the temp is high at 28 29, i dont even have heater and i m living in condo. my tank is a biocube so i m looking for a way to lower the temp. rite now i only have fish and a cleaner shrimp but later on i gonna put corals in it. i know that temp is gonna kill coral. so i wanna find a way to lower the temp. i already turn on the air condition but is only lower to 27. the lights system ar very hot that's what the reason it bring up the temp.
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I've been dealing with this too every summer. The best thing you can do, and it works is purchase a fan (I used a window fan that has 2 fans) and brackets and hang it above your tank. This brought the temp down to 78, and my tank hottest was 89 degrees! Also if you have a sump you can put the fan on top of the sump, don't know how safe is it but I'm doing it right now.
Also usually if you have the ac on the tank will cool...as it occurs with my tank even if it is about 80-100 feet away from the ac...my father doesn't like turning it on
Also usually if you have the ac on the tank will cool...as it occurs with my tank even if it is about 80-100 feet away from the ac...my father doesn't like turning it on
I struggle with this as well. My tank is in the hottest room in the house, farthest from the AC unit. I have a fan on the tank 24/7 and it has been hovering around 80F. Today is supposed to be 94 with outrageous humidity, I am not looking forward to what the tank reads tonight.
I've been told that ebay has special aquarium fans. I forget what they are called but they hang on the sides and blow on the water or some such...
My heater was malfunctioning in the winter when I first got the tank and kept heating my tank. It maxed out at 92 then and the fish lived. I've since gotten a new heater and everything's been fine. But I don't have any corals, just inverts and fish.
I've been told that ebay has special aquarium fans. I forget what they are called but they hang on the sides and blow on the water or some such...
My heater was malfunctioning in the winter when I first got the tank and kept heating my tank. It maxed out at 92 then and the fish lived. I've since gotten a new heater and everything's been fine. But I don't have any corals, just inverts and fish.
Oh my mom just called and told me she shut the fan off last night and forgot to turn it back on this morning. Come on 80 degrees.....please God let the weather man be wrong....
having same problem with my new fowlr tank ... i have the fan on all day and windows open , also unplugged my heater just in case and my tank is around 81* not to mention most of my turbo snails died i am guessing because they are used to colder water :/. water chiller is out of the pic for me since i recently went unemployed ...
Ok for those who aren't made of money and can't just up and buy a nice chiller to save your tanks from becoming boiling pots. Here are a few remedies for your average fishkeeper who isn't "too proud" ..
1. Cut your lighting cycle to only 4-6 hours and if you're going to be gone at work/school all day, make that cycle at night, so during the hottest part of the day, you're lights are off.
2. Add a fan(s) blowing in the direction of your lights to remove the additional heat they give off, and whisk off surface heat from the water.
3. Get some gallon sized zip-lock bags, fill them 2/3 with tap water, freeze them, and then add them to the tank. They will float, but you can secure them if you don't want them floating all over. Best place to put them, is infront, or near the return flow, so it's cooled as it's returned to the tank. I'd suggest only adding one ice-bag for every 40+ gallons, as you don't want the temp cooling too much, or too quickly. The tap water will melt in the bag - not in your tank, and you can just lift it out and re-freeze, and swap for another that's already frozen if you need to.
It's easy, it's effective and it's cheap.
Keep those temps between 73-78.
1. Cut your lighting cycle to only 4-6 hours and if you're going to be gone at work/school all day, make that cycle at night, so during the hottest part of the day, you're lights are off.
2. Add a fan(s) blowing in the direction of your lights to remove the additional heat they give off, and whisk off surface heat from the water.
3. Get some gallon sized zip-lock bags, fill them 2/3 with tap water, freeze them, and then add them to the tank. They will float, but you can secure them if you don't want them floating all over. Best place to put them, is infront, or near the return flow, so it's cooled as it's returned to the tank. I'd suggest only adding one ice-bag for every 40+ gallons, as you don't want the temp cooling too much, or too quickly. The tap water will melt in the bag - not in your tank, and you can just lift it out and re-freeze, and swap for another that's already frozen if you need to.
It's easy, it's effective and it's cheap.
Keep those temps between 73-78.
I have a small personal fan with a clip, i clip it to the side of the tank, and blow the water coming out of my aquaclear 110. That way it is cooled a little bit as it is returning to the tank. BUT like water_baby said, for those of us who aren't made of money.... The freezer bag works wells, i opt into drinking an aquafina/dasani or whatever your water of choice may be. Then refilling the bottle with the RODI water you use to do w/c on your tank, freezing it, then floating the bottle in the tank. Not only are you getting hydrated, but your cooling the tank, while doing a fw top off.