water but we just don't see this.
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- Punkin eaterLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
yes, when you first fill the tank it's ok to use hot and cold water right into the tank
but NO, you do not do this when there's fish in the tank,
you will want to find a way to treat and mix the water before it goes in the tank to avoid temperature shock and chlorine poisoning. It's best to treat first, then pour in the tank
- 8 years ago
If it's freshwater I think just mix Both and put it in. If you do what you said you might the fish In to shock.
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