My temp is staying at 82°, my thermometer hasn't even kicked on & outside the temp is lower than inside.?. I've checked & nothing in my tank is giving off heat???
What can I do to get my temp to drop?
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I use frozen gallon jugs, my 125 sits in front of a window that gets sun most of the day and even with my house temp at 65 the tank will get up around 85-86 some days. No heater on that tank, only drops to about 78 on cool nights. I usually don't worry about it till the tank is above 82, then I just rotate a gallon of ice every hour or so.
Thanks I was thinking of using ice cubes but thought that may hurt the water readings. Never right of freezing gallon jugs. As long as it doesn't get higher than 82° I should be alright though? Thanks again.
As flukekiller said, a fan blowing across the top will cause evaporative cooling, but also evaporation so you'll have to replenish more often. Or you can drop about $500 for a chiller...
Basically the only two real options are blowing the fan over the top, or looking into a chiller. Placing ice in it is going to cause the temp to fluctuate because ultimately it will return to 82 deg. if that is its natural set point.
If you have a crawl space. You could put in a closed loop, with long plastic hose. Depends on were you live, probably wouldn't work. Unless buried in the ground farther south.
I actually use a 55 gallon drum in my 55-70 degree basement. To help cool my 75 gallon, tank in winter.
The house heater pushes them over 80. When the basement is a steady 55 degrees.
I actually use a 55 gallon drum in my 55-70 degree basement. To help cool my 75 gallon, tank in winter.
The house heater pushes them over 80. When the basement is a steady 55 degrees.
its hard to tell if those are platies or mollies from the pic but if there mollies then it would fit. 
the real question is why dose the tank get that hot is your house that hot? is that a heater under the spray bar? if so guessing its a preset one? if so i would switch it out to one that you can adjust.
the real question is why dose the tank get that hot is your house that hot? is that a heater under the spray bar? if so guessing its a preset one? if so i would switch it out to one that you can adjust.