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TANK TOO HOT
By: Chris Date: September 11, 2015, 3:17 am
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hi guys, i need your help, I have a 20g tall tank with some
neons and many dwarf shrimps. I live in southern cali and it is
very hot these days. According to my small suction cup
thermomenter in my tank, its staying around 85 degrees
fahrenheit and sometimes higher. im not sure if my thermometer
is actually accurate. My AC is also broken so my room
temperature wont be in the 70's. I tried keeping my tank lid
open with a small fan blowing the water, it actually drops some
degrees but not enough, also it's making the water evaporate way
too fast, and dont find this a good idea. Is there a better
cheaper way to keep my tank cooler? without spending much money.
thanks!
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Re: TANK TOO HOT
By: littlebuddy Date: September 11, 2015, 10:22 pm
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What I have done is keep a bag or a water battle of ice on hand
just in case my tank got too had and then I would just put it in
the water. When the ice melts i ust put it back in the freezer
for next time. Anther think to think about is how much sun light
gets in to the room.
Here is a video of how the make a home made chiller if you want
to go that way to
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5s8Cu59-NM
Good Luck
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Re: TANK TOO HOT
By: PaulMartin61 Date: September 11, 2015, 11:52 pm
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Hi Chris
For starters, you can't stop evaporation from your tank. Your
fans are causing the evaporation to take place a bit faster than
not using them at all. However, the fans do help with cooling.
I'm in Central California - todays temp here at my place was 105
(outside). In the house (also with no air conditioner) is
probably close to 90 degrees.
Your shrimp and neon's should be just fine at 85 degrees water
temp. Keep up with the fans, and make sure you have a nice
stream of bubbles to break the surface to help keep the tank
oxygenated and moving.
Littlebuddy's suggestion could work for you too, however with
only 20 gallons to cool you'd really have to watch it closely.
Best of luck to you!
Paul
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