Since summer is beginning and the weather is getting hot, my aquarium's water is routinely getting to about 84F (29C). Obviously I turned off the heaters, but aside from literally putting ice into the tank how can I keep the water at a lower temp long term?
Keeping water cool?
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BTW I am aware that they make chillers for aquarium, but I'd like to try a much cheaper option if there are any.
Fill empty soda bottles with water and freeze them. Drop them in the tank as needed. Refreeze when thawed,
Do you have a sump? If so it would be easy to install a fan and connect it to a controller. You could do it without the sump too, but having it in the stand would be out of the way and look nice
All SA/CA cichlids. Oscar, EBJD, Blood Parrot, Green Terror. I would like to get it just under 80. Isn't 84 approaching dangerous water temps for these guys?
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A few years back I had a tropical pond on my porch with SA/CA fish in it and summer temps stayed pretty much like that most of the year. Your biggest issue would be oxygen as there is less as the water warms. How hot is the room gettting where the tank is? Your best bet might be ac for cooling and humidity.
I've seen then live happily at 86 for years they hate drastic temp changes they should be fine honestly
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I was in a pet store the other day and saw a fan that mounted on the top of the tank and blew air across the water and claimed a 2-4 degree drop... Not sure how accurate that is, but I don't remember it being very expensive.
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