Ideal water temperature for aquatic plants

[tuanwei]

can anyone tell whether temprature around 28-30 celcius ok for plants, well, should say most of the plants?

i stil new to this and don't know anything about the names, even in the shops, just buy if i think they are nice for my tank... but they are not growing, i think it was mainly due to the high temp.

headache.. headache!

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Anything from 26 to 28 degrees C is great imho, if you can get 25 degrees C it'll be good too. 29 and 30 degrees C are starting to get a little too high.

[tuanwei]

so is there any ways i could lower my temp further? think my house is too stuffy in the afternoon, that's why the water temp is high as well....

chiller is out of the options... no $$$, am using 1 fan, but the best i could get is just 28...

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If it's too much trouble, then your temperature of 28 degrees C is already good enough.

[grey_fox]

A tip:

If your room/area of your house gets a little stuffy, get a standing fan and switch that on - have that face in the direction of your tank, make it oscillate and this will help move the warm air around.

That worked for me.

[taz_boy]

use 2 fan. u should be able to lower till 27-28 degrees.

[tuanwei]

having the idea to get another fan as well... i'm wondering how much a fan costs over S'pore.. or some places in M'sia.

the one i'm using now is around 100 bucks (RM), can't remember the actual price. i think it's a bit pricey, but i bought it out of desperate measure... this time gonna look for a cheaper one.. if not toothache again~~

[kemp]

for sure that price u paid was certainly on a high side. I ever boght stuffs from LFS in malacca, i don't remeber they were selling so expensive. Anyway in singapore, you get a resonable one below $20.

[tuanwei]

hopefully can get one cheaper when i have the time to, after that, mass reorganisation for the tank....