Fish Tank In The Garage

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I have all my tanks in the garage. I live in Australia and it gets stinking hot. It gets over 40c (116-120f) in summer and -1c (30f )in winter without issues. I think it would depend on where and what your garage is made of
 
I also keep my tanks in the garage. I’ve lost a lot of fish over 3 different summers. After the second summer of losses, the next summer I ended up dropping the water level to let the filter output give more aeration, added an air stone, and that seemed to work that 3rd summer. However, this past summer, I lost 2 fish due to the heat, but one of them was a cold water fish, but the other one...even though it was a tropical catfish, it didn’t make it. The Bichirs that it shares the tank with are all still alive.
 
benzjamin13 said:
I also keep my tanks in the garage. I’ve lost a lot of fish over 3 different summers. After the second summer of losses, the next summer I ended up dropping the water level to let the filter output give more aeration, added an air stone, and that seemed to work that 3rd summer. However, this past summer, I lost 2 fish due to the heat, but one of them was a cold water fish, but the other one...even though it was a tropical catfish, it didn’t make it. The Bichirs that it shares the tank with are all still alive.
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I've never lost a fish here due to heat. It was 48c (119f) for a couple of days and didn't lose anything. The garage is double brick and "under" the house. God Bichirs here are like $400 USD for a 2-3" fish. Take good care of them lol
 
jmf said:
I've never lost a fish here due to heat. It was 48c (119f) for a couple of days and didn't lose anything. The garage is double brick and "under" the house. God Bichirs here are like $400 USD for a 2-3" fish. Take good care of them lol
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It sounds as if your garage is underground and almost like a basement,such spaces are always much cooler than above ground areas,in my experience.
 
krichardson said:
It sounds as if your garage is underground and almost like a basement,such spaces are always much cooler than above ground areas,in my experience.
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Nope, part of the house is built on top of it but it's at ground level. For some silly reason, people don't build basements in Australia.
 
jmf said:
Nope, part of the house is built on top of it but it's at ground level. For some silly reason, people don't build basements in Australia.
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Ah...that would probably help you quite a bit.It doesn't get quite that hot here during the summer but we do have triple digit dog day stretches and in my old house the basement is always comfortable.It is one of a few reasons why my tanks are down there.
 
krichardson said:
Ah...that would probably help you quite a bit.It doesn't get quite that hot here during the summer but we do have triple digit dog day stretches and in my old house the basement is always comfortable.It is one of a few reasons why my tanks are down there.
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I must admit I'm jealous of the basements you guys have but I guess you can't tease someone here for living in their parents basement lol
 
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