How to keep water temps constant?

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cichlidfish

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I am having a hard time keeping my tanks below 80 degrees in the summer. Sometimes they get as high as 86. There is nothing wrong with my heaters, and I keep the lights off (except the planted tank) most of the day.
I know air temp has a lot to do w/ water temps, but does that mean I have to keep my house at 60 degrees? That doesn't even help that much.
 
yeah, heat is a problem where I live too (Phoenix, AZ) I keep my house temps at 80 and my fish tanks seem to stay right at 80 also. Summer months I turn the lights on for only 3 hours a day, sometimes longer when I'm hanging out and watching the fish. I have external pumps, the submersible pumps are great but give off heat to the water. I also keep the top of the tank open for evaporation and air circulation at the waters surface. Fortunately I don't have jumpers so my fish are fine.
 
Egon;3478450; said:
yeah, heat is a problem where I live too (Phoenix, AZ) I keep my house temps at 80 and my fish tanks seem to stay right at 80 also. Summer months I turn the lights on for only 3 hours a day, sometimes longer when I'm hanging out and watching the fish. I have external pumps, the submersible pumps are great but give off heat to the water. I also keep the top of the tank open for evaporation and air circulation at the waters surface. Fortunately I don't have jumpers so my fish are fine.
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Thanks for giving me some ideas.
 
tough to keep cool in hot temp regions. a fan to circulate the air, put a screen top in place of your hood/canopy.

use plastic qt containers (those take out ones) freeze them then pop out a few & place a few in your tank & refreeze. or plastic soda bottles with frozen water (the smaller 16-20 oz are better).
 
I keep my house at 78 (austin TX) and all I do is not run the lights and I make sure the tank has plenty of air flow over it. Even tho I have to keep the lid on, I set up a "windmachine" wal-mart box fan and set it on low setting and keep the door to the room open to help disperse the heat. Its like a power head for the human box lol
 
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