"Nikki Casali" wrote in message
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Gill Passman wrote:

Hi All,

After my recent experience with stuck heaters and broken LCD
thermometers
I've just stuck internal thermometers on all of my tanks...and the temp
readings are getting worrying....way too high and we haven't even really
started the British summer (as much as we ever get)

What are these temperatures? I'd like to compare. Maybe your thermometer
is inaccurate?

This is all across the house not just where I would expect it to get
hot....

I presume in all these tanks that the heaters are rarely on, if ever? It
doesn't sound right.

A lot of you live in much hotter climates than I do....I'm just
wondering
how you all cope and what effect it has on your fish....having just gone
through a bad experience with high water temps I want to avoid it...

I have my 330L aquarium in the hottest part of the house. Judging from
the maximum temperature recorded it reached 27.2 yesterday. Was that as
hot as your tanks? I also have 240 watts of fluorescent lighting
producing excess heat. I wonder how I'll cope if it does get hotter,
like we had 2 years ago. What has helped is leaving the wooden hood open
to allow the heat build-up escape. I also have a couple of computer fans
sucking out the hot air. But my aquarium does sound like a PC!

BTW, when I'm comparing tank temperatures, I take the same digital
thermometer with probe to each tank.

Nikki

They were pretty much all up at 32C with two exceptions. The tank in the
conservatory which I would expect to get the hottest was around 28C but we
do make a concious effort to keep that room cool (fans, skylights, blinds,
windows on latches, doors open etc). The Kitchen tank was 35C - eek....but
we have worked out the mystery of that one - hubby installed new lights
under the cabinets....now have to figure out a new location for the tank -
the lights have been off all day and the temp is now down to 32C so
hopefully will fall a bit more. I've opened the lid of the tank and jarred
it open with a straw (quickest thing I could find) so hopefully this will
also help - I'd never thought of doing this - obvious when you think about
it - duh :-)

None of the heaters are coming on which is just as well after my recent
experience with the stuck thermostat.

Most of the tanks are now down to around 28C but it has been a bit cooler
today....

Like you I'm not sure what will happen if it gets really hot again....we're
just not geared up to it in the UK - extremes of weather always take us by
suprise - lol

Gill