Very high temp Help Quick
 

I came home to my tank at 90+ degrees. The snails are dead, the corals look
like crap and the hippo tang is going nuts. How should I bring this temp down
and how fast. I have a fan on it now, but should I add ice in a plastic bag or
something?
Thanks,
Tom

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Yes, you can do that, but you want to monitor your temp carefully so you don't drop
it too low after the heat wave.

Marc


LSC000 wrote:

I came home to my tank at 90+ degrees. The snails are dead, the corals look
like crap and the hippo tang is going nuts. How should I bring this temp down
and how fast. I have a fan on it now, but should I add ice in a plastic bag or
something?
Thanks,
Tom

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Very high temp Help Quick
 

"LSC000" wrote in message
I came home to my tank at 90+ degrees. The snails are dead, the corals
look
like crap and the hippo tang is going nuts. How should I bring this temp
down
and how fast. I have a fan on it now, but should I add ice in a plastic
bag or
something?

Yes, that's what I did. Your ice will melt very quickly. My 10 gallon just
crashed because of the heat. Good luck.

Very high temp Help Quick
 

"LSC000" wrote in message
...
I came home to my tank at 90+ degrees. The snails are dead, the corals
look
like crap and the hippo tang is going nuts. How should I bring this temp
down
and how fast. I have a fan on it now, but should I add ice in a plastic
bag or
something?
Thanks,
Tom


One word of caution that I can offer here.

BE CAREFUL! As you start removing heat from your tank, it could gain
momentum.

Heat always moves from a warm place to a cooler place. The greater the
temperature difference the faster the transfer.

If you throw a bag of ice in there and it drops 2 degrees in 10 minutes, do
not assume that it will drop another 2 degrees in another 10 minutes.

HTH

~Mort

Very high temp Help Quick
 

I deal with heat in all my tanks all the time because I have no
air-conditioning. I open the top, I put on the ceiling fan and open all
the doors and windows. I drop in freezer bags that I usually use for
sports injuries and replace them when they thaw. You can buy the
reusable filled bags at the drug store. For the s/w tank I keep a
bottle of distilled water in the refrigerator and top off as frequently
as I can. I raise the s/w tank's light (65 pc) up on a couple big
cleaning magnets, but at 84 degrees water temp I turn the lights off on
all tanks including those that house critters (turtles, toads, frogs) as
well as fish. Even the ocean has cloudy days, so I don't think I'm
stressing anyone by a bit of darkness.

On another subject: I've read that a spot of aquarium friendly epoxy
will take care of aiptasia if there are only a few. The ssmall squirt
of boiling (distilled) water seems to have worked for me.

Ruth Kazez