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I have a really dumb question about how to read the temperature strips that you afix to the glass of a tank.
I know a digital one would be more accurate but I want it to be more natural looking.

Mine has dark blue on the 82 mark, mostly green with a little yellow on the 84 mark, and orange on the 86 mark.

should I take the average of 84 degrees or the 86 because that's the highest that has color?

thanks

Dude get a really thermometer, digital if you can and save your self the guessing game, because thats all you will be doing with the kind you have now, guessing!

I myself use a the PE-2 Heat gun works great, awesome price and is defenetly the best tool in my bag. Ok Hemostats are good too. Spend a little well deserved cash on a great productr and get an infared heat gun, you'll thank me later.
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The thing you have on your tank now you might as well throw away. It tells you literally nothing about what is going on in your tank.

Temp guns tell you the exact temp, exactly where and when you want it to. And once you have it you will find about a million other uses for it.