Chiller issue

[i love fish]

I will be getting a chiller in a couple of months and want to know how many degrees is safe to drop the temperature per day without negatively affecting the fish with the temperature change? I need to drop the temperature by approximately 5 degrees, if not more.
Any ideas?

 

[geoj]

2-3

 

[nyyank]

Just added one---best move I ever made.
Temp never moves more then a degree now.
2-3 degrees per 24 hours seems reasonable--we usually have a 5-6 degree spread on temps anyway---you,of course, just don't want it to drop suddenly.
What chiller are you going to use?

 

[scsinet]

If everything is alive with the temperature the tank is when you hook up the machine, there is no particular reason to be in a rush. You could do 1 degree per day. 2-3 would be the max I'd go, but again, I see no point to why one would need to drop it so fast.

 

[i love fish]

Originally Posted by nyyank
http:///forum/post/2584028
Just added one---best move I ever made.
Temp never moves more then a degree now.
2-3 degrees per 24 hours seems reasonable--we usually have a 5-6 degree spread on temps anyway---you,of course, just don't want it to drop suddenly.
What chiller are you going to use?
i'm not sure yet which kind i'm gonna get but i know i definately need one just trying 2 save up 4 it right now