tank temp

[Dave]

i found my tank at 92 f. should be at 78...how much trouble are my fish in.
it appears to be a faulty heater that in now unplugged.

[Ozdude]

"Charles" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 02:52:57 GMT, "Dave" > wrote:
>
>>i found my tank at 92 f. should be at 78...how much trouble are my fish
>>in.
>>it appears to be a faulty heater that in now unplugged.
>>
> Probably none. Extended high temperatures hurry the metabolism and
> shorten their life, but for a few days I would expect no effect.
> Tanks frequently get overheated in hot weather.

Summer is a pain here in Oz (Australia), but my LFS guy gave me good advice
the other day;

He reckons to fill a small plastic coke bottle with water and freeze it,
then float it on the tank water surface - he says it cools a 50Gal tank by 2
degrees C in less than an hour.

Makes sense to me.

Oz

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I'm in Melbourne, Australia, and also have days where the water temp
gets high. I freeze a bottle of water too. It works, and because it
slowly cools the water temp, the fishies get no stress.


On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 23:22:17 +1100, "Ozdude" >
wrote:

>
>"Charles" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 02:52:57 GMT, "Dave" > wrote:
>>
>>>i found my tank at 92 f. should be at 78...how much trouble are my fish
>>>in.
>>>it appears to be a faulty heater that in now unplugged.
>>>
>> Probably none. Extended high temperatures hurry the metabolism and
>> shorten their life, but for a few days I would expect no effect.
>> Tanks frequently get overheated in hot weather.
>
>Summer is a pain here in Oz (Australia), but my LFS guy gave me good advice
>the other day;
>
>He reckons to fill a small plastic coke bottle with water and freeze it,
>then float it on the tank water surface - he says it cools a 50Gal tank by 2
>degrees C in less than an hour.
>
>Makes sense to me.
>
>Oz
>

[Dave]

i got the temp back down to 78-80f overnight. all seems well. i'm had one
of those junky stick to the glass thermo's that was hidden in the side of my
tank and my heater was f'd up. i am using a cooking thermo and the heater
seems to be ok after i rotated the thermostat a bunch of times. both the
heater and thermo will be replaced soon. thanks all for your responses i
feel much better now.
dave

[Desmond Wong]

Another way of doing this that I came across is a "ice probe" from Coolworks
in the USA. I imported one here and simply used a halogen light power supply
to mine, and on a temperature regulator have kept the tank around 24
degrees, the temperature difference is usually 5-8 degrees below room
temperature, with a cutout at 24 degrees.

Des.

> wrote in message
...
> I'm in Melbourne, Australia, and also have days where the water temp
> gets high. I freeze a bottle of water too. It works, and because it
> slowly cools the water temp, the fishies get no stress.
>
>
> On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 23:22:17 +1100, "Ozdude" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Charles" > wrote in message
...
>>> On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 02:52:57 GMT, "Dave" > wrote:
>>>
>>>>i found my tank at 92 f. should be at 78...how much trouble are my fish
>>>>in.
>>>>it appears to be a faulty heater that in now unplugged.
>>>>
>>> Probably none. Extended high temperatures hurry the metabolism and
>>> shorten their life, but for a few days I would expect no effect.
>>> Tanks frequently get overheated in hot weather.
>>
>>Summer is a pain here in Oz (Australia), but my LFS guy gave me good
>>advice
>>the other day;
>>
>>He reckons to fill a small plastic coke bottle with water and freeze it,
>>then float it on the tank water surface - he says it cools a 50Gal tank by
>>2
>>degrees C in less than an hour.
>>
>>Makes sense to me.
>>
>>Oz
>>
>